Also, the new ATFX's country manager and Matrixport's partnership with Copper.
Read today's FX/CFDs, crypto and fintech sectors' dynamic news.
Futu to Remove Apps from Mainland China
Futu Holdings Limited, a Nasdaq-listed trading platform, announced the delisting of the Futubull app from app stores in Mainland China on 19 May 2023.
The delisting came in response to the Chinese Securities and Regulatory Commission's warning against Futu and other similar trading platforms allowing access to non-Chinese stocks to investors in Mainland China. The removal, according to Futu, will bring its operations into full compliance with such regulatory principles.
"After the Futubull app is removed from app stores in Mainland China, existing Mainland China clients can still make trades on Futubull, and the relevant services and business will not be affected in any way by the removal. Users outside Mainland China may also continue to download and use Futubull without any interruption," the announcement stated.
"Futu will continue to serve all existing Mainland China clients by offering high-quality products, services, and user experience."
Beeks Wins OneChronos Contract
Beeks Financial Cloud Group, a cloud computing connectivity provider for financial markets, is going to provide a private computing environment for OneChronos' new Alternative Trading System (ATS).
"After a thorough review of the market, we're thrilled to have successfully outsourced infrastructure to Beeks Group's high-performance, modern compute capabilities," said Iris McAtee, the Head of Engineering at OneChronos. "Beeks will help us better deliver on the One Chronos value proposition, using high-performance computing to provide differentiated execution and liquidity for our members. Beeks' flexible architecture and solutions help us develop products and deliver breakthrough smart market matching functionality to our members faster and cheaper."
Matrixport Taps Copper to Enhance Prime Brokerage
Matrixport, a digital asset financial services provider, announced its partnership with Copper.co, which offers institutional digital asset custody, for the integration of its off-exchange collateral management and settlement solution, ClearLoop. The integration will allow Matrixport clients to store their digital assets securely.
"Copper. co's solution delivers unfettered access to an extensive list of high-volume exchanges while minimizing exchange counterparty exposure. Clear loop empowers us to offer our clients a more secure and capital-efficient way to trade and invest in digital assets," said Daniel Egloff, the Head of Prime Brokerage at Matrixport.
ATFX Gets New Country Manager in Colombia
ATFX, a forex and CFDs broker, is strengthening its presence in Latin America with the appointment of Irvin Ortega Flores as the Country Manager of Colombia. The appointment was an internal promotion.
Irvin Ortega Flores, Country Manager of Colombia at ATFX
Flores joined the Mexico offices of the broker in June 2020 as a Sales Accounting Manager and then became the IB Sales Account Manager.
Earlier this year, ATFX hired Gonzalo Canete, a former executive at Swissquote, as its Global Chief Market Strategist. The UK unit of the broker also tapped Chris James, a former member of State Street's Currenex's global liquidity management team, to head its liquidity management team.
SIX and FlexTrade's Spark EMS Tie for Real-Time Market Data
SIX and FlexTrade Systems have joined hands for the integration and availability of global real-time market pricing and reference data from SIX into the Spark cloud-based EMS solution.
The integration will provide traders using Spark EMS access to a stream of real-time global market data across multiple outputs. Further, SIX API will allow a one-click deployment of FlexTrade's cloud-based EMS solution.
"SIX API has been developed to meet the challenges of an evolving marketplace, with flexible commercial models, and is part of our investment in a strategic technology program," said Shai Popat, the Head of Product & Commercial Strategy of Financial Information at SIX. "The close partnership we have developed with FlexTrade enables us to meet market demands quickly, ultimately benefiting our mutual clients. We are thrilled to be working with the FlexTrade team."
Futu to Remove Apps from Mainland China
Futu Holdings Limited, a Nasdaq-listed trading platform, announced the delisting of the Futubull app from app stores in Mainland China on 19 May 2023.
The delisting came in response to the Chinese Securities and Regulatory Commission's warning against Futu and other similar trading platforms allowing access to non-Chinese stocks to investors in Mainland China. The removal, according to Futu, will bring its operations into full compliance with such regulatory principles.
