Author: David Kimberley

Hasanin has worked in the online trading industry for more than 20 years. He joins Rostro Group from Equiti Group, where he spent almost seven years.

Hamd joins Cara Markets, which holds a Category 1 license from SCA, after working at rival broker ADSS for more than a decade.

Binance noted that Syrians have been among the most active in searching for crypto-related terms over the last few years.

The asset management group bought shares in Plus500 earlier this week, making it one of the largest shareholders in the business.

IC Markets integrates cTrader Copy widget, offering instant strategy access, frictionless onboarding and higher trader engagement from the client area.

Scope Prime will provide ZXCM with liquidity and technology to help support its retail-facing activities.

Standard Chartered is the second major investment bank that ATFX Connect has set up with for prime brokerage services.

A routine inspection by the BVI regulator has put the iFOREX IPO on hold. The broker says its IPO is oversubscribed, with a valuation at the top of its range.

Instant Funding has been making several technology upgrades over the course of June, as part of what it is calling ‘The Leap’.

The FRSA said it will prohibit privacy coins and also make changes to fees and capital requirements for crypto firms operating in the ADGM.

Larissa Quinlan, Kurt Stuart, Emma Summer and Syed Yusuf ran a Telegram group that did pump and dumps on ASX penny stocks.

Spotware, the developer of multi-asset trading platform cTrader, is proud to announce that cTrader has been named Best Mobile Trading App at the prestigious Global Forex Awards B2B 2025

The FCA said NVIDIA tech will be used as part of the Supercharged Sandbox, that let’s financial services firms test new AI products.

ATFX played a key role at the FMAS event held in South Africa at the end of May, with the broker emphasising its local presence in the market.

MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5 brokers were inaccessible for Chinese traders at the end of May. What happened?

Lethyy joins WeTrade from Trive. She has worked in the online trading industry for over a decade and has worked at big brands like Exness and GTCFX.

Fortress Core Connect will use Centroid’s technology to connect its clients to liquidity providers and to help firms manage their dealing desk operations.

OctaFX and XM will both have their IP addresses blocked in Singapore later this month.

The announcement from the FCA comes just a week after SCA said it will launch a new license for finfluencers.

Padhani spent over a decade with rival broker INFINOX before making the move. STARTRADER has its main base of operations in Dubai.

Laurent McClintock joined ActivTrades at the start of this year, after a long stint at Pepperstone. He is the second senior exec to leave the broker.

ThinkMarkets had a lot of debt and not much cash. Somehow it’s still going. Is that because of ThinkCapital and its prior prop firm products?

Brock has worked in eFX sales roles for almost two decades and joins B2PRIME after a nearly five year-long stint with oneZero.

ATFX has a physical presence in more than 20 countries, with the new office in South Africa part of its expansion efforts in emerging markets.

Brokerage group CMC Markets released financial results for its 2025 financial year on Thursday morning. The London-listed firm, whose financial year ends on March 31st, saw flat revenue for the year, with a drop off in performance in the second half of the year. Total revenue came in at £360.1m for the year, compared to £359.8m in the 2024 financial year. However, net income rose 33% to £62.2m over the year, reflecting lower commissions and operating expenses, as well as the impact of the value of intangible assets being written off in 2024. Peter Cruddas salary hits £1.1m One part…

Marasi joins Axcera from PropGuru, another prop technology company. He has worked in the online trading industry since 2018.

We talk to Atlantic Capital Markets Founder Gareth Hazelden about how he made his broker business work, without a presence in the city.

Record trading volumes on the CME have been heavily driven by trading in speculative products with small contract sizes.

ThinkMarkets is one of several brokers to have added a senior creative role, with companies realising the role that brand plays for traders.

Equiti Managing Director Gaurang Desai has been Chairman of d2a2 since 2022. d2a2 is a crypto and blockchain regulatory association.

GCEX clients can now access different oil, metals, and natural gas products, all tradable as CFDs. GCEX also offers tech solutions to brokers.

The integration means 26 Degrees can offer clients extended hours trading in US equities, which is particularly beneficial for Asian traders.

Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos asked why the Cypriot regulator has not looked into brokers receiving funds from LATAM subsidiaries.

Investimental now offers clients access to local, EU, and US equities trading, all via the DXtrade platform offered by Devexperts.

EC Markets is the latest of several brokers to have received a Category 5 license from SCA. The broker now has 7 global licenses.

Spotware highlights innovative WebView plugins at iFX EXPO 2025. VisitBooth #60 to explore powerful tools for brokers and traders.

A new report by tech firm Moloco shows that spending more on independent ads can deliver much better returns for marketers.

Maciej Witalis has joined Crypto.com as its new Senior Growth Manager. He is the fourth senior marketing hire the crypto firm has made from IG Group.

Why is BaFin restricting turbos? More importantly, why do they keep doing stuff that will hurt Trade Republic – a German tech success story?

ATFX already has a physical presence in more than 20 countries globally. The broker will launch a new set of services in Cambodia too.

Honda will appear in Titan FX marketing materials and star in a new large-scale campaign called ‘Dream Beyond Borders’.

OneRoyal is one of several brokers looking to expand in the gulf countries. Currently CFI is the only broker that has a local license.

cTrader mobile delivers fast, stable, VPN-free access across China confirmed by cTrader performance evaluations.

The Prop Trading Expo will take place in London on September 27th. PropAccount provides white labels to over 90 prop firms today.

Financial institutions can use the Scope Prime offering to take a position in JSE stocks without paying the Securities Transfer Tax.

Fortress Core will use FTT’s technology to provide its clients with access to high quality liquidity sources and execution across asset classes.

This is the third integration that Brokeree has made so far this year with cTrader, with copy, prop, and bridge products already available.

Only BitMEX VIP traders will be able to access the reports, which use Hoc-trade tech to provide detailed analyses of trading activity.

Robinhood Legend is already live in the US and provides users with access to a more advanced platform compared to the broker’s mobile product.

Spotware upgrades cTrader Invite with full referral integration, automated IB registration and seamless CRM sync to maximise trader conversion and engagement.

The new license would mean that broker affiliates and IBs based in the UAE would have to get approval from the SCA to do business.

Chris Old is the third senior marketing executive that Crypto.com has hired in the last 12 months from IG Group.

We look at how much it costs to start a broker in 2025, why people are doing it and what the big problems they face are.

Nemeth joins FunderPro after a recent stint at ZuluTrade. He has held senior roles at brokers, including Swissquote, eToro and IronFX.

Prop trading is different from binary options from a regulatory point of view. Plus, binary options aren’t bad. People who commit fraud are.

Trade Republic has been one of Europe’s fintech success stories, with the broker now holding more than €100bn in client assets.

Sergei Riabov joined the company almost three years ago from Tinkoff. Revolut has launched trading in several regions since then.

Parker joins EXANTE with more than 25 years of experience in the financial services industry. He was previously CRO at Sberbank UK.

EBC Financial Group will make use of Brokeree technology. The two firms are also launching an educational content series.

Jawabreh joins CMS Financial from Daman Markets. She will reunite with ex-CFI colleague Nidal Hadi, who was confirmed as CEO of CMS Finacial this week.

Spotware releases cBroker 9.5, delivering ultra-high leverage, margin bypass, bulk force-close and enhanced risk tools for smarter, scalable broker control.

Swissquote is the latest large broker to be added to the platform, which has increasingly become the ‘go to’ place for retail traders.

Kevin Algeo will work for Crypto.com as SVP, Capital Markets. He worked at IG Group for over a decade and was CEO for APAC and Africa.

CMC Markets has spent substantial sums updating its pricing systems over the last decade, something O’Donoghue played a key role in.

Called Statecraft, the project is completely separate from Exness and allows users to create their own online governance system using blockchain tech.

Trading 212 has reached a higher level of AUA in 8 years than rival platform AJ Bell managed in over two decades.

LegacyFX still has a license in Vanuatu. Crypto.com has been expanding aggressively via M&A over the last six months.

Fernandes was most recently at IG Group, managing their premium desk in Australia. Fusion Markets has grown headcount by over 62% in the last two years.

