Author: David Kimberley

The programme will see 30 students from the Cyprus University of Technology working at Capital.com for a three month period.

Shenouda joins from rival brand StoneX and is the latest in a series of senior executives to join Daman Markets.

Lots of executives with no experience in online trading end up doing a great job. So what makes a good hire for CFD brokers?

BlackArrow developer Nelogica claims that 8 out of 10 traders in Latin America are using its platform.

Prop firms are adding futures. Is it because of regulation? Do they just want more products? And should you even take US clients anyway?

Theodosiou previously worked at Exclusive Capital. FundedNext is one of several props that has started expanding into the brokerage space.

We talk to Nick Mortimer about trends in prop trading, white labels, and why brokers should think of their platform like an e-commerce store.

XTB CEO Omar Arnaout told TradeInformer last year that Chile had the potential to become one of the broker’s largest branches.

City Traders Imperium clients will be able to get access to FXAN technology when taking challenges with the prop firm.

26 Degrees now offers trading in more than 2,000 stock and ETF CFDs, with this new launch particularly beneficial for clients in Asia.

Vassiliades joined Pepperstone in 2020, shortly before the broker acquired a license from CySEC.

Higgins worked at IG Group for almost 13 years. He joined the broker as a copywriter in 2012 and went on to hold several senior roles at the firm.

Hughes joined eToro in 2022 and was key in setting up the broker’s UAE office. He has held senior roles at several other brokers, including IG Group.

Nemr joins CFI after a short stint at Tauro Markets. She has worked in the brokerage industry for over a decade.

Eli Shwartz joins eToro from Discount Bank, where he spent the last four years as the bank’s Head of Digital Marketing.

We speak to London Capital Group Managing Director Matt Basi about what the broker has planned under new ownership.

The Trading Pit will use cTrader for its CFD challenges, which were previously offered via a third-party brokerage.

Herzberg progressed from a client-facing role to being a key figure in the eToro marketing machine.

The new platform is unique among Devexperts products, as each platform will be different, depending on the client’s needs.

XM Co-Founder Costas Cleanthous made the donation via the Cleanthous Foundation, a charitable organisation he set up in 2023.

Plus500 CFO Elad Even-Chen said the group expects futures to make up to 35% of total revenues in the next 3 – 5 years.

oneZero said that it will integrate Autochartist technology into its existing products, to help brokers with their marketing efforts.

ATFX Africa has made several updates to its technology and client experience over the last 12 months.

Doo Group now has more than 1,000 employees globally and has close to 30 licences for its different financial services businesses.

Blum operates solely as a crypto trading app within Telegram. The app has had almost 15m users in the last month.

EC Markets has already been working with Judd Trump since the start of 2024.

Companies like Trading 212 and XTB have seen huge revenue growth by mass marketing investment products. Will it still work going forward?

The event is a sign of the growing ATFX presence in Australia. ATFX opened its office in Australia last year.

Broker-backed props are adding a new feature to improve retention.

Crypto trading surged in the final quarter of 2024, with Robinhood seeing a six-fold QoQ increase in transaction revenues from the asset class.

Capital.com has expanded its partnership with LSEG, providing more detailed news feeds and analytics tools to its clients.

The Good Money Guide Awards are in their 8th year and provide a great opportunity for brokers to gain further recognition for their work.

Doron Rozenberg has held senior marketing roles at crypto exchanges and CFD providers, including eToro and Trive.

Capuano has worked in the retail trading industry for over two decades. Most recently he was Head of Europe for Capital.com.

Trescothick has been in the online trading industry for almost two decades, including a long stint at broker easyMarkets.

Myanmar has become a hotbed for call centres, which target foreigners using so call ‘pig butchering’ scams.

Swiset set up a trading tournament for Eightcap, which generated 429 new leads for the broker in 16 Latin American countries.

Bitpanda was previously active in the UK but stopped onboarding clients after the FCA introduced regulatory changes in 2023.

Demetriou previously worked as Head of Sales for the Capital.com UK entity.

The FCA-regulated arm of London Capital Group was taken over by a number of senior industry executives at the end of 2022.

Payments, crypto, and banking firms in Asia and Latin America made up the bulk of the most-downloaded finance apps in 2024.

ATFX Connect and Your Bourse senior executives attended the event, alongside leading brokers and asset management firms.

Robinhood first announced that it would be launching the ETDs in the final quarter of last year. UK clients can already use margin trading.

Seven of the ten largest props now offer Match-Trader to their clients. FundedNext is also entering the brokerage space.

We talk to Trive SA CEO Marius Grobler about what makes the market tick in South Africa.

NAGA cost CAPEX $15m. The way things are going, it could end up being worth a lot more.

This is the second time in 12 months that a broker’s office has been targeted by a shooter.

Saxo Bank has been up for sale for several years, with this sale possibly an effort to make it more attractive to potential buyers.

The new license means VPFX can market and sell its products to clients in the UAE as an introducer.

eToro has historically only offered USD accounts, but has been rolling out different deposit and payment options over the last few months.

NAGA is seeing multiple benefits from its merger with CAPEX.com. The broker saw a huge increase in affiliate-based traffic last year.

The local CEO of Trive said the new cars were part of the broker’s efforts to build its brand and level of trust with clients in South Africa.