"After the Futubull app is removed from app stores in Mainland China, existing Mainland China clients can still make trades on Futubull, and the relevant services and business will not be affected in any way by the removal. Users outside Mainland China may also continue to download and use Futubull without any interruption," the announcement stated.
"Futu will continue to serve all existing Mainland China clients by offering high-quality products, services, and user experience."
Beeks Wins OneChronos Contract
Beeks Financial Cloud Group, a cloud computing connectivity provider for financial markets, is going to provide a private computing environment for OneChronos' new Alternative Trading System (ATS).
"After a thorough review of the market, we're thrilled to have successfully outsourced infrastructure to Beeks Group's high-performance, modern compute capabilities," said Iris McAtee, the Head of Engineering at OneChronos. "Beeks will help us better deliver on the One Chronos value proposition, using high-performance computing to provide differentiated execution and liquidity for our members. Beeks' flexible architecture and solutions help us develop products and deliver breakthrough smart market matching functionality to our members faster and cheaper."
Matrixport Taps Copper to Enhance Prime Brokerage
Matrixport, a digital asset financial services provider, announced its partnership with Copper.co, which offers institutional digital asset custody, for the integration of its off-exchange collateral management and settlement solution, ClearLoop. The integration will allow Matrixport clients to store their digital assets securely.
"Copper. co's solution delivers unfettered access to an extensive list of high-volume exchanges while minimizing exchange counterparty exposure. Clear loop empowers us to offer our clients a more secure and capital-efficient way to trade and invest in digital assets," said Daniel Egloff, the Head of Prime Brokerage at Matrixport.
ATFX Gets New Country Manager in Colombia
ATFX, a forex and CFDs broker, is strengthening its presence in Latin America with the appointment of Irvin Ortega Flores as the Country Manager of Colombia. The appointment was an internal promotion.
Irvin Ortega Flores, Country Manager of Colombia at ATFX
Flores joined the Mexico offices of the broker in June 2020 as a Sales Accounting Manager and then became the IB Sales Account Manager.
Earlier this year, ATFX hired Gonzalo Canete, a former executive at Swissquote, as its Global Chief Market Strategist. The UK unit of the broker also tapped Chris James, a former member of State Street's Currenex's global liquidity management team, to head its liquidity management team.
SIX and FlexTrade's Spark EMS Tie for Real-Time Market Data
SIX and FlexTrade Systems have joined hands for the integration and availability of global real-time market pricing and reference data from SIX into the Spark cloud-based EMS solution.
The integration will provide traders using Spark EMS access to a stream of real-time global market data across multiple outputs. Further, SIX API will allow a one-click deployment of FlexTrade's cloud-based EMS solution.
"SIX API has been developed to meet the challenges of an evolving marketplace, with flexible commercial models, and is part of our investment in a strategic technology program," said Shai Popat, the Head of Product & Commercial Strategy of Financial Information at SIX. "The close partnership we have developed with FlexTrade enables us to meet market demands quickly, ultimately benefiting our mutual clients. We are thrilled to be working with the FlexTrade team."
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Marketing in 2026 Audiences, Costs, and Smarter AI
Marketing in 2026 Audiences, Costs, and Smarter AI
As brokers eye B2B business and compete with fintechs and crypto exchanges alike, marketers need to act wisely with often limited budgets. AI can offer scalable solutions, but only if used properly.
Join seasoned marketing executives and specialists as they discuss the main challenges they identify in financial services in 2026 and how they address them.
Attendees of this session will walk away with:
- A nuts-and-bolts account of acquisition costs across platforms and geos
- Analysis of today’s multi-layered audience segments and differences in behaviour
- First-hand account of how global brokers balance consistency and local flavour
- Notes from the field about intelligently using AI and automation in marketing
Speakers:
-Yam Yehoshua, Editor-In-Chief at Finance Magnates
-Federico Paderni, Managing Director for Growth Markets in Europe at X
-Jo Benton, Chief Marketing Officer, Consulting | Fractional CMO
-Itai Levitan, Head of Strategy at investingLive
-Roberto Napolitano, CMO at Innovate Finance
-Tony Cross, Director at Monk Communications
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As brokers eye B2B business and compete with fintechs and crypto exchanges alike, marketers need to act wisely with often limited budgets. AI can offer scalable solutions, but only if used properly.
