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The Regulatory Playbook: Dubai Did It First, But Cyprus Can Still Do It Best
The Regulatory Playbook: Dubai Did It First, But Cyprus Can Still Do It Best
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By Finance Magnates
The Regulatory Playbook: Dubai Did It First, But Cyprus Can Still Do It Best
Dubai’s regulators may have had the luxury of starting on a blank sheet of paper: it attracted and utilised talent and knowledge from experienced professionals that worked in more mature supervisor...
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dubai
cyprus
cysec
ATFX Records Impressive Trading Volume of USD 776.5 Billion in Q1 2025
ATFX Records Impressive Trading Volume of USD 776.5 Billion in Q1 2025
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By Finance Magnates
ATFX Records Impressive Trading Volume of USD 776.5 Billion in Q1 2025
ATFX remains focused on providing cutting-edge tools, exceptional customer service, and a seamless trading experience for traders around the world.
Forex.com Expands APAC Presence: Launches in Singapore
Forex.com Expands APAC Presence: Launches in Singapore
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By Finance Magnates
Forex.com Expands APAC Presence: Launches in Singapore
Forex.com, the retail trading brand owned by StoneX, has expanded its presence in the Asia-Pacific by launching its contracts for differences (CFDs) trading services from its new Singapore base.
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singapore
StoneX
Trump and Record-Weakening Dollar Drove Record FX Volumes in April 2025
Trump and Record-Weakening Dollar Drove Record FX Volumes in April 2025
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By Finance Magnates
Trump and Record-Weakening Dollar Drove Record FX Volumes in April 2025
April brought record volatility and uncertainty to financial markets, driven by Trump’s tariffs, along with record results for many retail CFD brokers .
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lemon.markets Expands Brokerage-as-a-Service Platform to Support Equity Compensation
lemon.markets Expands Brokerage-as-a-Service Platform to Support Equity Compensation
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By Finance Magnates
lemon.markets Expands Brokerage-as-a-Service Platform to Support Equity Compensation
Berlin-based fintech lemon.markets has teamed up with Optio Incentives to simplify how companies handle employee stock programs in Germany.
lemon.markets
germany
Vantage Expands Copy Trading to Web Portal as It Brings 20% Trading Volume for CFDs Brokers
Vantage Expands Copy Trading to Web Portal as It Brings 20% Trading Volume for CFDs Brokers
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By Finance Magnates
Vantage Expands Copy Trading to Web Portal as It Brings 20% Trading Volume for CFDs Brokers
Vantage Markets has extended its copy trading feature to its Client Portal website, broadening access to the service previously available only through its mobile application.
vantage
Copy Trade
copy-trading
Will eToro Go Public This Week? Robinhood Rival Advances $3.5 Billion Valuation US IPO
Will eToro Go Public This Week? Robinhood Rival Advances $3.5 Billion Valuation US IPO
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By Finance Magnates
Will eToro Go Public This Week? Robinhood Rival Advances $3.5 Billion Valuation US IPO
Online trading platform eToro is planning to launch its U.S. initial public offering as early as this week, after previously postponing its listing amid market volatility triggered by Trump’s tarif...
Revolut Dials Up Disruption: Fintech Unicorn Expands in Telecom Arena
Revolut Dials Up Disruption: Fintech Unicorn Expands in Telecom Arena
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By Finance Magnates
Revolut Dials Up Disruption: Fintech Unicorn Expands in Telecom Arena
Revolut launches mobile plans with eSIM tech, offering unlimited data, roaming perks in the UK and Germany, challenging traditional telecom providers.
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eSIM
mobile phones
State Street, Crossover Markets, Clear Street, and More: Executive Moves of the Week
State Street, Crossover Markets, Clear Street, and More: Executive Moves of the Week
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By Finance Magnates
State Street, Crossover Markets, Clear Street, and More: Executive Moves of the Week
In our weekly executive moves coverage, State Street and Crossover Markets have both been named new Chief Financial Officers. Matthew Cousens joined Clear Street to lead its electronic execution op...
State Street
Equities Now Make Up 90% of Gildencrest Capital's Revenue, but Profit Without FX Drops 95%
Equities Now Make Up 90% of Gildencrest Capital's Revenue, but Profit Without FX Drops 95%
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By Finance Magnates
Equities Now Make Up 90% of Gildencrest Capital's Revenue, but Profit Without FX Drops 95%
Gildencrest Capital Limited, a London-based financial brokerage firm formerly known as TeraFX , experienced a 75% drop in foreign exchange (Forex) trading volume during 2024, according to the compa...
