Leading global forex and CFD broker IG Group joins the expanding group of forex brokers that offers trading in the second-largest digital currency, Ethereum. As with most products offered by this broker, its clients can either trade in Ethereum in ...

Belgium’s Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) makes continuous efforts to keep the public inform of unregulated companies and to protect local investors from frauds. The regulator issued a public warning on Friday of six companies, which ...

The Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFiD II) introduces some important changes to financial services regulation in the UK. In a notice issued on Monday, FCA encourages firms carrying out activities covered by MiFID II within the country ...

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed a lawsuit against offshore forex brokerage Tallinex for illegally soliciting and accepting at least $1.5 million from US clients. Allegedly, the violations have been committed in the ...

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (‘CySEC’) announced on Tuesday it partially suspends the CIF license of XTrade. The broker is no longer authorized to provide financial services to new clients, but can continue to service existing ones. ...

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) considers banning binary options trading altogether, reported Finance Magnets. The online media cited CySEC Head, Demetra Kalogerou, who delivers a speech at the iFX Expo International 2017 on ...

In order to be in line with the new requirements introduced by the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (‘the CySEC’), several Cypriot brokerages announced amendments to their trading conditions. As the deadline set by Cypriot watchdog has ...

Major brokerage IG Group (LON:IGG) encourages its clients to share their opinions about the recent proposal from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to raise margin requirements for CFDs and spread betting, among other things. While the broker ...

The North America Derivatives Exchange (Nadex), one of only two US-regulated binary options exchanges, announced this week that its trading volumes in December have set a new all-time record. The exchange, which is owned by UK giant IG Group, ...

One of the leaders in the binary options trading market, Banc de Binary, closes operations. The Forexbrokerz team found out that EU residents are no longer accepted as clients through the broker’s sites. According to online media Finance Magnates, ...

The stock price of major forex brokerage FXCM (NASDAQ:FXCM) hit a 52-week low on Friday (30 Dec), its shares closing down at $7.05. The figure represents a drop by more than 55%, compared to a year earlier – on Jan 4, 2016 the broker’s stock traded ...

In order to protect their clients from the expected volatility in relation to the forthcoming referendum in Italy, UK-based brokerages IG and ActivTrades announced they are temporarily increasing margin requirements on select instruments. IG’s new ...

Major brokerage Gain Capital Holdings (NYSE: GCAP) said its institutional brand GTX will launch a new matching engine for its flagship ECN in Tokyo. The engine will be supported by a dozen leading liquidity providers when it goes live on 31 January, ...

Leading forex broker FXCM joined the growing group of brokers temporarily raising margin requirements ahead of upcoming US presidential elections. On Wednesday FXCM announced that margins for EUR/USD, USD/JPY, GBP/USD and USD/CAD, plus nine other ...

Leading global brokerage FXCM (NASDAQ:FXCM) announced on Monday it has finalized the sale of news and research portal DailyFX to IG Group (LON:IGG) for $40 million. On closing, FXCM received $36 million in cash and will get additional $4 million on ...