ATFX has sponsored the golfing tournament for almost a decade now, with the latest event held at Steyn City in South Africa.
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INGOT Brokers has made key changes to its website UX, branding, and logo. It also appears to have put several licences under one URL.
Forex University provides courses and education to retail traders, with two different programmes currently accessible on the site.
IC Markets has regrouped over the last 12 months, with changes to operations and personnel that reflect big growth plans lying ahead.
Panagiotou has worked in CFDs for a decade and held Africa Regional Manager roles at Doo Prime, Fxview, and Tickmill.
Lane was taken off the FCA register for Trade Nation last month. Noble’s appointment is likely pending regulatory approval.
Alkhaldi, who joins after a brief stint at HFM, will be tasked with expanding Scope Markets’ presence in the MENA region.
Eightcap is running the channel with a local IB. YouTube has become a popular medium for brokers to localise their offering and enter new markets.
Trading 212 is also hiring for a Chief Risk Officer in its new Irish company. It is unclear why the company has decided to establish the new entity.
We speak to Deriv execs Geo Nicolaidis and Andreas Potamitis about what the company has planned for its offices in Cyprus.
ATFX has launched its newest edition of the Trader Magazine, with insights from its team of global analysts.
Crone spent almost three years working at eToro and was ultimately overseeing the broker’s PR and comms for the UK and Australia.
Capital.com flew more than 650 staff members to Dubai for two days of networking, pitching, and celebration.
Shir Shalom joined eToro almost four years ago and oversaw several key initiatives during her time at the brokerage group.
Daman Markets has been an Official Racing Partner for the Dubai Racing Club during the 2024 – 2025 season.
We speak to the Prop Firm Match exec about prop risk management, scammers, technology, marketing and more.
Clients executed over 1m trades with Pepperstone on Thursday, with notional volumes at the broker exceeding $27bn.
Morphitis was most recently Global Head of Business Development at BDSwiss. He also spent over three years at HFM.
Purohit joins Blackbull Markets from ActivTrades, where he was Head of UK and DACH Markets for the broker.
Cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com announced on Wednesday that it has partnered with Sony so that the company can accept digital asset…
Thoma joins XValley from broker CPT Markets. She has held senior roles at several firms, including Exinity and Skilling.
Beyaz will work in the Tickmill office in Cyprus. He has worked in broker data roles for six years and holds a PhD in computer science.
This is the second major acquisition Archax has made in the last six months. It will allow the firm to expand in the US market.
Wu joins Trade Nation as a Premium Client Manager. He has almost a decade of prior experience at CMC Markets and IG Group.
An insider has given TradeInformer access to an unofficial Meta document, showing how the social media giant thinks about the FX/CFD industry.
Capital.com said both organisations align with its goal of improving the competitiveness of the UK financial services industry.
IG Arena will open in July, with IG Group holding the naming rights for the new multi-purpose stadium for 10 years.
CMC Markets has offered crypto CFDs and physical CFDs to Aussie clients for years now.
PU Prime will be able to use Argentina’s branding as part of its marketing materials, set up contests for giveaways, and get access to matchdays.
CEO share sales, payment fees, and crypto CFD losses – the eToro filing to list in the US has it all.
Trading 212 has moved beyond solely using Interactive Brokers for equities trades, with the broker also acting as a market maker.
Onyx Markets owner – Onyx Capital – has long used its own media production for marketing.
Esteve Jane is from outside the industry and may be tasked with growing IG Group via acquisitions.
The decision is part of Plus500’s efforts to grow its futures and options business. India is the largest market in the world for options trading.
We talk to PipFarm CEO James Glyde about how the company has managed to stop the scammer onslaught.
It is very hard to see how Kraken could buy NinjaTrader in cash. This deal is about equity issuance and a potential IPO.
Kraken will be able to offer futures and get a license in the US, while NinjaTrader can now offer its products in the UK, EU, and Australia.
Ouinex is the first crypto broker to launch using a no-CLOB execution model.
Aneira Henery-Morley was with the broker for 12 months, having previously spent almost four years working at IG Group.
Rebusco joined Onyx Capital just under a year ago to set up its retail offering, Onyx Markets. He worked for almost a decade at IG Group.
