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Tickmill hires Erhan Beyaz as Head of Data & Analytics

By David KimberleyApril 1, 20250

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.

XM Co-Founder donates €10m to establish children’s cancer centre in Cyprus

By David KimberleyFebruary 18, 20250

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

XM hires Silicon Valley exec as Chief Technology Officer

By David KimberleyJanuary 22, 20250

Nasos Topakas has a wealth of experience, having worked in San Francisco for over two decades, including long stints as CTO at leading firms.

Crypto firms are doing CFDs

By David KimberleyDecember 30, 20240

Crypto.com plans on adding CFDs. Bybit already has them. Others could do the same. Should regular FX/CFD brokers be worried?

Centroid Solutions partners with BITA

By David KimberleyDecember 12, 20240

BITA makes custom indices, where the exposure can be hedged. The company already has partnerships with XM and other firms.

XM and Exness in the Maghreb

By David KimberleyDecember 9, 20240

Exness and XM are smashing North Africa. But so too are other players in the region – most notably Olymptrade and ExpertOption.

XM launches new website

By David KimberleyNovember 12, 20240

XM is the latest firm to rebrand, with several firms changing their look in the last 12 months to have more of a mobile-friendly, fintech feel.

Exness and K Pop

By David KimberleyOctober 21, 20240

What does K Pop company HYBE tell us about broker marketing. And what do they do that is similar to the Exness Team Pro campaign.

Porn and CFDs

By David KimberleyJuly 29, 20240

DMM used to make porn but now does CFDs. XM is huge. Plus500 is growing. And more. We look at what’s going on with CFDs in Japan.

Is the CFD industry done?

By David KimberleyJuly 15, 20240

The CFD industry has grown massively and is active globally. So is there no growth left for the sector or is there actually plenty of left on the table?

8 ad strategies for brokers in Asia

By David KimberleyJuly 8, 20240

Asia is the growth market for CFD brokers today. So what marketing strategies are forex brokers using to target clients in Asia (and lots of the rest of the world?)

PrimeXBT: The biggest brokers you’ve never heard of

By David KimberleyJune 20, 20240

PrimeXBT is a huge broker. We look at who runs the company, their product, and how they managed to get so big.

Forex employs c.7,000 people in Cyprus

By David KimberleyJune 17, 20240

The CFD industry plays an outsized role in the local economy, employing a huge number of people but also bringing a lot of cash relative to Cyprus’s GDP.