Weekly Recap: Google Lifts IG France’s Ad Restrictions, XM Owner Buys Stake in a Cyprus Bank
Weekly Recap: Google Lifts IG France’s Ad Restrictions, XM Owner Buys Stake in a Cyprus Bank
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By Finance Magnates
Weekly Recap: Google Lifts IG France’s Ad Restrictions, XM Owner Buys Stake in a Cyprus Bank
Why brokers and prop firms are moving away from Discord . Although brokers and prop firms have managed communities of traders on publicly available platforms like Discord, new challenges related to...
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Ripple’s XRP Adoption Grows: Mastercard Highlights SBI Remit as SWIFT Speculation Builds
Ripple’s XRP Adoption Grows: Mastercard Highlights SBI Remit as SWIFT Speculation Builds
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By Finance Magnates
Ripple’s XRP Adoption Grows: Mastercard Highlights SBI Remit as SWIFT Speculation Builds
Major financial institutions are increasingly testing digital assets, including XRP, to improve cross-border payments. A recent report by Mastercard, titled “Blockchain Technology Fuels New Remitta...
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Ripple
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XRP News
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FCA Bans CFD Broker Direct Trading Technologies, Citing "Falsified" Audit Records
FCA Bans CFD Broker Direct Trading Technologies, Citing "Falsified" Audit Records
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By Finance Magnates
FCA Bans CFD Broker Direct Trading Technologies, Citing "Falsified" Audit Records
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) stripped Direct Trading Technologies UK Ltd (DTT) of its regulatory permissions and froze its access to assets following concerns over financial controls and t...
FMAS:25 - Africa’s Largest Trading Summit is Just 1 Month Away!
FMAS:25 - Africa’s Largest Trading Summit is Just 1 Month Away!
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By Finance Magnates
FMAS:25 - Africa’s Largest Trading Summit is Just 1 Month Away!
Cape Town prepares to host FMAS:25 for the first time.
FXSpotStream's April Volume Hits $122 Billion, Marks Fourth Consecutive Rise
FXSpotStream's April Volume Hits $122 Billion, Marks Fourth Consecutive Rise
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By Finance Magnates
FXSpotStream's April Volume Hits $122 Billion, Marks Fourth Consecutive Rise
FXSpotStream has reported a strong month of trading activity, with its average daily volume (ADV) reaching a new record of $122 billion in April 2025.
FXSpotStream
Institutional Fx
The cTrader Padel League Returns this June! Game, Set...let’s Go Again!
The cTrader Padel League Returns this June! Game, Set...let’s Go Again!
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By Finance Magnates
The cTrader Padel League Returns this June! Game, Set...let’s Go Again!
The cTrader Padel League returns on 16 June. Sign up to connect with industry pros, enjoy monthly matches and rise through the ranks to win!
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Kohl’s Fires CEO for Inappropriate Vendor Ties—Wall Street Cheers
Kohl’s Fires CEO for Inappropriate Vendor Ties—Wall Street Cheers
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By Finance Magnates
Kohl’s Fires CEO for Inappropriate Vendor Ties—Wall Street Cheers
Kohl’s CEO Ashley Buchanan fired for unethical vendor ties—and the stock rises. Wall Street celebrates, corporate accountability gets performative.
Kohl’s
retail
Ashley Buchanan
VASP & MiFIR Shakeup: Inside May 2025’s Top Compliance Moves
VASP & MiFIR Shakeup: Inside May 2025’s Top Compliance Moves
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By Finance Magnates
VASP & MiFIR Shakeup: Inside May 2025’s Top Compliance Moves
The third edition of the Regulatory Intelligence Insights Report has been released in response to strong feedback on earlier editions.
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Finance Magnates Intelligence
Admirals UK Migrated EU-Resident Clients Out; 2024 Trading Volume Took a Hit
Admirals UK Migrated EU-Resident Clients Out; 2024 Trading Volume Took a Hit
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By Finance Magnates
Admirals UK Migrated EU-Resident Clients Out; 2024 Trading Volume Took a Hit
The UK unit of Admirals, a contracts for differences (CFDs) broker brand, has migrated accounts held by clients resident in the European Union to another operating company located in the continenta...
Admiral Markets
Admirals
HYCM's Dubai Entity Was Sold to Its Management Duo for £1.4 Million
HYCM's Dubai Entity Was Sold to Its Management Duo for £1.4 Million
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By Finance Magnates
HYCM's Dubai Entity Was Sold to Its Management Duo for £1.4 Million
Roger Bach and Stavros Lambouris acquired control of the Dubai unit of CFDs broker HYCM in a management buyout at the beginning of 2024 for £1.
