May 25, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova
eToro opens Russian office – sources
The investment network plans to spend $3-4 million for marketing its business in Russia this year.
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April 27, 2015 BY Mike Fox
8 featured forex industry stories from April 20th – April 26th
A look back at some of the most intriguing and popular Forex industry news stories from the past week at LeapRate. To make sure that you receive timely access to all LeapRate news throughout the week, sign up to our Forex Industry Newsletter on the right… → 1. eToro | https://www.leaprate.com/6YO9T 2. FXCM institutional | https://www.leaprate.com/ZAwaN…
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April 21, 2015 BY Mike Fox
eToro adds real-time stock trading
Prior to this update, CFD trading at eToro had so far been done through orders, aggregated and executed in daily batches.
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April 20, 2015 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod
eToro raising an additional $12 million from Commerzbank - LeapRate Exclusive
The new $12 million round of funding provided to eToro represents the very first investment of CommerzVentures, which joins existing eToro investors in a Series D Financing.
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January 12, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff
USA Today - The rise of copycat currency traders
Leading US newspaper cites LeapRate research and data in its expose on social and copy trading.
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December 10, 2014 BY LeapRate Staff
eToro raises $27 million from China's Ping An and Russia's Sberbank
Confirming our earlier post on the matter, retail forex broker eToro has successfully raised $27 million from units of China’s Ping An and Russia’s Sberbank. Current investors Spark Capital and BRM also participated in the financing. The round also includes a credit facility from Silicon Valley Bank. Industry sources tell LeapRate that the financing was done at…
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November 24, 2014 BY Mike Fox
Forex Weekly Look Back - Week of November 17th
Stanley Fink | https://www.leaprate.com/jM6tN Shift Forex | https://www.leaprate.com/Fkdnw MetalDesk2 | https://www.leaprate.com/S3LO6 Saxo Bank | https://www.leaprate.com/a7RDa Trading 212 | https://www.leaprate.com/9yzNy YouTradeFX | https://www.leaprate.com/H45rW FX Volume | https://www.leaprate.com/LAFfO eToro | https://www.leaprate.com/cyeDR
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November 23, 2014 BY LeapRate Staff
WSJ – eToro set to raise $15 million from China's Ping An and Russia's Sberbank
The Wall Street Journal has reported that CySEC-regulated retail forex broker eToro is close to finalizing a $15 million investment from Chinese insurance giant Ping An and Russia's largest bank, Sberbank. The financing is strategic, with both Ping An and Sberbank to help eToro expand in their respective home markets, China and Russia, following the…
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October 14, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod
eToro adopts unorthodox means of launching ruble and yuan currency pairs
In a somewhat unusual announcement, eToro refers to geopolitical tensions at a poignant time in which the company adds ruble and yuan currency pairs to its product range
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February 15, 2013 BY Gerald Segal
CySEC responds to LeapRate's 'shakedown' allegations
CySEC issues press release asserting its "authority to reach settlements". Well it seems as if we've ruffled some feathers at Cyprus' financial regulator CySEC. In an apparent response to our article Wednesday in which we claimed that CySEC is shaking down a number of FX brokers, CySEC issued a press release yesterday (full wording included below,…
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