Since the Budget, the group’s shares have recovered to a level they last held in mid-September.
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The CVM’s sanctions mean FBS could face criminal charges in Brazil, as well as payment bans and restrictions on its URL.
Brokers including IG Group and Capital.com have been forced to stop trading in a swathe of instruments as the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) exchange shut down this morning.
From 28 November to 12 December 2025 RADEX MARKETS will offer a 20% commission reduction on forex and gold trading.
The family retirement fund of the chief executive of Plus500 in Australia has bought a stake worth nearly £31,000 in the London-listed group.
Zoumidou will link up with Trade Nation CEO Jon Noble, who he previously worked with for over a decade at IG Group.
Kraken has fully integrated a prop trading function, following its purchase of Breakout in September.
TradingView has introduced comprehensive IPO data to its platform, enabling users to track upcoming and recent listings.
Versus Trade has launched a new copy trading service powered by Brokeree Solutions’ Social Trading system.
Blueberry has struck a long-term partnership with Australia’s SailGP Team, the Bonds Flying Roos, led by Olympic gold medallist Tom Slingsby,.
BITA makes custom indices that brokers can offer to clients. Firms like Plus500 can also hedge into those indices if they need to.
Trading 212 has been prevented from adding SIPPs to its product offering by the FCA.
RoboForex has launched a new version of its copy trading service integrating an affiliate programme.
Bajjali is one of several long-time IG executives to have left the broker over the last 18 months.
Littler will appear in a new brand campaign called ‘The Champion Mindset’, aiming to promote Tradify’s prop trading services.
B2BROKER is one of the only firms in the online trading industry to hold an investment banking license in Labuan.
Kira Financial is one of only a small number of brokerage firms to operate using a Category 1 license issued by SCA.
Paras Arora will lead Trading 212’s expansion into the UAE, where it has held an introducer license since 2023.
Boltzmann Research founder Chariton Christou says the firm wants to bridge the gap between brokers and the quant trading industry.
Plus500’s US entity has already been working with Topstep since at least the start of this year.
Traders taking an Eightcap day trader challenge can select a stake and multiplier, with challenges only lasting a maximum of 8 hours.
XM has tripled the prize pool for IBs and other partners who take part in the contest.
FundingPips did have a Comoros entity. Tradin is regulated in Mauritius and offers traders access to markets via MT5.
Capital.com’s survey shows 87% of people think stocks are high risk, barely below the 92% that believe cryptocurrencies are in the same category.
PayRetailers can provide RADEX MARKETS with access to payment services in eight different Latin American countries.
Group CEO Arthur Kbejan said the move was reflects the group’s efforts to build a transparent, well-regulated business.
Investing.one is backed by MVFINANCE and is being led by Stefan Sotirov, who was formerly Chief Operating Officer at Trading 212.
Rosinska will work for Scope Markets in the broker’s UK office. The wider Rostro Group has been expanding massively over the last couple of years.
Amillex is one of only a small number of firms to have received an ASIC license over the last few years.
The broker’s CEO Yoni Assia said the firm believes event contracts create ‘significant value’ for traders.
Sherekete has worked in the online trading industry for a decade, with senior roles at Scope Markets, Doo Group, and Trade.com.
Ouerghi previously worked for amana in the broker’s Lebanon office. He has worked in the trading industry for over 15 years.
ATFX won several awards at the iFX EXPO Asia 2025 at the end of October.
B3 and XP have tried to stop XTB and other CFD providers from entering the Brazilian market, using legal complaints and paid media.
XTB has halted Brazilian onboarding and suspended its relationship with locally regulated firm Finvest DTVM.
Di Benedetto spent three years at XTB and has also had stints at OKX, Darwinex, and forex broker Pepperstone.
The new product is called Spectre and allows professional clients to hold equities and index positions without leverage and swap fees.
Abitbol was Head of Trading and Risk Management for almost three years at The5%ers. He also spent time at Prop Firm Match.
Line Peteri joins ATFX from Exinity, where she headed up the broker’s partners team.
Anastasiou joins Traze from ICM.com, where he spent the last decade. Traze is one of only a handful of firms with an SCA Category 1 license.
Fieldhouse joins ThinkMarkets from rival brand M4Markets, where he was also Global Head of Partnerships.
BDSwiss onboarded over 90,000 UK residents offshore from 2017 to 2021, paying out almost £15m in rebates to 129 influencers.
ATFX has expanded massively over the last year, building out new technology and expanding its set of products available to clients.
Robinhood already offers access to options and margin trading on stocks to UK customers.
ATFX has raised money for Breast Cancer Now as part of a wider initiative to raise awareness about breast cancer.
Jay and Dinu worked together at M4Markets. Their new project gives cash back to traders that sign up to brokers via their website.
Eightcap won the award after investing a huge amount in the development of its partners programme over the last 12 months.
Spotware, developer of the cTrader platform, partners with UK-based prop firm OneFunded to provide traders with flexible funding, transparent trading, and professional tools through the cTrader ecosystem.
Trading 212 acquired FXFlat last year. The broker does not offer MT4, a platform that CMC Markets began offering in 2018.
TopStep was already working with Plus500. This appears to be an extension of the two firms’ existing partnership.
Talks on the merger purportedly fell apart after IG and Kraken could not come to an agreement on what to do with tastytrade.
A statement put out by India’s Enforcement Directorate about Octa appears to refer to an incident which took place three months ago.
Capital.com is hiring for a CEO in Turkey. the country is a big market for brokers. However, most trading takes place offshore.
