Binary options platform and brokerage group TechFinancials Inc (LON:TECH) has issued its Trading Update for the first six months of 2017 and, not unexpectedly, did not contain much good news. As the binary options sector has been hit hard both by regulators worldwide, including TechFinancials' home country of Israel, and by a lot of negative press…
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The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) is publishing another warning list in just two days, this time of new websites offering binary options trading, for which no authorized investment services provider could be clearly identified. Here is the list of new websites recently identified: www.cbf-financial.com www.toro-next.com www.easygestions.com www.4u-groups.com www.luxembourg-capital-finance.com A list of all unauthorized sites…
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The shoes continue to drop in the Israel binary options sector. After our earlier exclusive report that rival Anyoption was ceasing all binary options activity - after previously moving all call center and client facing operations out of the country - LeapRate has learned from sources close to the company that TechFinancials Inc (LON:TECH) is…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that CySEC regulated binary options broker Anyoption is, well, on its way to no longer being a binary broker. Sources inform LeapRate that the company has apparently taken the strategic decision to abandon binary options, in favour of building out its offering of FX pair and CFD trading. The company…
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Israel's new parliamentary bill to ban all aspects of the Binary Options brokerage business from the country - including when it comes to foreign clients - seems to be well on its way to becoming law. The bill, known now as Israel's Binary Options Law, passed the first of three required readings today in Israel's…
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France financial regulator Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) has announced that it is waiving the prohibition against Binary Options, Forex and CFDs broker 24option.com on providing services on French territory. 24option parent company Rodeler Limited, which is licensed by CySEC in Cyprus, received the France ban last August, after the AMF determined that 24option was providing…
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After a trial on Demo environment which we reported began last month, Swiss based retail forex broker Dukascopy has announced that its new type of binary options - Touch Binaries - has been released on Live and is now available to binary options trading account holders in Dukascopy Bank and Dukascopy Europe. Trading conditions and…
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LeapRate has learned that the new legislation to ban the operation of binary options brokerages in Israel will (finally) make it to Israel's parliament, the Knesset, for a formal first reading next Monday, June 26. Israel's parliament requires three readings of a bill before it can become law, with a formal Knesset vote usually taking…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned via regulatory filings that Hirose Financial UK Ltd., the FCA regulated arm of Japanese retail forex brokerage group Hirose Tusyo Inc (TYO:7185), saw its Revenues tumble by 47% in Fiscal 2017 (year ended March 31, 2017) to just £496,000, down from £928,000 last year. Hirose UK also reported a net loss…
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The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) just informed investors with regards to binary options operator Airfinance Pro Ltd (the Company), that: The Company was authorised by CySEC for the provision of investment services in financial instruments (License Number: 206/13) The Company renounced its authorization on 9 November 2016 but has not yet informed CySEC…
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