Category: Brokers

November 21, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

eToro’s SPAC partner to return $250 million to investors

FinTech Acquisition Corp. V was set up by well-known financier Betsy Cohen. The SPAC company and eToro announced their proposed merger in March 2021. The estimated implied equity value of the merger was initially at $10.4 billion, but was later taken down to $8.8 billion. The merger was terminated as the Israeli retail broker and…

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November 16, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

BUX UK sees a 49% drop in 2021 revenue to £9.1 million

According to its Companies House filing, BUX UK attributes the decline in revenue to the markets returning to normal levels from 2019 and becoming more stable. Furthermore, Brexit has also impacted the operations of the company since it stopped onboarding new clients in the EU in the first quarter of 2021. In addition, the company…

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November 15, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

eToro teams up with Broadridge to enable proxy voting

The data further revealed that younger investors are significantly more likely to want to have a say than older investors. In particular, 80% of participants in the survey between the age of 18 and 34 said they wanted to vote at AGMs if given the chance and 50% of investors around the age of 55.…

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Equiti opens a Cyprus office
November 14, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Equiti opens a new office in Cyprus

Hesham Hasanin, CEO of Equiti Global Markets in Cyprus, said: We are very excited to be in Limassol and have access to its large pool of talented people to expand our business in Europe. The welcoming hospitability and support of the local community and our partners in Limassol has been remarkable. We look forward to…

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Interactive Brokers expands with new office in Dublin
November 10, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Interactive Brokers opens a new office in Ireland

Keller went on to say that the broker’s office in Dublin currently employs 110 staff, which is higher than the firm originally anticipated. Mary Buckley, Interim CEO, IDA Ireland, added: Ireland, given its vibrant international financial services environment, has proven to be an excellent location for Interactive Brokers and this move to new offices signals…

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November 08, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Integral ADV falls 10.7% MoM in October

Compared to October 2021, ADV decreased 9.5%. Integral provides cloud-based SaaS FX workflow solutions for a variety of buy-side FX market participants, such as banks, brokers, asset managers, and hedge funds. Last month, Judy Goh joined the firm as Managing Director and Head of Sales for Asia Pacific. Integral also expanded its sales team with…

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plus500 revenue
November 07, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Plus500 launches +Insights on its OTC platform

David Zruia, Chief Executive Officer, commented: We are very excited about the launch of '+Insights', which is the latest realisation of our strategy for Plus500 to further develop our position as a global multi-asset fintech group, offering our international customer base a diverse range of products and ensuring we continue to provide them with a…

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November 07, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

VT Markets adds 7 new bond CFDs to trade offering

According to the official announcement, VT Markets’ clients will be able to trade new bond CFDs at competitive rates on the VT Markets mobile app and its trading platforms. John Georgiou, Director of Business at VT Markets, commented: Bond CFDs are the perfect addition to any trader's portfolio, as they can speculate the price movements…

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Robinhood
November 03, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Robinhood sees total net revenue of $361 million in Q3

Options trading brought in $124 million revenue, gaining 10% to previous quarter. Cryptocurrency trading decreased 12% QoQ to $51 million and equities trading increased 7% QoQ to $31 million. Vlad Tenev, CEO and Co-Founder of Robinhood Markets, said: In the third quarter we achieved our goal of reaching adjusted EBITDA profitability, a quarter earlier than…

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