Capuano has worked in the retail trading industry for over two decades. Most recently he was Head of Europe for Capital.com.
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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.
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.
Robinhood first announced that it would be launching the ETDs in the final quarter of last year. UK clients can already use margin trading.
We talk to Trive SA CEO Marius Grobler about what makes the market tick in South Africa.
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.
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.
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.
Coinbase employs more then 200 people in the UK, which is its second-biggest source of web traffic.
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.
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.
XTB continues to onboard large numbers of clients, seemingly by using more vanilla products – like equities and ETFs – for marketing.
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.
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.
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.
The approval means that Doo Group can begin offering its clients Hong Kong and US equities via its entity regulated in the Chinese city.
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.
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.
It’s plausible investors were expecting better earnings from the deal CMC Markets formed with Revolut, as well as higher Q4 volatility.
IG Group saw higher revenue in the half year period, despite a slight drop in the number of active clients in its CFD and spread betting business.
Lahkwani has previously held sales roles at CPT Markets, IG Group, and CAPEX.com. He was also Head of Sales for the MENA region at Axi.
Anucauskas joins Markets.com from easyMarkets, where he spent just under two years. Previously he worked at JFD Brokers for five years.
BUX clients can invest in the ETFs via one of the broker’s investment plans. The broker will also provide educational content to clients.
We talk to Weems Chan, Global Head of Marketing at ATFX about why the brokerage group decided to drive growth through investment in brand.
Plus500 is providing synthetic execution to Topstep via its US-regulated entity. The company can also be used to trade Topstep’s live accounts.
Sky Links Capital was launched last year by Daniel Takieddine. The broker offers trading in CFDs and futures, with a license in Mauritius.
Capital.com has made YouTube and TikTok a core part of its strategy. The company has focused on shorter form content with the former.
Vincent Germyns has been CEO for the Saxo Bank Mid-European Hub since 2019, the same year the company acquired BinckBank.
eToro added the meme coin to its platform in response to customer demand. The Trump coin soared over the weekend but has since crashed.
Skianis was most recently at IC Markets, where he was Head of Partners. He has also worked at M4Markets, IronFX, and HF Markets.
The Seychelles Financial Services Authority has given CFD brokers until mid-2026 to make the necessary changes and stay compliant.
Swissquote said the 23% uplift to total revenues were in part due to an increase in crypto trading which took place at the end of the year.
eToro has been trying to go public for years. Its most recent attempt to list via a SPAC in 2021 saw the firm valued at more than $10bn.
Kudotrade was launched earlier this year and was originally based in St Lucia. The broker has employees in Cyprus, the UK, and Dubai.
Revolut has sponsored football teams before, including Danish club FC Copenhagen, but this is the first women’s team.
Despite a still low valuation, Plus500 has delivered total returns in excess of 5,000% since going public on the London Stock Exchange in 2013.
Freetrade was one of the first companies to come to market in the UK with a simple app and no dealing fee offering for retail investors.
The crypto exchange also said that options volumes totalled $140bn for the year and that Nitro Spreads volumes rose more than seven-fold.
Police in the Southeast Asian country have also said that they will look to ban prediction markets website Polymarket.
Humphreys previously worked alongside Deus X Markets CEO Tim Plummer at Capital.com. He joins the firm from Onyx Markets.
Robinhood breached more than 10 SEC rules over the course of several years. One incident impacted the private data of millions of customers.
Plus500 held a seminar over the weekend, with more than 300 local traders attending. The broker held the event with several local educators.
Equiti Wealth has received approval to offer a fund called ‘Equiti Global Balanced Fund’ from the UAE Securities and Commodities Authority.
Horacek joined IG Group at the start of the pandemic in 2020, initially as Head of Poland. He went on to lead the firm’s India and SA offices too.
Capital.com said it saw a 20% increase in the number of trades placed in 2024 as well, with most volume coming from MENA and Europe.
Trading 212 acquired FXFlat in August of 2024. The new offering is likely designed for branding and to help smooth out its Invest product.
Plus500 was historically offering services in the UAE via a Category 4 license. It can now provide clients in the UAE with higher leverage.
Yavuz Karadeniz was with My Forex Funds for over three years, initially as a customer support specialist and ultimately as a director at the firm.
Capital.com is in the process of expanding substantially. The company is hiring upwards of 300 new employees in technology roles.
ATFX has changed its tagline for the new year. But what does it actually mean and what does the broker have planned for 2025?
Century Financial tends to sponsor higher end events for marketing purposes. The firm is one of the oldest brokers in the UAE.
moomoo clients who sign up to Seeking Alpha’s Alpha Picks service will be eligible for $250 in account credit.
TIOmarkets is operated by Malaysian businessman Manmohan Singh. The company is targeting clients in Asia and Latin America.
Popivoda has been with PrimeXM since 2018. He previously worked for now-defunct brokerage firm 24Option in a sales role.
Andreou was one of several senior executives that left BDSwiss in the last 6 months. He will be based in INGOT Brokers’ Dubai office.
Brokers using Devexa can now access different buttons and rich content sharing capabilities to improve different client interactions.
Sim joins MH Markets as Director of Global Sales. He has spent the bulk of his career working with Fullerton Markets Founder Mario Singh.
Maggie Lighezzolo oversaw changes to the IG Group website and market research tools, including the integration of tech provider TipRanks.
Brokers that use cTrader can now use the Brokeree product as a plug in and be up and running with copy trading within a few hours.
Aston Martin released a new video, featuring driver Fernando Alonso and Pepperstone branding, to promote the new partnership.
Coinbase has hired a former XTB exec as local CEO. The company appears to be launching perpetual futures trading via its Cypriot entity.
Owen has been Head of Trading for BUX – who APM acquired in July – since 2020. He was previously a senior trader at rival broker Ayondo.
ATFX hit lots of key milestones in 2024, from new licences and offices to record trading volume numbers. We look at 9 key moments for the firm.
MetaQuotes has forced brokers to link their prop arm with the broker arm. Hantec Trader has thus changed the URL for its homepage.
Vladimir Syrov has launched a new brand called Zetradex, alongside a prop firm named Zefundex, and a broker technology provider.
Scope Markets appears to be making more of an effort to expand in Asia. The company has focused heavily on Africa in the last couple of years.
Deriv is already one of the largest broker businesses – by headcount – in the world, with 20 offices globally an more than 1,400 employees.
Swissquote now offers payments, banking, trading, investing, and investment plans all in one mobile application, something many firms want to do.
XTB will sponsor Fury for his fight in Saudi Arabia later this week. XTB has already partnered with a boxing organisation in the UAE.
Vladimir Shmidt is working as Marketing Director at Shares.com – a new brand by Capital.com that is targeting emerging markets.
Turkey has blocked the URLs for several leading crypto and prop trading firms, including HTX, Storm Gain, and BrightFunded.
Michael Healy has been Commercial Director at Ryanair for almost five years. He previously worked with IG CEO Breon Corcoran at Paddy Power.
Demosthenous joined the broker operator in the middle of last year. She has held senior marketing roles at XM, LCG, and easyMarkets.
Onyx Markets is owned by Onyx Capital, an oil broking business. The company has hired execs from several rivals, including IG and CMC Markets.
Brief was with IG Group for almost 25 years and was the company’s Head of UK. Several long-time execs have left over the last 12 months.