Tag: binary options broker

December 20, 2014 BY LeapRate Staff

Ontario Securities Commission warns against binary options broker Option.fm

Canadian financial regulator Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has issued a warning regarding binary options broker Option.fm. Option.fm is owned by B. O. Technologies Limited, also doing business as Option Financial Markets. According to the OSC, Option.fm is not registered in Ontario, Canada to engage in the business of trading in securities, or advising anyone with respect…

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December 10, 2014 BY LeapRate Staff

PowerOption remains open, but affiliate marketing program shut

Further to our article yesterday regarding an email that went out from PowerOption, stating that the company was being shut down, PowerOption and its parent, Ireland-based parent AvaTrade put out a statement clarifying the situation. In brief, PowerOption is alive and well and remains open - and indeed remains one of the few CySEC-regulated binary options…

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September 12, 2014 BY Gerald Segal

CySEC puts out warning on binary options broker BinaryFloor

CySEC issued a warning today to investors and traders concerning binary options firm Binary Floor. CySEC stated that is not regulated in Cyprus. On its website, BinaryFloor states that it is owned and operated by S.C. Binary Floor Online Ltd, Cyprus. The complete CySEC warning reads as follows, and can also be seen here. WARNING The…

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August 13, 2014 BY Mike Fox

CySEC puts out warning on binary broker LBinary.com

CySEC issued a warning today to investors and traders concerning binary firm LBinary.com, on its website the firm states LBinary a brand of Chelestra Limited, Secretary’s lane 5, Gibraltar... In English, the warning reads as follows: The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (‘the Commission’) wishes to inform the investors that the company ‘Chelestra Ltd’ (https://www.lbinary.com):…

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July 28, 2014 BY Mike Fox

Another Binary Options broker gets regulated – Brokerage Capital

CySEC added as of July 21st binary company P.M. Investment Capital Limited with license number 243/14 to their regulated investment firm list. The company is branded as Brokerage Capital when conducting a search for the company, but the CIF listing shows a link to KBOption. Maybe there could be a re-branding set to take place…

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June 19, 2014 BY Mike Fox

CySEC Warning: Revokes CIF license from binary broker Cedar Finance

CySEC (Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission) has dealt a blow to Cedar Finance, a binary option service provider. The official press release is below (translated from Greek to English as best as we can.) In previous announcements dated December 19, 2013 and February 21, 2014, the Commission announces that a meeting of dated June 16,…

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April 14, 2014 BY Gerald Segal

Trading247 chooses to go unregulated, CySEC CIF license lapses

Binary firm chooses to move ahead unregulated, how will traders react? In an official announcement from CySEC binary option brand Trading247 has decided to opt out of any sort of regulation. The license now in question was granted to Trading247.com’s parent Magline Investments Ltd. Some binary options brokers are apparently coming to the decision that…

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February 13, 2014 BY Gerald Segal

SpotOption launches weekends and holidays trading

The new feature is called Trade On! and it is allowing traders to place trades 24/7 One of the leading binary options platform providers SpotOption has launched a new feature that allows clients of binary options brokerages to place trades over the weekend. Normally activity is quite subdued during holidays, so the solution that the…

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February 06, 2014 BY Gerald Segal

AvaTrade launches PowerOption regulated binary options brand

PowerOption will be regulated by both CySEC (Cyprus) and ASIC (Australia). Ireland based retail forex broker AvaTrade has just launched its own Binary Options brand, called PowerOption. PowerOption will be based on the MarketPulse platform. AvaTrade had previously worked with Marketpulse on its Japanese binary platform, although that business had to be halted when the…

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