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Sigma-One Capital was operating in Dubai using a firm called Gulf First Commercial Brokers. The firm targeted Indian traders in the UAE.

FNmarkets has a ‘license’ in the Comoros and is registered in St Lucia. FundedNext is one of several props to have added a broker division.

We talk to Ken Soh, an independent trader based in London, about how legit technical analysis is and how he uses it to trade the markets.

Zabłocki has been selling off his stake in XTB in large tranches over the last two years. The latest sale was at PLN 78 per share.

Hastings joins INFINOX from rival B2B liquidity provider Praxis Digital. He has held other institutional sales roles at Finalto and IG Group.

DeltaStock is the latest in a series of brokers to launch a prop product. DeltaFunded is not available to US clients at the moment.

iFOREX wants to hold an IPO in London later this year. The broker’s activity is a lot more representative of the CFD industry than eToro.

Halim has worked in the brokerage industry for close to two decades. He joins new broker Markets Act from Trade.com, after 12 months at the firm.

eToro has also set up a new company in France to offer the accounts. The broker has been localising its products more over the last two years.

Houtri was Global Head of Marketing at BDSwiss before joining Key to Markets. She also spent over a decade in the HFM marketing team.

The Fuze Traders brand will be retired as a result of the merger. Kubera Markets has historically acted as a B2B providers in the CFD space.

Skorupinski has worked as an IB for props like FTMO and FundedNext. His new prop firm Campus Fund only offers instant funding accounts.

My Forex Funds got lucky that the CFTC was so incompetent. But it means we still don’t really know what’s going to happen in the US for props.

Massey joined Capital.com three years ago and was responsible for both marketing and product initiatives. He previously worked at King.

Seliverstov worked at Alpari for almost 15 years and was at one point Global Head of Sales. GTCFX has licenses in three different regions.

XM is big in Japan. Trading 212 and Crypto.com dominated growth in the UK. Trade Republic and the crypto apps smashed it in Germany.

Capital.com said clients placed 48m trades in the first three months of the year, with MENA traders responsible for 53% of overall volumes.

Prior to joining Tickmill, Wallis held marketing roles at Saxo Bank, City Index, and ADSS. He has worked in online trading for a decade.

The CFTC lied and misled the court about an asset freeze it requested, related a bank transfer the My Forex Funds owner made.

Scarf is likely replacing Sean Murphy, who has been Plus500 CEO for a decade. He was previously Marex COO for Australia and New Zealand.

NAGA said that its partnership with Borussia Dortmund and affiliate marketing efforts had yielded better ROI for the firm in Q1.

FXPRIMUS is not the only broker to use AI tools for marketing. eToro, Capital.com, and Deriv have all used the technology for advertising efforts.

ATFX is the latest in a series of big name brokers to partner with Swiset. The tech firm has mainly helped brokers get clients in LATAM.

Trading 212 made over £160m from the UK market last year. This is more than any other retail CFD broker operating in the country, bar IG Group.

Only half the proceeds of the eToro IPO will go towards newly issued shares. The broker’s owners will also retain control of the company.

NAGA made almost 40% of its total revenues in the GCC region last year. The broker has made several sports deals already in the last 12 months.

Finance firms were just 3% of affiliate-led transactions, suggesting there is still a lot of room for potential growth in the sector.

The deal will give Robinhood easy access to the Canadian crypto market. WonderFi owns Buybit, Coinsquare, SmartPay, and Bitcoin.ca.

Broker Trading 212 continues to attempt to build up its payments offering. The company sent a promotional offer to customers on Monday, with the Bulgarian firm offering the ability to receive 1% cash back on purchases made with its debit card. The promotion runs until July 15th. Clients can get a maximum of £20 back until June 15th. In the following month it will be £15. This is in addition to another promotion that the company is currently running for payments. Clients with a card can now get up to 1.5% cash back on card payments and withdrawals, if they…

Goldfarb joins B2PRIME from Edgewater Markets. He is the second major hire that the liquidity provider has made in the last month.

Hantec Markets said it went live with 24/7 crypto trading earlier this month and has seen a ‘surge’ in trading volume since then.