New Zealand’s Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has earlier today updated its list of “Businesses to be wary of”, with the latest addition being TigerWit Prime Limited. TigerWit operates via www.tigerwit.com, offering various Forex trading services. The company purports to have an address in New Zealand and to be a registered financial services provider. The FMA…
Read moreBitcoin exchange Coinbase today announces that launch of a new product for US citizens who'd like to purchase Bitcoin instantly – this will be possible via their debit cards. The new Coinbase product (still in beta) aims to help new users get their first bitcoin and for existing users to get bitcoin easily and quickly.…
Read moreLess than a month after Canadian provider of online trading and investment services Questrade announced its partnership with Profit.ly, it announces a new addition to the Questrade partner centre. The latest addition is MotiveWave, a desktop research app packed with various tools for active traders. Currently, this application has more than 300 built-in trading strategies,…
Read moreOne of the major online trading services provider in the United States - Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:IBKR), has just published its key operating metrics for February 2016, with the data showing a decline in trading activity in comparison with strong January levels. The number of daily average revenue trades (DARTs) fell in monthly terms.…
Read moreLeading online trading services provider IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG) today announced a dual assault on ISA savings and stockbroking commission rates. Clients of the broker will be able to trade eligible ETFs commission free during ISA season, from today until April 30, 2016, and through a substantial reduction in commission rates on stockbroking trades.…
Read moreOperator of international exchanges and clearing houses Intercontinental Exchange Inc (NYSE:ICE), which earlier today confirmed it was considering an approach for London Stock Exchange Group Plc (LON:LSE), has just unveiled a couple of management appointments. ICE announced that David Farrell, Senior Director, Global Soft Commodity Operations, has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer (COO) of…
Read moreOnline trading services provider FXCM Inc (NYSE:FXCM) today published spread data for some of the most popular currency pairs for 2015. According to the report, the average spread for EUR/USD during peak hours was 0.3 pips, whereas the spread was 0.1 pips or less during 8.32% of the time in 2015. Below you can find…
Read moreSwitzerland’s Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) has earlier today updated its Warning List, with the latest addition being Forex broker TradingBanks. The company, operating from https://www.tradingbanks.com, purports to have an address in Belize (previously, it claimed to have an address in the BVI). However, in December last year, the International Financial Services Commission of Belize…
Read moreForex.com Japan, or GAIN Capital Japan Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP), has announced pending changes to maximum leverage levels for corporate accounts for the MetaTrader 4 (MT4) and FOREXTrader platforms. Effective May 31, 2016, the maximum leverage on such accounts will be cut from 200x to 100x. The broker notes…
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