Plus500 made 15% of its revenues from its US business in Q3 2025. The growth in the business may end up being the big driver for the business going forward.
Konstantinidi joins the Pepperstone London office from rival brand Exinity, which operates brokers Alpari and FXTM.
CFI recently lost its license in Oman. The broker is not able to act as an OTC provider for CFDs in Bahrain.
Massey joins MultiBank after a short career break. Most recently he held senior roles at Capital.com, where he spent just over three years.
Rosewell joined Eightcap in 2019 as Chief Marketing Officer. He has previously held marketing roles at IG Group, LCG, and ETX Capital.
Rostro – which operates Scope Markets and Scope Prime – has brought in Kate Mason-Keaney as Chief People & Organisation Officer.
Kraken paid $100m to buy Small Exchange from IG Group. It is hard to see them using it for anything but perpetual futures and – potentially – event contracts.
XM recently reached 15 years in business and the broker has celebrated the occasion with a $35,000 deposit bonus – its biggest on record.
Hantec Markets said the results came on the back of heavy investment in product, people, and partnerships over the course of the last year.
StriveFX has expanded its platform suite with cTrader, Spotware’s award-winning multi-asset trading platform. Designed for traders of all levels, cTrader brings transparency, speed and accessibility with free cloud execution, advanced order protection and thousands of trading robots and indicators from the cTrader Store.
The liquidity provider picked up the award in NYC last week. Scope Prime now deals with a range of clients, including hedge funds and smaller banks.
Jonthan Bar-Sela has been working for Tickmill since at least April of this year. He has 20 years of experience in technology roles.
ATFX recently acquired a license in Cambodia. We caught up with the team to find out what their plans are for the ASEAN country.
Begu is now the seventh senior executive to have joined Fintrix Markets who has prior experience at Pepperstone.
Bybit said it plans on making the UAE a regional operations hub, with more than 500 employees across offices in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
cTrader Mobile has been awarded “Best Trading App 2025” at Forex Expo Dubai, recognising its innovation, transparency, and premium mobile trading experience with free cloud algo execution and access to thousands of trading robots and indicators.
The deal, which is still subject to regulatory approval, would mean that the INFINOX group of companies runs at least four retail brokers.
Webull UK will start offering access to London-listed equities and ETFs, different account types, as well as reducing commissions on US stocks.
Sharpe has been with Trade Nation for almost three years and has worked in the online trading industry for close to 30 years.
Skilling was set up close to a decade ago by iGaming execs from Sweden and Norway. The investors behind the takeover now operate three broker brands.
Over 1,300 attendees played Taurex’s Spin the Wheel game at the Expo, which took place in Dubai this week.
Nahas joined Zarvista just over two years ago. He also runs a consulting firm called 357, which is based in Cyprus.
Al-Janabi worked with Monaxa CEO Chris Trikomitis at FXPRIMUS. He joins Monaxa from TopFX, where he spent over four years.
MyForexFunds posted on X for the first time in over two years on Monday afternoon. The prop firm survived a CFTC legal case this year.
14 XM partners won $500,000, with the top 3 prizes totalling $250,000.
Ismailoglu will work closely with the broker’s founder Mithilesh Fichadia. Tattvam Markets has licenses in the UAE and Mauritius.
Spanos joins Fintrix Markets from GO Markets, where he was Head of Risk and Product. He has also worked at IG, CMC Markets, and Pepperstone.
Marius Grobler worked with Trive for over three years, helping to set up their operations in Mauritius and South Africa in that time.
The broker is one of only a small number of brokerages to have acquired a Category 1 license in the Gulf state.
Alves worked on expanding Deriv’s presence in LATAM and Africa, with the broker proving extremely popular in the latter region.
Patchay has been working with Trade Nation for over five years. Traze is operated by the larger Zeal group of companies.
Speaking at an event hosted by GBG, Dani Magner also noted that Japan has been a tougher market for the broker to perform e-KYC.
UK customers at Capital.com had the highest average deposits with the broker globally.
EC Markets is expanding across the UK, Latin America, and Middle East. Qumuq has previously worked at Doo Prime, Startrader, and Multibank.
Howard joined Eightcap as CEO in January 2023. He has worked in the online trading industry for two decades, with prior stints at IG and StoneX.
Cadavid was previously Commercial Director for LATAM at Eightcap. He has worked in the online trading industry for two decades.
Hadjikyriacos moves to IC Markets after six years at IG Group. The London-listed firm is winding down its operations in Cyprus.
IG only launched futures and options about 12 months ago. Its probable most customers just want to trade on an OTC basis.
Selby joins Taurex from rival brand SquaredFinancial. He was worked in the online trading industry for close to two decades.
CFI had its Oman license revoked on September 18th. The FSA said the broker had marketed non-Omani securities and breached AML regulations.
Cooper has been with Axi for close to a decade. He was part of the team that undertook a management buy out at the broker in 2022.
Jan joined Bybit 12 months ago and will work from the OKX office in Singapore. He has almost three decades of experience in financial services.
IG will pay an initial £53.4m for its stake in Independent Reserve. The broker also has an option to acquire the remaining 30% of the business.
Jonathan Brewer and Raj Sitlani own JT Core Services, part of a wider group that runs retail broker JT Markets and education site Forex Masterclass.
Drakos was previously Executive Director for Revolut’s Cyprus entity. Trading 212 has had a CASP license in Cyprus since May of 2024.
Axi is one of the first FX/CFD brokers to have really expanded into the perpetual futures space.
The new XM platform creates a unified experience across desktop and mobile, as well as a new, intuitive platform with TradingView charts.