Join seasoned marketing executives and specialists as they discuss the main challenges they identify in financial services in 2026 and how they address them.
Attendees of this session will walk away with:
- A nuts-and-bolts account of acquisition costs across platforms and geos
- Analysis of today’s multi-layered audience segments and differences in behaviour
- First-hand account of how global brokers balance consistency and local flavour
- Notes from the field about intelligently using AI and automation in marketing
Speakers:
-Yam Yehoshua, Editor-In-Chief at Finance Magnates
-Federico Paderni, Managing Director for Growth Markets in Europe at X
-Jo Benton, Chief Marketing Officer, Consulting | Fractional CMO
-Itai Levitan, Head of Strategy at investingLive
-Roberto Napolitano, CMO at Innovate Finance
-Tony Cross, Director at Monk Communications
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Much like their traders in the market, brokers must diversify to manage risk and stay resilient. But that can get costly, clunky, and lengthy.
This candid panel brings together builders across the trading infrastructure space to uncover the shifting dynamics behind tools, interfaces, and full-stack ambitions.
Attendees will hear:
-Why platform dependency has become one of the most overlooked risks in the trading business?
-Buy vs. build: What do hybrid models look like, and why are industry graveyards filled with failed ‘killer apps’?
-How AI is already changing execution, risk, and reporting—and what’s next?
-Which features, assets, and tools gain the most traction, and where brokers should look for tech-driven retention?
Speakers:
-Stephen Miles, Chief Revenue Officer at FYNXT
-John Morris, Co-Founder at FXBlue
-Matthew Smith, Group Chair & CEO at EC Markets
-Tom Higgins, Founder & CEO at Gold-i
-Gil Ben Hur, Founder at 5% Group
#fmls #fmls25 #fmevents #Brokers #Trading #Fintech #FintechInnovation #TradingTechnology #Innovation
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Much like their traders in the market, brokers must diversify to manage risk and stay resilient. But that can get costly, clunky, and lengthy.
This candid panel brings together builders across the trading infrastructure space to uncover the shifting dynamics behind tools, interfaces, and full-stack ambitions.
Attendees will hear:
-Why platform dependency has become one of the most overlooked risks in the trading business?
-Buy vs. build: What do hybrid models look like, and why are industry graveyards filled with failed ‘killer apps’?
-How AI is already changing execution, risk, and reporting—and what’s next?
-Which features, assets, and tools gain the most traction, and where brokers should look for tech-driven retention?
Speakers:
-Stephen Miles, Chief Revenue Officer at FYNXT
-John Morris, Co-Founder at FXBlue
-Matthew Smith, Group Chair & CEO at EC Markets
-Tom Higgins, Founder & CEO at Gold-i
-Gil Ben Hur, Founder at 5% Group
#fmls #fmls25 #fmevents #Brokers #Trading #Fintech #FintechInnovation #TradingTechnology #Innovation
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Educators, IBs, And Other Regional Growth Drivers
Educators, IBs, And Other Regional Growth Drivers
When acquisition costs rise and AI generated reviews are exactly as useful as they sound, performing and fair partners can make or break brokers.
This session looks at how these players are shaping access, trust and user engagement, and what the most effective partnership models look like in 2025.
Key Themes:
- Building trader communities through education and local expertise
- Aligning broker incentives with long-term regional strategies
- Regional regulation and the realities of compliant acquisition
- What’s next for performance-driven partnerships in online trading
Speakers:
-Adam Button, Chief Currency Analyst at investingLive
-Zander Van Der Merwe, Key Individual & Head of Sales at TD Markets
-Brunno Huertas, Regional Manager – Latin America at Tickmill
-Paul Chalmers, CEO at UK Trading Academy
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When acquisition costs rise and AI generated reviews are exactly as useful as they sound, performing and fair partners can make or break brokers.
This session looks at how these players are shaping access, trust and user engagement, and what the most effective partnership models look like in 2025.
