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forex industry news update
October 15, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Forex Industry Week Review: Cryptocurrency CFD leverage limits, FX broker IPO, FxPro Dubai license, and lots more…

In FX Industry News this week... What leverage and volume limits did Cyprus regulator CySEC place on brokers who offer trading in Bitcoin, Ethereum and other digital currency CFDs? Which FX broker now plans a Singapore Exchange IPO? Which former CEO is suing the Chairman of a trading platform company? What management and board changes…

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forex industry news update
September 24, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

FX Industry Week Review: Binary Options ICO, ADS management change, CySEC negative balance protection, and lots more…

Which Binary Options broker is planning to go public via an Initial Coin Offring (ICO)? And what can we learn from that about the overall binary options sector? Which recently-promoted executive is now out at ADS Securities? What did CySEC clarify about negative balance protection which must be provided to all FX broker clients? All…

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forex industry news update
September 17, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Forex Industry Week Review: Retail FX broker launch, Hantec's new website, BMFN and Investoo acquire, and lots more…

Which FX companies did BMFN and Investoo each acquire? Which senior executive from a leading London based Retail FX broker joined Investoo? Which former Australia FX CEO launched a new Retail FX brand? All these stories and more appeared first or only on LeapRate this past week. Some of our most popular, shared and commented-on posts…

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September 04, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Uzbekistan citizens allowed to buy FX from September 5

Uzbekistan's President has signed a decree on the liberalization of monetary policy, allowing its citizens and companies to buy foreign currency without restrictions at a market-set rate from September 5, as reported in Gazeta.uz newspaper. This move would be a potentially decisive step on the path towards full convertibility of the country’s sum currency. That would…

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forex industry news update
August 27, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

FX Industry Week Review: Playtech buys Alpha, China broker expands UK, Binary Options funds recovery, and lots more…

We normally list the week's key executive moves at the bottom of our weekly FX Industry News summary. However this week saw an extraordinary number of hires and departures involving CFH Systems, AxiTrader, Pepperstone, ADS Securities, CMC Markets Plc (LON:CMCX) - with all these moves being exclusively reported at LeapRate. (What was everyone else writing…

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