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Taurex UK Returns to Profit as Turnover Nearly Triples to £5.6 Million
2026-09-01T14:04:02.738+02:00
The firm's administrative expenses rose £1.5 million to £4.6 million despite its return to profit.
The company appointed Matthew Wright as Global CEO in May, returning four years after stepping down.
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FTMO Launches Futures Prop Trading
2026-08-31T16:37:42.097+02:00
The Prague-based prop firm launches a futures beta with challenges offering up to $450K in simulated capital.
The futures beta includes Growth and Pro account structures with different withdrawal rules.
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Alpaca Opens Its Brokerage Infrastructure to Kalshi’s Event Contracts
2026-08-31T15:42:05.535+02:00
Alpaca will let over 300 clients and 14M account holders access Kalshi’s event contracts.
Kalshi partnered with Wealthsimple in June to expand its prediction markets into Canada.
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The Two-Licence Model: How Brokers Bridge Trading and Payments
2026-08-31T06:32:50.105+02:00
NAGA's Alexandru Badea explains how client money rules slow trading withdrawals and why brokers could use payments licences, capital and real-time risk systems to make funds more accessible.
Revolut and eToro already connect trading with card spending, but leveraged positions still face settlement delays.
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Weekly Review: Revolut Launches Euro Stablecoin; IG Faces Outage
2026-08-29T09:00:00.000+02:00
Dukascopy's first-half profit fell 58%, despite customer deposits rising 25%.
Plus500 has started its second $100 million share buyback programme this year.
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Another Italian Club Partners with CFD Broker, This Time AC Milan and FPG
2026-08-26T18:51:10.491+02:00
Napoli signed a two-year trading partnership with polish investment app XTB in April.
Earlier, CFI became AC Milan’s official online trading partner.
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Tiger Brokers’ Parent Reports $182 Million Q2 Revenue as Client Assets Reach $60.7 Billion
2026-08-26T12:41:12.434+02:00
Singapore trading volume surged 92% annually; Hong Kong orders rose 71%.
HK IPO subscriptions hit a record $124 billion, up 577% from a year earlier.
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IG Clients Report Login Failures Across Platforms Before US Market Open
2026-08-24T17:30:07.375+02:00
Outage reports suggested IG's login systems were affected while its main website remained available.
Other brokers, including Interactive Brokers, XTB and Robinhood, also faced platform access disruptions recently.
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Weekly Roundup: iFOREX Cuts Outlook After Income Plunge; Who’s Liable When AI Trades?
2026-08-22T09:00:00.000+02:00
LCG executives Matt Basi and Dave Worsfold take ownership of the UK broker.
Poland's KNF keeps its CFD review open without a deadline.
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Your Bourse Expands TradingView Partnership with Three Integration Options
2026-08-21T17:14:18.083+02:00
Brokers can combine TradingView charts with Trade Server account and order functions.
Trade Server supports FX, CFDs, crypto and futures from a single account.
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Scope Markets Lets Traders Copy or Bet Against Strategies on MT5
2026-08-20T14:32:20.913+02:00
Performance fees up to 50% with high-water mark protection for copiers.
PLUGIT-powered Scope Copy goes live after “over 500K beta trades” on MT5.
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FCA Fines and Bans Former SVS CEO Over Pension Fund Failures
2026-08-19T19:45:00.000+02:00
The regulator bans former SVS CEO after £359K was generated by reducing customer bond values.
Dubai regulator bans another former SVS executive from financial services in the DIFC.
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LATAM Broker Growth Is Not Just About Direct Marketing but IBs and Trust
2026-08-19T07:00:00.000+02:00
Sebastián Rivas, Co-Founder of LFXS, highlights how IBs can drive 40%-70% of new funded clients, with a CAC of $200-$450, making trusted partnerships key to growth.
With LTV reaching $2,000+, brokers need to focus less on chasing leads and more on building strong, long-term partnerships with local trading communities.
