After the close of trading Thursday afternoon, CFD broker Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) announced that a group of its founders, none of whom is involved any more in the day-to-day management of the business, are selling about a third of their remaining aggregate holdings in the company, in a secondary share sale organized by broker Liberum Capital.…
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Continuing the stream of strong and record FX trading volumes we’ve been seeing from leading retail and institutional eFX venues to start off 2018, multibank FX aggregation service FXSpotStream has announced that February FX trading volumes came in at $28.8 billion ADV, topping January's $26.3 billion by 9% and making February 2018 FXSpotStream’s best month…
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Belize financial regulator IFSC has issued a series of warnings about a number of Retail FX and Binary options brokers which are sporting fake IFSC licenses. First up on the warning list is a firm called FXBrokerPro Ltd., which operates the fxbrokerpro.com website. FXBrokerPro's website claims, in fairly poorly worded English, that "FX Broker Pro…
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Fintech infrastructure solutions provider Broadway Technology and Moscow Exchange have announced that Broadway Technology has begun offering its clients access to Moscow Exchange’s FX Market. Broadway Technology customers can now trade FX instruments on MOEX via Sponsored Market Access (SMA) and receive MOEX Market Data. Broadway’s solutions have been certified by Moscow Exchange, and its MOEX adaptors…
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Exchange operator Cboe Global Markets Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) has announced that it is now providing its Cboe Top real-time stock quote and trade information via oneZero Financial Systems, a software and infratstructure provider for institutional and retail brokers. The Cboe Top feed is a market data product from Cboe Global Markets, one of the largest…
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Leading Swiss stock exchange SIX Swiss Exchange has announced that XTX Markets Ltd. has started trading on SIX Swiss Exchange. XTX Markets is a leading quantitative-driven electronic market maker partnering with counterparties, exchanges and e-trading venues globally. It is the second new participant joining the exchange in 2018, after Gair Loch. Gregor Braun, Head Member Acquisition…
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After recently adding Portuguese and Vietnamese language websites, FCA regulated Retail FX and CFDs broker Tickmill has announced the launch of a Malay language website, targeting expansion in the Malaysian market. The company said that the launch of a dedicated website that delivers product information and content of specific relevance to its fast-growing Malaysian client base…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that leading online CFDs broker Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) has made some key adjustments to the CPA rates it pays its affiliates via its 500Affiliates.com program, with an increased focus on bringing on board clients who trade (primarily) cryptocurrencies. Or more accurately, Plus500 won't any more disincentivize affiliates for bringing on board…
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Further to our report from yesterday that FCA and BaFin regulated social trading and CFD broker Ayondo is gearing up for another run at a Singapore IPO, Ayondo today formally announced that it had filed preliminary IPO documents with the Singapore Exchange, to list the company on the SGX Catalist Board. The Ayondo announcement (see full…
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Munich, Germany based Devexperts, which develops retail and institutional trading platforms and market data solutions, has announced today that its dxTrade multi-asset and multi-market trading platform now supports cryptocurrency spot and derivatives trading. dxTrade is a cutting-edge trading solution for experienced brokers with an established business process and customer base looking for new opportunities. It…
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