retail FX
Weekly Review: AvaTrade and Trade Nation Acquire FXCM; Nasdaq Backs 24/7 Trading
- Trading 212 invested £44 million in overseas subsidiaries in 2025, including £21.1 million in Germany.
- Prop firm Vest Labs raised $13 million in pre-seed funding to expand its trading business.
Saturday, 10/10/2026 | 07:00 GMT by
Tareq Sikder
Weekly Review: MyForexFunds Brand Assets Sold; IG’s OTC Revenue Retention Slips
- The top 1% of winning retail trading accounts captured 66.5% of client profits over the past year.
- The FCA opened a five-month window for crypto firms to apply for UK authorisation ahead of next year’s new framework.
Saturday, 03/10/2026 | 07:00 GMT by
Tareq Sikder
Are Finfluencers Becoming an Increasing Blind Spot for Brokers and Banks?
- Sarafina Wolde Gabriel, CEO at Rightlander, highlights the difficulty of detecting potentially non-compliant content across fast-moving social media platforms.
- Seventeen regulators joined the FCA’s Global Action Week targeting non-compliant finfluencers.
Wednesday, 30/09/2026 | 07:45 GMT by
Sarafina Wolde Gabriel
Weekly Recap: Inside LCG’s Three-Year Buyout; CMC Markets Plans Prop Trading Launch
- BlackBull Markets has postponed its planned IPO until 2027 as its board focuses on business growth.
- iFOREX reported a $2.5 million first-half loss and plans to cut monthly operating costs by $500K.
Saturday, 26/09/2026 | 07:00 GMT by
Tareq Sikder
The Prop Trading Challenge Pass Means Little Once Real Execution Starts
- Shervin Arian, CEO of OmegaRatio Advisors, highlights the gap between simulated challenge conditions and execution after a trader is funded.
- Prop firms that use different execution models for challenges and funded accounts may underestimate future payout risk.
Wednesday, 16/09/2026 | 12:12 GMT by
Shervin Arian
Interactive Brokers Lets US Investors Move from X Cashtags to Trading
- The feature supports stock and cryptocurrency tickers, including $AAPL and $BTC, with live market data.
- The broker recently added ChatGPT and Grok to its trading platform as external technology integrations expand.
Wednesday, 16/09/2026 | 09:44 GMT by
Tareq Sikder
Europe’s Next Financial Battle Will Be Fought Under the Screen
- Freedom 24's Valentin Shatalov argues that scale, regulation and operational resilience will shape Europe’s financial winners as fee pressure rises and firms need deeper capabilities to serve fragmented markets.
- AI is changing how Europeans access financial services. The shift could make agents a new gateway to trading and financial infrastructure.
Tuesday, 15/09/2026 | 14:00 GMT by
Valentin Shatalov
Match-Trade Lets Influencers and IBs Launch Prop Firms in Seven Days
- The firm combines Match-Trader, CRM, liquidity, risk controls and compliance administration in one service.
- Partners can later migrate from Match-Prop to full white label or full server setups.
Tuesday, 15/09/2026 | 10:27 GMT by
Tareq Sikder
Nigeria’s Proposed CFD Rules Are Not Irrational; They Are Mispriced
- SALVUS’ MD Nikolas Xenofontos says Nigeria's SEC chose generous leverage, finds the design coherent, but argues the capital is calibrated to ration licences rather than protect clients.
- Tech providers face a 5 billion naira ($2.2 million) capital requirement and a 30% local ownership requirement. If offshore vendors stay away, regulated brokers will be left with unregulated platforms.
Friday, 11/09/2026 | 07:00 GMT by
Nikolas Xenofontos
Pakistan Hands You Very Cheap Leads in the CFD Industry. Then the Deposit Page Happens
- Stanislov Galandzovskyi reveals Pakistan leads cost $4.30, but just 1.9% become FTDs, pushing CPA to $226 and payback to 6–9 months despite a potential 3.3x LTV.
- Complex payment routes made Pakistan’s deposit page the main bottleneck, with users needing Urdu guidance and WhatsApp support to understand how to fund their accounts.
Tuesday, 08/09/2026 | 06:49 GMT by
Stanislav Galandzovskyi
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