In a swift action by Israeli police, a suspected extortionist from Mexico has been detained on arrival at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv following an investigation which has brought allegations against a 34 year old man citing blackmail and extortion of millions of dollars in Bitcoin
Read moreThe practice of cloning is alive and well among unregulated entities wishing to dupe clients from the Asia Pacific region into investing on the premise that they are becoming a client of an established London-based company. The FCA has pointed out yet another example of imitation, and advises caution
Read moreAs parent KCG prepares to sell it, Hotspot FX sees another strong month of trading volumes. For the month of October, Hotspot FX has reported that trading volumes averaged $34.3 billion daily - not quite the $38 billion ADV Hotspot did in an industry-wide record setting September, but still well above the $29-$30 billion average seen…
Read moreTopFX's Paul Orford waxes lyrical on the factors which are contributing toward what he considers to be the shaky future of the B-Book among retail brokerages
Read moreGMO Click Holdings, Japan's major margin Forex trading broker, will debut on the Tokyo Stock Exchange's Jasdaq market next spring. GMO Click Holdings is a 100% subsidiary of GMO Internet, a Japanese Internet service provider listed in the TSE's first section, and it has two foreign exchange trading firms in its group -- FX Prime…
Read moreShares of retail forex broker Gain Capital (NYSE:GCAP) were up as much as 27% in early trading Friday following the company's release of Q3 results (which included record quarterly revenues of $103 million), and of course the company's acquisition of leading UK spreadbetting and CFDs/FX broker City Index. We believe that most of the move…
Read moreWith technological advancement being at the heart of Bitcoin's ever advancing movement into the mainstream, Coinsetter and BitcoinATM360 have embarked on the launch of a full, end to end Bitcoin solution
Read moreFor all new accounts opened as of November 3, 2014, the minimum deposit necessary to activate a Standard account with Alpari will rise from RUB 3,000 to RUB 5,000, a jump of 67%
Read moreWhile the big news is Gain Capital's acquisition of City Index, the brokerage also announced preliminary results today for the third quarter ended September 30, 2014. The results were pretty good and this is not surprising considering the company's record volume metrics from September. The numbers were particularly good for the retail segment which notched…
Read moreAs the whirlpool around troubled FX broker FOREX MMCIS gathers pace and the withdrawal maladies continue, Russia's top consumer affairs body has admitted it is helpless to take any measures against the company. LeapRate has been keeping you up to date with the latest developments around FOREX MMCIS, a troubled broker particularly active in Russia…
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