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CySec Outlines Obligatory CIF Conduct, Highlights Illegality of Withholding Withdrawals
Cypriot watchdog organization, has released a regulatory statement on the trading benefits to clients of CIFs rendering account opening and deposit bonuses useless as they can be withdrawn without trading.
Thursday, 23/01/2014 | 05:37 GMT
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Jeff Patterson
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Exclusive: Easy Forex Wields The Axe As Series Of Employees Are Made Redundant
Easy Forex has let seven members of staff go in a corporate focusing exercise, with opinions varying as to the factor which led to this decision. Was it necessity, or routine corporate streamlining?
Sunday, 19/01/2014 | 13:00 GMT
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Andrew Saks McLeod
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Binary Options Crackdown BCSC Warns of RBOptions, 24Options, GOoptions and TradeRush
After its August warning of binary options providers, urging residents in its province of the risks, the latest warning about RBOptions comes from the British Columbia Securities Commission, as a wave of warnings builds.
Saturday, 11/01/2014 | 13:58 GMT
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Steven Hatzakis
Regulation
CySEC Refuses CIF License to Stardor Limited Who Runs Shortoption.com
Cypriot financial regulator, the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission, has announced that Stardor Limited has been refused as a Cyprus Investment Firm due to incoherent information about the firm’s shareholder.
Friday, 10/01/2014 | 21:20 GMT
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Adil Siddiqui
Brokers
CySEC Warns Investors of LBinary.com, Live Binary Ltd, Not Licensed or Regulated in Cyprus
Following CySec's warning of Live Binary Ltd., members of Forex Magnates research team contacted LBinary.com to inquiry about their regulatory status, the answer received via their Live chat operator was quite alarming.
Friday, 10/01/2014 | 14:28 GMT
by
Steven Hatzakis
Executive Moves
Hope Of New FX Career Out Of The Window - Literally!
Wednesday, 08/01/2014 | 15:07 GMT
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Andrew Saks McLeod
Regulation
iForex Pays CySEC Tiny Fine Over Advertising Related Issues, as Its EU Business Grows
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission imposes a EUR 5,000 administrative fine given to one of its CIF member firms for compliance issues as the regulator gets more efficient in its surveillance of online content.
Monday, 30/12/2013 | 10:51 GMT
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Steven Hatzakis
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Trade.com Enters a Partnership with Romanian Dorinvest SA
In a letter to clients, Cypriot regulated Safecap Investments, has announced to its Trade.com clients that it was entering a partnership with Dorinvest SA, a Romanian licensed broker, transferring their business.
Monday, 23/12/2013 | 07:46 GMT
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Ron Finberg
Regulation
CySEC Quick to Suspend TBSF CedarFinance.com After One Month of Registration
The Binary Options Broker T.B.S.F BEST STRATEGY FINANCE LIMITED, the legal entity established in the Republic of Cyprus that owns Cedar Finance, has 30 days to comply with a suspension issued today by the Cyprus Regulator.
Thursday, 19/12/2013 | 12:26 GMT
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Steven Hatzakis
Brokers
HotForex Launches OptionTrade.com A Binary Options Offering Via Its CySEC License
Regulated in Cyprus under the entity HF Markets (Europe) Ltd, and with 85 employees, the firm's CEO George Koumantaris talks with Forex Magnates about his firms latest business launch and provided exclusive data.
Tuesday, 10/12/2013 | 17:51 GMT
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Steven Hatzakis
Regulation
CySec Administers €15,000 Penalty To Zoompartners For Unlicensed Binary Options
Cypriot regulatory authority CySec has today announced that it has issued a €15,000 administrative penalty to binary options brand Zoompartners for allegedly operating without a license.
Monday, 09/12/2013 | 16:01 GMT
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Andrew Saks McLeod
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Ex-Forex CFO and Compliance Consultant Joins Leverate as GM, Replacing Previous Departure
A new addition to the company's management following the recent departure of predecessor Eyal Wagner to Safecap, Christoforos Theodosiou joins the Cyprus office to take-on key managerial responsibilities at LFS
Wednesday, 27/11/2013 | 13:05 GMT
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Steven Hatzakis
Trading
University of Nicosia to Open a Master's in Bitcoin, as the Scams Continue
The university also petitions the government to position the Cyprus as a Bitcoin hub and now accepts tuition in the digital currency. Meanwhile, another exchange is hacked and a gaming company is fined $1M.