VFTradings offers clients two types of challenges, across six different account sizes.
The competition will run throughout March and give traders the opportunity to access a $25,000 account with BrightFunded.
Local Capital.com CEO Tarik Chebib said that the broker wanted to save money on ad spend and see if the technology would work.
Natasha Kassar joined TrioMarkets almost 2.5 years ago. She will work as Regional Sales Manager at YaMarkets.
FundingPips has started offering MT5 clients again after getting a license from the mystery regulator in the Comoros.
Equiti said that using Click to Messenger ads meant is saw a reduction in cost per lead and a higher volume of leads.
VP Capital said it wants its to focus on core investments, with Capital.com likely to integrate crypto into its offering.
Ouinex has raised over $4m from investors and will be the first crypto exchange to operate on a ‘no-CLOB’ basis.
This is the second major sports sponsorship that Hantec Markets has announced so far this year.
NAGA Founder Ben Bilski says he wants to solve a number of different problems facing the crypto trading industry.
Tawasal will integrate Crypto.com into its ‘super app’ and also refer the company’s services to its regional partners.
MGX made the investment in Binance using an unnamed stablecoin. Binance employs around 1,000 people in the UAE.
DB Investing is based in Dubai and has licenses in the Seychelles and the UAE.
ATFX saw a huge surge in stock trading, with the broker now among the top 7 companies globally.
Saxo Bank offers some growth potential, some synergies, and the potential to cream off lots of cash.
Boruvanov will work for NAGA from Sofia. He was most recently Global Head of Sales at rival brand ActivTrades.
INGOT Brokers already has licences in Kenya, the Seychelles, and Jordan.
Saxo Bank was valued at $1.7bn in the deal, which will see it remain as a standalone business.
Fintokei also said that its biggest single payout for the year was $129,032, with an average payout of $3,881.
Baker is the latest in a series of experienced executives to make the move to Kama Capital.
The Stocktwits event will take place on April 30th in New York. eToro is seeking to expand its presence in the US.
Aladham is the second senior appointment that ATFX has announced this week.
Kononovich will work from the INFINOX London office. The broker was acquired by former StoneX executive Marc Joppeck last year.
INFINOX is the first brokerage company that Carlos Casagrande appears to have partnered with.
Lamaris joins Tauro Markets from Octa Markets, where he was Head of Dealing for just under a year.
MEX Orient looks like it will target institutional and B2B2C partners in Asia and the Middle East.
Hantec Markets is sponsoring the series of concerts as part of its efforts to celebrate 35 years of business.
Saxo Bank actually saw a decline in net income from trading activity in 2024, with higher costs offsetting growth in topline revenues.
We speak to Maven Trading CEO Jon Alexander about how the company managed to succeed in a crazy 12 months for the prop industry.
Patel is the latest in a series of senior FXCM executives to join ATFX. He managed FXCM’s trading team for over a decade.
The goal of the new Zerodha product seems to be to make options trading as simple as possible for Indian clients.
Bybit set up the bounty programme for people to help it recover funds stolen in a $1.5bn hack.
OneRoyal is likely to use Forlan to target clients in Latin America.
Versus Trade will offer clients a new set of innovative products to trade in and industry-leading rebates for partners.
Invidiatrade will let users access DXtrade on desktop, web browser, and mobile – all using TradingView charting.
Zeybo joins EC Markets from rival brand FXGT, where he spent almost three years as the firm’s Global Head of Business Development.
XM holds regular galas in key markets around the world but this was the first large scale event that the firm has done in Peru.
DB Investing opened its Dubai office in 2023 and has since made it into a major hub for its operations.
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.
Theodosiou previously worked at Exclusive Capital. FundedNext is one of several props that has started expanding into the brokerage space.
XTB CEO Omar Arnaout told TradeInformer last year that Chile had the potential to become one of the broker’s largest branches.
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.
Herzberg progressed from a client-facing role to being a key figure in the eToro marketing machine.
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.
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.
The event is a sign of the growing ATFX presence in Australia. ATFX opened its office in Australia last year.
Crypto trading surged in the final quarter of 2024, with Robinhood seeing a six-fold QoQ increase in transaction revenues from the asset class.
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.