Things are moving fast for forex and commodities broker HF Markets these days. The broker has just revealed that it has added the esteemed Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) license to its long list of credentials. HF Markets (UK) Ltd is now authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) under firm reference number 801701.…
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Recently-launched Cyprus based Retail FX and CFDs broker Capital.com has announced that it has secured a license for UK subsidiary Capital Com (UK) Limited from the FCA. We have learned via regulatory filings that Capital.com's shareholders injected an additional £679,000 of capital into the UK company at the beginning of this month, to satisfy the…
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LeapRate Exclusive... Further to our exclusive report back in March that MENA and New Zealand FX brokerage group Direct Trading Technologies (DTT) is in the latter stages of applying for and receiving an FCA license, LeapRate has learned that Direct Trading Technologies UK Ltd has been approved by the UK financial conduct authority (FRN: 79589) and plans…
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Trading platform Tradeweb announced that it has received authorisation from the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to operate an Organised Trading Facility (OTF), effective from 3rd January 2018. On that basis, Tradeweb can offer its clients greater flexibility to choose the type of venue and execution method that suits their needs. It will support the…
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Assetz Capital, one of the UK’s largest Peer-to-Peer platforms, just announced it has received full authorisation from the UK regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The company has lent more than £316 million to businesses nationwide. Following its successful FCA application, Assetz Capital is now in the final stages of completing its work on its…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned via regulatory filings that Cyprus-based retail forex broker Exness has made an application to the UK financial regulator FCA to increase the scope of its FCA-licensed arm, Exness Europe Limited (Exness UK). Exness received its initial FCA license in September of last year, which LeapRate discussed at the time with Exness…
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LeapRate Exclusive Interview... Following our exclusive coverage of Forex broker solutions provider MahiFX becoming the latest FX sector company to receive an FCA license, we are pleased to present to LeapRate readers our conversation on the topic with Nick Mortimer, Head of MFX Retail Sales for MahiFX. Does the FCA license change the way MahiFX does business?…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Forex brokerage solutions provider MahiFX has received its FCA license in the UK as a matched principal broker. The license was officially granted to MahiFX on March 16, 2017. MahiFX is also licensed by ASIC in Australia and the FMA in New Zealand (holding a Derivatives Dealer license, something that the…
Read moreLeading forex broker Exness is pleased to announce that its UK entity, Exness Europe Limited, has received regulatory approval from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), under Register number 730729. With its newly acquired FCA license, Exness, an international broker whose main client base is currently in Asia, the Middle East, and Africa, is set on…
Read moreWe believe that this is called 'coming full circle'. Retail FX broker ForexTime Limited (FXTM) has announced the opening of its fully operational division in the UK. Located in the City of London, the UK division will service retail and institutional clients, offering them access to FXTM's products and services. Some brief history... FXTM was…
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