Thursday, 21/11/2013 | 16:58 GMT
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Avi Mizrahi
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Safecap (Markets.com) Hires Eyal Wagner as CEO, as He Departs Post at Leverate CY (Cyprus)
We have learned of a senior executive move within the Foreign Exchange industry, with a departure from a enterprise technology focused provider of brokerage solutions, to an online brokerage firm within the same region.
Friday, 15/11/2013 | 16:09 GMT
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Steven Hatzakis
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CySEC Announces 12 New Licensees – All About Binary Options Brokers
Cypriot regulator, CySec, has released the list of firms that have been granted licenses between the period of June and September. During the period, twelve new firms have been added to the list of approved CIFs.
Monday, 04/11/2013 | 13:41 GMT
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Ron Finberg
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A Virtual $27 Became A Very Real $866,000: The Accidental Fortune of Kristoffer Koch
Norwegian student Kristoffer Koch invested $27 in March 2009 to buy 5,000 Bitcoins as part of a university thesis, subsequently forgetting that he had done so. Today, Mr. Koch's tiny investment is worth $866,000.
Sunday, 03/11/2013 | 10:54 GMT
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Andrew Saks McLeod
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CySEC Requests its Investment Firms to Provide Details Regarding Consolidated Structure
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission has informed Cyprus Investment Firms to complete a form by November 15 2013 as part of the regulators effort to supervise on a consolidated basis, aiding transparency.
Thursday, 24/10/2013 | 11:51 GMT
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Steven Hatzakis
Brokers
Cyprus FX Firms Receive Cold Reception On Applying For Non-Cyprus Bank Accounts
Cyprus' large retail FX industry is beginning to experience increasing difficulties when applying for bank accounts in which to hold client money.
Wednesday, 16/10/2013 | 15:58 GMT
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Andrew Saks McLeod
Regulation
Spot The Difference: CySec Issues Warning Stating That Depaho FX Is Unregulated
CySec has today issued a warning to potential investors explaining that Depaho FX is not licensed to operate in its jurisdiction, and that it is a different company to similarly-named Depaho Ltd, which is regulated.
Thursday, 10/10/2013 | 15:38 GMT
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Andrew Saks McLeod
Brokers
After 4XP Receives CySec Warning - Other EU Regulators to Follow?
Cypriot financial regulator, CySec, has issued a warning to investors about Forex Place (4XP), stating that it isn’t permitted to offer financial services in the country and has never been authorized by CySec.
Thursday, 03/10/2013 | 08:39 GMT
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Ron Finberg
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Binary Options Update - Development Decisions: In-House vs External Platforms?
To develop or not to develop? That is the question. Lionstone Investment Services has today announced that it has developed its own in-house binary options platform, to integrate with the MetaTrader 4 platform.
Tuesday, 01/10/2013 | 16:19 GMT
by
Andrew Saks McLeod
Regulation
The Reasons Behind CySEC's Revoking of Sama Brokers' CIF License
Further to the revocation of Sama Brokers' CIF license by CySEC, Forex Magnates has been informed by a number of industry sources of the reasons for which CySEC took action, and that it has ceased operations.
Sunday, 22/09/2013 | 10:59 GMT
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Andrew Saks McLeod
Brokers
TradeSmarter Takes Stock of Future With Offer of $3 Million in Funding
After 3 and a half years without investment, TradeSmarter has spoken to Forex Magnates in order to detail its means of moving forward, including potential investment of $3 million from a major FX firm and new corporate direction.
Tuesday, 03/09/2013 | 10:25 GMT
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Andrew Saks McLeod
Brokers
Exclusive: CySec Calling – 24option Gets Regulated
CySec continues to prove itself as the ‘go to’ destination for binary options regulation. Following the trend, Forex Magnates has confirmed that 24option has finalized its application process and became regulated.
Thursday, 29/08/2013 | 08:06 GMT
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Ron Finberg
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