The integration means that cTrader brokers can get a much better overview of their Brokeree social trading services.

TradeLocker Hub lists prop firm challenges and prop firms, with Brokers and Partners sections coming as well.

Khalayi joins Pepperstone from rival brand EGM Securities, where he spent over six years and was promoted on multiple occasions.

Shenouda has been with StoneX, which owns brokers FOREX.com and City Index, for almost six years.

Vantage will be an Official Partner of the Scuderia Ferrari HP Formula One team. The broker said the partnership was confirmed in January.

StoneX also reported revenue per million at City Index and FOREX.com rose 23% during the final quarter of last year.

Finery Markets had already passed the first examination, which shows it has the correct systems and tools in place to operate a crypto ECN.

The new website features a refreshed UX and a change to the prop firm’s colour scheme and branding. Atmos was launched in November last year.

Griffin was previously at CMC Markets and also worked as Global Head of Trading at FXCM. Fuze Traders is a prop firm based in Switzerland.

Abu-Hamdan joins HFM from Hantec Markets. He worked at Hantec Markets for close to 15 years, most recently as CCO as well.

FTMO probably bought OANDA on the cheap. But will the deal work out for the firm or will it struggle to grow revenues?

Trade Nation is the first CFD provider that Adclear is working with. The tech firm already works with fintechs Freetrade and Plum.

Devexperts said the new platform was launched in response to growing demand for access to futures among retail traders.

Coinbase employs more then 200 people in the UK, which is its second-biggest source of web traffic.

Dalley has been Head of Netherlands for Cboe over the last two years. He has been with the firm since 2017, after it acquired BATS Global Markets.

Integral said that Access Bank will use its technology to white label its FX trading offering to sub-brands and partners in the region.

OANDA owner CVC Capital has been looking to sell for some time now. FTMO say the broker will continue to operate as a separate business.

Kraken is likely to offer perpetual futures using the CySEC-regulated entity, with a local employee acting as product lead for the derivatives.

The contest – called The Leap – can be accessed by traders globally and has a prize pool, backed by CME Group, of $25,000.

We talk to SALVUS Funds Managing Director Nikolas Xenofontos about what the changes in the Seychelles mean for brokers and why they were made.

AvaFutures has been targeting Spain, reflecting the country’s heavy restrictions on offering CFDs to retail clients. Is that the future for brokers?

Zelek joined the firm in December. RoboMarkets announced it would be exiting the retail CFDs space in the EU last year.

Swissquote generated 26% of its total revenues from B2B operations, although most of that likely came from other retail brokers.

Exness is hiring for a new Product Manager role in its Cyprus office. The main product will be an AI-based chatbot that does customer support functions.

CME Group said the new micro futures contracts will be one-tenth the size of their existing counterparts and be cash settled.

XTB continues to onboard large numbers of clients, seemingly by using more vanilla products – like equities and ETFs – for marketing.

Brokers want to separate their prop arms, probably for regulatory reasons. But MetaQuotes wants them to be linked together. A conundrum.

Kama Capital was previously operating under a Category 5 license, which allowed it to introduce clients to one of its other entities.

The International Trading Institute will offer an 18-month, master’s style programme to applicants, with teachers from investment banks.

Capital.com also said that Germany was its second biggest market, although the number of trades was less than half of the UAE total.

Christou joins the firm from rival company Exinity. Charalambous has also held senior roles at leading firms, like eToro and Binance.

Traders that deposit $1,000 with amana and make 10 trades before the end of the campaign date will get a 1-carat diamond from ZS Jewelry.

Revolut has been adding an average of 160,000 accounts per month in Italy, with the goal of hitting more than 4m total users in 2025.

Taurex will integrate Trading Bull’s technology into its trading app in the first half of the year.

The partnership with Devexperts means that Blueberry Markets retail and institutional clients will be able to trade with the firm.

The trading news provider said it spent several months doing user research to determine what FXStreet readers wanted from the site.

Tsirpi joins TopFX from rival brand HFM. He was with HFM for almost four years, working as Regional Head of Business Development.

ActivTrades is one of the only players left that’s still targeting clients in the UK. The broker also has a large set of clients in Brazil.

Hantec Markets will be Official Trading Partner for LATAM. This marks the first time the broker has sponsored a football team.

BitPanda is the first major cryptocurrency exchange operator to receive the license from the German regulator.

Onyx Markets is backed by Onyx Capital, an oil brokering business. The new broker is offering retail clients FX and oil contracts trading.

ATFX was the Platinum Sponsor of the Icebreakers Chinese New Year event, which is organised by several UK-China relations organisations.

We look at four facts from the IG Group H1 results, including crypto products, options trading, and the recent Freetrade acquisition.

The approval means that Doo Group can begin offering its clients Hong Kong and US equities via its entity regulated in the Chinese city.

Challenging challenge conditions produce randomness, making it harder to know who is a sharp trader and who is not, meaning hedging is tricky.

Trading 212 saw the highest growth level of MUVs for any finance company, when you look at growth across both web usage and app downloads.

Knapp will continue in his role as Chief Risk Officer at Rostro Group, which owns Scope Markets. He will help role out options and futures for clients.

Lightyear will offer clients in the UK both stocks and shares ISAs and Cash ISAs, allowing them to invest in a more tax-efficient manner.