Category: Brokers

August 21, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

IG Group launches trading on Ethereum

UK online trading leader IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG) today announced that has launched trading on Ether, the token of the Ethereum network. This development enables traders to take a position on whether the value of the cryptocurrency will rise or fall, without having to take the risks associated with buying and storing it. Rupert…

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Pepperstone UK
August 21, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Pepperstone EEA clients required to close and transfer Australian accounts to Pepperstone UK

LeapRate Exclusive… After we exclusively reported back in February that leading Australia based retail forex and CFDs broker Pepperstone suspended all activity in its FCA-regulated UK subsidiary Pepperstone Limited, a week ago LeapRate has shared that the company has finalized its management and operational changes and is now once again open for business in the UK. When…

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August 18, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

IC Markets adds cryptocurrency trading with Bitcoin CFDs

ASIC regulated Retail Forex broker IC Markets announced today that has added Bitcoin (BTCUSD) to its growing product offering. The addition of Bitcoin, 2017’s best performing asset with a price increase exceeding 350%, comes after burgeoning client demand as the Cryptocurrency soars to record highs. The IC Markets Bitcoin product is traded as a CFD,…

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August 18, 2017 BY admin

Amana Capital launches trader research and education site TradeCaptain.com

Fueled by its road-map to build a global community of well-educated traders, and in line with its plans to expand in Asia and Europe, Amana Capital, a Dubai-headquartered Financial Services Group reached a new milestone this week by launching TradeCaptain.com, a global educational and research portal. Building on the success of its former Arabic research…

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Gain Capital forex.com
August 17, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

GAIN Capital shares trade down by 12% after pricing $80 million Convertible Notes offering

Shares of FX brokerage group Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP), the parent company of Retail FX broker Forex.com and institutional FX platform GTX, were down sharply on Thursday morning NYSE trading after the company announced it had successfully priced an $80 million Convertible Notes offering, which we first reported last night. GCAP shares were at $6.04…

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z.com trade fx broker
August 17, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Z.com upgrades its execution engine, adds CFDs

GMO-Z.com Trade UK Limited, the FCA regulated brokerage arm of Japanese retail forex giant GMO Click Holdings Inc (TYO:7177) has announced the launch of a significant upgrade in their range of products and services. The new services are powered by a new execution engine to facilitate improved execution speeds, over 40 new tradable products including newly added…

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August 17, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Hotforex adds cryptocurrency trading with Bitcoin CFDs

Global retail forex and multi-asset broker HotForex just announced that has now added Bitcoin to its Cryptocurrency CFDs to allow traders to buy and sell it after starting to offer it as a deposit option earlier in the year. A HotForex spokesperson commented: Bitcoin has been rapidly changing the financial world since it was created.…

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Dukascopy clone warning
August 17, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Dukascopy warns of clone FX broker website Dukascopi.com

Geneva based Retail Forex broker Dukascopy Bank is warning that there is a clone of the company's site operating from dukascopi.com. This website pretends to offer Forex, CFD and commodities trading from Switzerland at almost same address as Dukascopy Bank. The clone is showing a "Main Office" address of Route de Pre-Bois 22, ICC, Entrance, Geneva 15, Switzierland…

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