Continuing a trend we've been seeing lately, of leading retail forex brokers aligning themselves with 'brand ambassador' sports personalities, CySEC regulated FXTM has announced that it will become an official sponsor of Dominika Cibulkova, one of the top players on the women's tennis tour and a Top 10 ranked WTA player. (Ms. Cibulkova, from Slovakia,…
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Fairly soon after we reported its partnership with F1 Sahara Force India, retail forex broker FXTM has now revealed that it will be doing the racecar "double" and will also be sponsoring Rookie IndyCar driver Ed Jones - giving FXTM a prominent role in two of the three most iconic motorsport events of the season. According to…
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LeapRate Exclusive Interview... It hasn't been easy running a Retail Forex brokerage lately. Regulatory changes, technology which is constantly changing, ever increasing competition... Continuing our series of discussions with various industry leaders, we are pleased to present our recent conversation with Olga Rybalkina, CEO of CySEC regulated FXTM. Olga has quite a lot to say…
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CySEC regulated retail forex broker CFI Markets has announced that it is extending its sponsorship of FIA World Rally Championship - WRC for another year. CFI signed its original sponsorship deal with the WRC last March. CFI sent the following note out to its clients on the matter: For the second consecutive year, CFI Markets is…
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International sports marketing agency Sports Media Gaming Ltd (SMG) is reporting that it has brokered an ambassador agreement between online brokerage Stockpair (at stockpair.net) and former German football player and coach Lothar Matthäus. Matthäus is one of the most successful football personalities worldwide. In his active career he has won nearly every possible title in world football…
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A growing trend by online trading companies to use individuals in marketing.
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that UK online trading firm London Capital Group Holdings plc (LON:LCG) has made a regulatory filing indicating that ATP World Tennis #3 player and reigning US Open champion Stan Wawrinka has been issued 5 million LCG shares as part of his association with the company. We reported earlier this week that LCG…
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The purpose of most Retail Forex broker sponsorships is to get your brand 'out there' and noticed, associated with a team / person / sport which evokes positive responses. Beyond just placing a brand name on a football jersey or racing car, we've seen lately a number of 'different' and innovative approaches to Forex sports…
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Read moreAs pressure mounts on unregulated and improperly regulated binary options firms from well documented public outcry, we learned over the weekend that Premier League squad Southampton FC has backed out of a recently signed marketing deal with binary broker Banc de Binary. Banc de Binary in the past has been fined upwards of $11m from…
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