Key Themes:
- Building trader communities through education and local expertise
- Aligning broker incentives with long-term regional strategies
- Regional regulation and the realities of compliant acquisition
- What’s next for performance-driven partnerships in online trading
Speakers:
-Adam Button, Chief Currency Analyst at investingLive
-Zander Van Der Merwe, Key Individual & Head of Sales at TD Markets
-Brunno Huertas, Regional Manager – Latin America at Tickmill
-Paul Chalmers, CEO at UK Trading Academy
#fmls #fmls25 #fmevents #Brokers #FinanceLeadership #Trading #Fintech #BrokerGrowth #FintechPartnerships #RegionalMarkets
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The Leap to Everything App: Are Brokers There Yet?
The Leap to Everything App: Are Brokers There Yet?
As the arms race to bundle investing, personal finance, and wallets under super apps grows fiercer, brokers are caught between a rock and a hard place.
This session explores unexpected ways for industry players to collaborate as consumer habits evolve, competitors eye the traffic, and regulation becomes more nuanced.
Speakers:
-Laura McCracken,CEO | Advisory Board Member at Blackheath Advisors | The Payments Association
-Slobodan Manojlović,Vice President | Lead Software Engineer at JP Morgan Chase & Co.
-Jordan Sinclair, President at Robinhood UK
-Simon Pelletier, Head of Product at Yuh
Gerald Perez, CEO at Interactive Brokers UK
#fmls #fmls25 #fmevents #Brokers #FinanceLeadership #Trading #Fintech #Innovation
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As the arms race to bundle investing, personal finance, and wallets under super apps grows fiercer, brokers are caught between a rock and a hard place.
This session explores unexpected ways for industry players to collaborate as consumer habits evolve, competitors eye the traffic, and regulation becomes more nuanced.
Speakers:
-Laura McCracken,CEO | Advisory Board Member at Blackheath Advisors | The Payments Association
-Slobodan Manojlović,Vice President | Lead Software Engineer at JP Morgan Chase & Co.
-Jordan Sinclair, President at Robinhood UK
-Simon Pelletier, Head of Product at Yuh
Gerald Perez, CEO at Interactive Brokers UK
#fmls #fmls25 #fmevents #Brokers #FinanceLeadership #Trading #Fintech #Innovation
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Mind The Gap: Can Retail Investors Save the UK Stock Market?
Mind The Gap: Can Retail Investors Save the UK Stock Market?
As the dire state of listing and investment in the UK goes from a financial services problem to a national challenge, the retail investing industry is taken to task.
Join a host of executives and experts for a candid conversation about the future of millions of Brits, as seen from a financial services standpoint:
-Are they happy with the Leeds Reform, in principle and in practice?
-Is it the government’s job to affect the ‘saver’ mentality? Is it doing well?
-What can brokers and fintechs do to spur UK investment?
-How can the FCA balance greater flexibility with consumer protection?
Speakers:
-Adam Button, Chief Currency Analyst at investingLive
-Nicola Higgs, Partner at Latham & Watkins
-Dan Lane, Investment Content Lead at Robinhood UK
-Jack Crone, PR & Public Affairs Lead at IG
-David Belle, Founder at Fink Money
#fmls #fmls25 #fmevents #Brokers #FinanceLeadership #Trading #Fintech #RetailInvesting #UKFinance
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As the dire state of listing and investment in the UK goes from a financial services problem to a national challenge, the retail investing industry is taken to task.
Join a host of executives and experts for a candid conversation about the future of millions of Brits, as seen from a financial services standpoint:
-Are they happy with the Leeds Reform, in principle and in practice?
-Is it the government’s job to affect the ‘saver’ mentality? Is it doing well?
-What can brokers and fintechs do to spur UK investment?
-How can the FCA balance greater flexibility with consumer protection?
Speakers:
-Adam Button, Chief Currency Analyst at investingLive
-Nicola Higgs, Partner at Latham & Watkins
-Dan Lane, Investment Content Lead at Robinhood UK
-Jack Crone, PR & Public Affairs Lead at IG
-David Belle, Founder at Fink Money
#fmls #fmls25 #fmevents #Brokers #FinanceLeadership #Trading #Fintech #RetailInvesting #UKFinance
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