Tag: Holland bans forex advertising

October 05, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Belgium Forex and Binary Options ban backfiring as unregulated brokers filling the void

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that the Belgium government's ban on leveraged Forex, CFD and Binary Options trading in order to 'protect Belgian consumers of financial services' has effectively backfired. At least so far. As reported at LeapRate, Belgium's financials regulator FSMA announced the ban in mid August, giving brokers serving Belgian customers a few weeks…

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October 02, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Forex Industry Week Review: Holland FX ad ban, Pepperstone FCA license, DailyFX sold, Israel licenses granted, and lots more…

It was a very busy Forex Industry News week at LeapRate, with a little of everything - public offerings, M&A, regulatory moves, new licenses, executive moves, financial results.... and of course, our usual dose of behind-the-scenes exclusive coverage you'll see only at LeapRate. Our most popular guest posts this week were: 4 ways to enhance the…

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September 26, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Holland to join France in banning Forex, CFD and Binary Options advertising

When answering Parliamentary questions on September 16, 2016, Netherlands' Minister of Finance Dijsselbloem has announced that he will start working together with the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) on an advertising ban in the Netherlands for toxic investment products for consumers. The AFM has been warning consumers for some time about binary options…

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