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Vantage Flags Liquidity and Execution Risks in 24/7 Trading
2026-08-18T18:41:00.000+02:00
CME saw nearly 15,000 gold futures contracts trade during its first 24/7 weekend.
“Opportunity is also risk, and risk is also opportunity; the two move together,” macroeconomist Fu Peng says.
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Interactive Brokers Adds SafetyPay as Brokers Push Local Payments in Latin America
2026-08-18T17:06:05.732+02:00
Latin American clients can fund IBKR accounts via local bank transfers and access over 170 global markets.
Earlier, IC expanded its Paysafe partnership across eight Latin American countries.
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Swissquote Warns 600 Russian Customers of Possible Account Closures
2026-08-17T18:41:07.971+02:00
The firm says “compliance costs” make some Russian customer relationships uneconomic.
The company has contacted affected customers before making any final closure decisions.
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Former England Footballer Michael Owen Takes CFD Role After Crypto Deal
2026-08-17T17:35:04.945+02:00
ehamarkets adds Owen as brand ambassador after earlier WEEX partnership.
The partnership coincides with the firm’s AI trading offering launched last month.
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After Over 2 Years at OneRoyal, Dominic Poynter Departs as CCO
2026-08-17T11:42:10.961+02:00
Poynter spent a year as HYCM’s Chief Marketing Officer before joining OneRoyal.
He also spent two years as Head of Marketing at ATFX Global Markets in Limassol.
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Equiti Moves from Sleeve to Front-of-Shirt in Al Wahda Sponsorship
2026-08-14T12:03:14.501+02:00
Al Wahda reports 194.5 million social media reach last season.
The firm partnered with the club in 2024 and became the naming partner of Dubai’s Youth Football League last year.
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Pepperstone Appoints CTO Following Australian Crypto Exchange Launch
2026-08-12T19:41:11.621+02:00
Nigel Fernandes brings over 20 years of experience from Xero, SEEK and Coles.
The company plans to develop more in-house technology under new CTO.
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Freedom24 Brings AI Access to Tradernet as ThinkMarkets, cTrader Adopt MCP
2026-08-12T17:34:00.000+02:00
Traders can access portfolios, quotes, orders and alerts through Claude Code, Cursor, Codex.
The firm is pursuing a European banking licence alongside the MCP rollout.
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Match-Trade Gives AI Direct Access to Broker Trading and CRM APIs
2026-08-11T09:30:00.000+02:00
AI Skills Support Reporting, Reconciliation, Commission Calculations and Client-Level Profitability Analysis.
Claude-Built Dashboards Combine Broker API Skills and CRM Data to Track Trading Metrics.
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The BDM’s Digital Footprint Is Becoming a Sales Tool
2026-08-11T06:51:47.711+02:00
NAGA's Alexandru Badea says that even though IBs and affiliates visit expos and shake hands with brokers there, the real due diligence happens through the representatives' public profiles.
Across B2B industries generally, 75% of buyers say they use social media to research a vendor before engaging a salesperson, and LinkedIn is consistently cited as the primary channel for that research.
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XTB Signs Three-Year FC Porto Shirt Sponsorship Following Napoli Partnership
2026-08-07T14:12:03.354+02:00
The firm will promote its brand through FC Porto shirts and stadium advertising.
The company recently became a FIBA sponsor for the Basketball World Cups this year and next.
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The CFD Payments Lab: Why Global Brokers Are Testing the Future in Australia
2026-08-07T06:51:21.907+02:00
Kristofer Rogers from Volt says CFD brokers like Pepperstone and Trade Nation are using Australia's payments ecosystem to validate new customer experiences before rolling them out more broadly.
Nearly 73% of CFD account top-ups made via Australia's New Payments Platform, such as PayID and PayTo, occur outside standard 9-to-5 banking hours, with more than one in five (21%) taking place on weekends.
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