It has been a very busy year for Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS). Despite getting through last January's Swiss Franc spike with nary a scratch, shares of the Retail Forex and CFD broker took a dive until Playtech PLC (LON:PTEC) stepped in with plans to buy Plus500 for $700 million. When that deal unravelled late in 2015 Plus500…
Read moreFurther to LeapRate's report about London Stock Exchange Group Plc (LON:LSE) and Deutsche Boerse AG (ETR:DB1) discussing a merger, the two companies have today provided more details about the potential deal. A combined group will be formed as a result of the merger. It will be domiciled in London and will have LSEG in London…
Read moreLeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that the increasingly crowded online money transfer industry is about to get even more cramped. Former Saxo Bank and City Index executive Jim Tatchell is getting set to launch his own entrant in the industry, with the fairly unique name of Circadian FX Solutions. (The word Circadian means 'around the day', and…
Read moreThe UK Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has on Thursday published the provisional findings of its market review into the ownership and competitiveness of the infrastructure that supports the payments systems; Bacs, Faster Payments System (FPS) and LINK. The above-mentioned payment systems are currently owned by a relatively small number of banks, which also control the…
Read moreJulian Elliott, one of the first employees at MT4 trading systems integrator Gold-i, has been promoted to Operations Director. In his new role Julian will continue to be responsible for the day to day operations of the company and will take on additional responsibilities including financial management and client account management. Julian joined Gold-i as Operations Manager…
Read moreThe Wall Street Journal has reported that binary options broker Banc de Binary has agreed to an $11 million settlement with U.S. authorities, following allegations that Banc de Binary illegally signed up U.S. investors to its binary options trading platform. The CySEC-regulated company, which also has operations in Israel and the Seychelles, reached the agreement after being…
Read moreSocial investment services provider eToro keeps beefing up the capabilities of its mobile applications, with the Social Trading app for Android devices getting updated earlier this week. After adding seamless switching between Real & Virtual accounts to the capabilities of the solution in January, eToro is making further strides into improving the trading experience for fans of…
Read moreThinkForex, a global provider of financial derivatives trading in FX, CFDs and financial spread betting has announced the launch of its brand-new affiliate program which pays some of the highest CPA rates in the sector. To celebrate the launch of the program ThinkForex is giving the first 100 affiliates an extra $100 Bonus on top of the rewarding…
Read moreIn a notice sent out today, globally regulated forex brokerage FxPro informed clients they are disabling cTrader's mirror/copy trading feature cMirror starting from this upcoming Friday. cMirror is trading software company Spotware's mirror trading application, complementing its robust cTrader platform. By using cMirror, any trader can become a strategy provider, broadcast trading signals and charge commissions. Other traders…
Read moreNational Futures Association (NFA) today announced it has permanently barred TGI Capital Management Limited (TGI), an NFA Member commodity trading advisor (CTA) located in London, England, from membership and from acting as a principal of an NFA Member. The Decision, issued by NFA's Business Conduct Committee (BCC), is based on a Complaint authorized by the BCC…
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