Sam Altman’s Eye-Scanning Identity Project Launches in Six U.S. Cities
Sam Altman’s Eye-Scanning Identity Project Launches in Six U.S. Cities
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By Finance Magnates
Sam Altman’s Eye-Scanning Identity Project Launches in Six U.S. Cities
Sam Altman's ambition to build a global identity network backed by blockchain and biometrics entered the US. . According to the company, this project, now known simply as "World", launched its US r...
Worldcoin
OpenAI
Interactive Brokers Sees 63% Surge in April DARTs, Client Equity Hits $588 Billion
Interactive Brokers Sees 63% Surge in April DARTs, Client Equity Hits $588 Billion
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By Finance Magnates
Interactive Brokers Sees 63% Surge in April DARTs, Client Equity Hits $588 Billion
Interactive Brokers Group, released its monthly performance figures for April 2025. The broker reported 3.818 million DARTs for the month.
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InteractiveBrokers
Interactive Brokers Group
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Crypto and FX Markets React Instantly to Fed Decisions and Tweets, Report Reveals
Crypto and FX Markets React Instantly to Fed Decisions and Tweets, Report Reveals
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By Finance Magnates
Crypto and FX Markets React Instantly to Fed Decisions and Tweets, Report Reveals
One key aspect of market efficiency is its ability to react instantly to major events, particularly in cryptocurrency and foreign exchange (FX).
“Prop Firms Built Massive Communities on Discord, but Are Now Quietly Moving Away from It”
“Prop Firms Built Massive Communities on Discord, but Are Now Quietly Moving Away from It”
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By Finance Magnates
“Prop Firms Built Massive Communities on Discord, but Are Now Quietly Moving Away from It”
Brokers and prop firms have managed communities of traders on publicly available platforms like Discord. Although those platforms make managing such communities extremely easy and economical, many ...
prop firms
brokers
Discord
Bitcoin Price Prediction 2025, 2026, 2030. Experts BTC Forecast And Outlook (May 2025)
Bitcoin Price Prediction 2025, 2026, 2030. Experts BTC Forecast And Outlook (May 2025)
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By Finance Magnates
Bitcoin Price Prediction 2025, 2026, 2030. Experts BTC Forecast And Outlook (May 2025)
Explore the BTC price forecast for 2025. Get insights on Bitcoin price prediction, trends, and market outlook. Where will Bitcoin go this year?
bitcoin
BTC
Bitcoin Price
Bitcoin news
crypto
Morgan Stanley Eyes Crypto Trading on E*Trade as Fed Eases Restrictions
Morgan Stanley Eyes Crypto Trading on E*Trade as Fed Eases Restrictions
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By Finance Magnates
Morgan Stanley Eyes Crypto Trading on E*Trade as Fed Eases Restrictions
Morgan Stanley plans to offer crypto trading on E*Trade, marking the most direct retail move by a major US bank into digital assets.
morgan-stanley
crypto
cryptocurrency
retail
fed
Sucden Financial’s Profit Surges 55% in 2024 as Revenue, Assets Also Rise
Sucden Financial’s Profit Surges 55% in 2024 as Revenue, Assets Also Rise
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By Finance Magnates
Sucden Financial’s Profit Surges 55% in 2024 as Revenue, Assets Also Rise
Sucden Financial delivered strong results in 2024, with profit before tax climbing by more than half compared to the previous year.
FCA Warns Tech Firms Not Doing Enough to Stop Illegal Forex Finfluencers
FCA Warns Tech Firms Not Doing Enough to Stop Illegal Forex Finfluencers
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By Finance Magnates
FCA Warns Tech Firms Not Doing Enough to Stop Illegal Forex Finfluencers
The UK FCA asked lawmakers to introduce stricter rules for technology firms and social media influencers promoting unauthorised financial products.
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finfluencer
forex
retail
retail FX
HelpForAfricanAmericans is Expanding Access to Financial Aid for African Americans
HelpForAfricanAmericans is Expanding Access to Financial Aid for African Americans
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By Finance Magnates
HelpForAfricanAmericans is Expanding Access to Financial Aid for African Americans
Financial Assistance Programs for African Americans Enhances Reach and Support Tools
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This Prop Firm Expands Crypto Suite With 30 New Pairs
This Prop Firm Expands Crypto Suite With 30 New Pairs
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By Finance Magnates
This Prop Firm Expands Crypto Suite With 30 New Pairs
Funded Trader Markets (FTM), a retail prop firm based in Cyprus, has significantly broadened its cryptocurrency trading options, adding more than 30 new crypto pairs to its platform.
prop firms
proprietary trading
crypto
Five Tiny Trades, One Massive Fine After Long Investigation
Five Tiny Trades, One Massive Fine After Long Investigation
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By Finance Magnates
Five Tiny Trades, One Massive Fine After Long Investigation
An Auckland-based retail investor has been ordered to pay a penalty of NZ$198,000 after being found liable for market manipulation on the New Zealand Stock Exchange (NZX).
