Tag: binary options brokers

May 14, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

TechFinancials issues 12.4M shares worth $2.8M to China binary options JV partners

Binary options brokerage and blockchain technology company TechFinancials Inc (LON:TECH) has announced it that has issued 12.4 million to its joint venture partners in its China binary options business, DragonFinancials. DragonFinancials has been the main revenue generator for TechFinancials for the past year-plus, with the company shutting down its own OptionFair binary options brand and starting…

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CySEC settlement
October 16, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Binary options broker ProOptions has CIF license reinstated, but site remains down

Cyprus financial regulator CySEC has announced the reinstatement of the CIF license of Gametech (Cyprus) Limited. Gametech operated the binary options brokerage brand ProOptions.com. ProOptions was one of several binary options firms to have their licenses suspended by CySEC back in March. The regulator stated at the time that the suspensions were for suspicions of an…

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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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EZTrader SEC filing
September 08, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Binary options broker EZTrader parent EZTD de-registers with the SEC, shares to be delisted

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that binary options brokerage group EZTD Inc (OTCMKTS:EZTD) has filed paperwork with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) indicating that it is terminating its registration with the SEC, effective immediately. Once formally not an SEC registrant, EZTD will no longer be eligible to have its shares listed on the over-the-counter…

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OptionRally license suspended CySEC
July 13, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Binary Options broker OptionRally has its license suspended by CySEC

Cyprus financial regulator CySEC has announced the suspension of the CIF license granted to Binary Options broker Optionrally Financial Services Ltd. The reasons given by CySEC involve issues involving protection of clients’ funds, the company's own funds, and the company's capital adequacy ratio. CySEC has given OptionRally one week to take actions in order to comply. In the interim,…

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March 31, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Binary Options brokers leaving Cyprus: Leadtrade, TTCM, ProOptions and Dragon Options licenses suspended

Cyprus financial regulator CySEC has announced late Friday that it has suspended the licenses of four CIF-licensed brokerage groups. CySEC has suspended the licenses of: Leadtrade Ltd, which operates the TopOption, Prestige Option, Excellence Option and Platinium Option binary options brokerage brands, TTCM Traders Trust Capital Markets Ltd, which operates TradersTrust, Gametech (Cyprus) Ltd, which…

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March 27, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

TechFinancials issues 3.87 million shares to DragonFinancials binary options JV partner Optionfortune

Binary options platform provider and broker TechFinancials Inc (LON:TECH) has announced that it has issued 3,868,615 of its shares to the owners of its joint venture partner, Optionfortune Trade Limited. Optionfortune operates the DragonFinancials binary options broker, focused on Chinese and Far East clients. As we reported in early June, TechFinancials had actually placed the shares in…

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March 27, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Binary Options broker Anyoption requests affiliates sign letter on marketing use of German TV star Robert Geiss

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that binary options broker Anyoption has sent a circular out to its affiliates, regarding unauthorized advertising and promotion which one or more of its affiliates has been doing. Apparently, one or more Anyoption affiliates has been actively marketing the company in Europe using the images of Robert and Carmen Geiss…

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March 24, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Regulated broker Opteck drops Binary Options from its trading lineup

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Cyprus regulated broker Opteck (operating at opteck.com) has recently dropped Binary Options from its list of tradable assets. Opteck, which is a brand of CySEC CIF license holder Centralspot Trading Ltd, has been operating for several years and marketing itself mainly as a Binary Options broker. As a licensed CIF…

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