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New Zealand's FMA
fine
London Stock Exchange Group’s FX Volumes Hit New Highs in Q1 2025
London Stock Exchange Group’s FX Volumes Hit New Highs in Q1 2025
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By Finance Magnates
London Stock Exchange Group’s FX Volumes Hit New Highs in Q1 2025
London Stock Exchange Group plc ( LSEG ) posted strong first-quarter results for 2025, highlighting double-digit revenue growth in its Foreign Exchange (FX) segment.
LSEG
London Stock Exchange
Q1 2025
Robinhood Plans to Diversify as Crypto Volumes “Go Up and Down”
Robinhood Plans to Diversify as Crypto Volumes “Go Up and Down”
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By Finance Magnates
Robinhood Plans to Diversify as Crypto Volumes “Go Up and Down”
The crypto windfall for Robinhood appears to be fading. Revenue from the asset class for the first quarter of 2025 came in at $252 million, about 30 per cent below the figure from the previous quar...
robinhood
broker
Tradition Q1 Revenue Rises 12% on Gaitame.com and Interdealer Broking Business Strength
Tradition Q1 Revenue Rises 12% on Gaitame.com and Interdealer Broking Business Strength
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By Finance Magnates
Tradition Q1 Revenue Rises 12% on Gaitame.com and Interdealer Broking Business Strength
Compagnie Financière Tradition ( CFT ), an inter-dealer broker and operator of a Japanese retail forex trading platform Gaitame, reported an 11.
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Q1 2025
Exinity UK (FXTM) Sees 2024 Profit Surge Despite Revenue Decline
Exinity UK (FXTM) Sees 2024 Profit Surge Despite Revenue Decline
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By Finance Magnates
Exinity UK (FXTM) Sees 2024 Profit Surge Despite Revenue Decline
The United Kingdom-registered entity of Exinity, which onboards only professional CFDs traders under the FXTM brand, witnessed a decline in 2024 revenue, which fell to £1.
Ripple’s $4B-$5B Bid for Stablecoin Issuer Circle Rejected amid IPO Plans: Report
Ripple’s $4B-$5B Bid for Stablecoin Issuer Circle Rejected amid IPO Plans: Report
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By Finance Magnates
Ripple’s $4B-$5B Bid for Stablecoin Issuer Circle Rejected amid IPO Plans: Report
Ripple proposed a takeover of rival stablecoin provider Circle Internet Group Inc. for $4 billion to $5 billion, a bid that was rejected as too low, according to sources cited by Bloomberg .
Ripple
Circle
Dutch Neobank Bunq Takes on Revolut With Crypto Trading Launch in Six EU Countries
Dutch Neobank Bunq Takes on Revolut With Crypto Trading Launch in Six EU Countries
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By Finance Magnates
Dutch Neobank Bunq Takes on Revolut With Crypto Trading Launch in Six EU Countries
Irish users of Bunq can now trade cryptocurrencies directly from their banking app, as the Dutch neobank launches its digital asset platform in six European countries.
Kraken Launches Crypto-as-a-Service Tool; Adds Forex Perpetual Futures
Kraken Launches Crypto-as-a-Service Tool; Adds Forex Perpetual Futures
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By Finance Magnates
Kraken Launches Crypto-as-a-Service Tool; Adds Forex Perpetual Futures
Kraken has introduced Kraken Embed, a new Crypto-as-a-Service (CaaS) product. It is designed for neobanks, fintech companies, and traditional banks.
Kraken
crypto
MiCA
Bunq
fintech
Built for Scale: How Exness Leverages Infrastructure to Power Execution
Built for Scale: How Exness Leverages Infrastructure to Power Execution
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By Finance Magnates
Built for Scale: How Exness Leverages Infrastructure to Power Execution
At Exness, periods of volatility highlight the broker’s strengths.
State Street Appoints John Woods as Chief Financial Officer
State Street Appoints John Woods as Chief Financial Officer
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By Finance Magnates
State Street Appoints John Woods as Chief Financial Officer
State Street Corporation has named longtime finance executive John F. Woods its next Chief Financial Officer. Woods, who will join the firm in late August, brings a 38-year career in financial lead...
State Street