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Weekly Recap: Crypto Revenue Falls Across Major Platforms; eToro Bets $231M on TradeZero
- Swissquote nears CHF 100 billion in client assets despite a 66% collapse in crypto income.
- MFSA chief says regulator prioritises keeping bad players out over increasing the number of crypto licences.
Saturday, 15/08/2026 | 07:00 GMT by
Tareq Sikder
The Financial Commission Approves MBX PRO with €20K Complaint Protection
- MBX PRO offers clients dispute resolution through the Financial Commission for CFD, forex and crypto markets
- Recent Financial Commission additions include RA Prime, FP Markets, OneRoyal, FXON, GTCFX and Neex.
Friday, 14/08/2026 | 15:31 GMT by
Tareq Sikder
Trading Frequency Tells Us What Traders Do - Not Why They Do It
- Oded Shefer, CEO of CPattern, says pessimism may drive Gen Z into trading, not just result from it. Frequency alone can't explain the 64% "failure" stat.
- A trader who executes 30 trades may be developing confidence and experience. Another trader executing the same 30 trades may be reacting emotionally to losses. From the perspective of trading frequency alone, they look identical.
Wednesday, 12/08/2026 | 06:09 GMT by
Oded Shefer
Another Crypto Platform Enters CFDs as BingX Adds Forex, Commodities and Indices
- The firm launches CFDs with MT5 support; jurisdictions and detailed instruments remain undisclosed.
- Nexo and Bybit previously expanded into CFDs, adding forex, commodities, indices and gold.
Tuesday, 11/08/2026 | 11:03 GMT by
Tareq Sikder
Match-Trade Gives AI Direct Access to Broker Trading and CRM APIs
- 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.
Tuesday, 11/08/2026 | 07:30 GMT by
Tareq Sikder
The BDM’s Digital Footprint Is Becoming a Sales Tool
- 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.
Tuesday, 11/08/2026 | 04:51 GMT by
Badea Alexandru Gabriel
Weekly Roundup: Retail Brokers Drop 'Markets'; Revolut Drives Lithuania's 2.5M Cross-Border Clients
- An "international investment group" acquired controversial Thai CFD broker QRS Global and relaunched it as Brex Capital.
- Interactive Brokers confirms APAC data centre login disruption affected clients.
Saturday, 08/08/2026 | 07:00 GMT by
Tareq Sikder
The CFD Payments Lab: Why Global Brokers Are Testing the Future in Australia
- 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.
Friday, 07/08/2026 | 04:51 GMT by
Kristofer Rogers
XM Joins Retail Brokers Expanding Seven-Day Gold CFD Trading
- Recent Vantage Markets and CMC Markets launches reflect growing retail interest in seven-day gold CFDs.
- Institutional interest in continuous gold trading grew as Scope Prime, Match-Prime and LMAX Group expanded offerings.
Thursday, 06/08/2026 | 14:37 GMT by
Tareq Sikder
FCA Revises IPO Listing Rules to Reduce Execution Risk for UK Issuers
- The regulator will remove the seven-day IPO research waiting period to simplify UK public listings.
- The reforms follow the FCA's April proposal to remove the IPO research waiting period.
Wednesday, 05/08/2026 | 10:25 GMT by
Tareq Sikder
Interactive Brokers' Client Assets Hit $907B in July Despite a Drop in Trading Volume
- The firm added 34% more client accounts than a year earlier, ending last month with 5.3 million accounts.
- Trading activity declined 16% from June but remained 27% above last year's level.
Monday, 03/08/2026 | 16:44 GMT by
Tareq Sikder
Retail Brokers Face an Identity Shift as Crypto and Tokenisation Reshape the Industry
- Demetrios Zamboglou argues brokers must expand digital asset capabilities or risk losing clients to crypto exchanges.
- Client demand for exchange-style crypto trading increases operational complexity and regulatory scrutiny for brokers.
Monday, 03/08/2026 | 15:26 GMT by
Dr Demetrios Zamboglou
BridgeWise Brings Investment AI to Match-Trader Through Broker Integration
- The platform offers AI analysis for more than 70,000 securities in over 15 languages.
- The deal follows separate integrations. BridgeWise partnered with FXBO and X, while Match-Trade integrated TradeCore and Centroid.
Monday, 03/08/2026 | 09:00 GMT by
Tareq Sikder
Weekly Recap: IG Bets $1.3B on Prediction Markets; Squared Financial's Offshore Operations Stall
- LMAX is weighing a sale or Nasdaq IPO at a valuation of up to $5 billion.
- iFOREX grew client onboarding by 19% despite currency headwinds while pursuing UAE expansion.
Saturday, 01/08/2026 | 07:00 GMT by
Tareq Sikder
Dubai Didn’t Just Win the Brokers. It’s Winning the People Who Run Them.
- Reece Pawsey, Co-CEO of FinTop Consulting, says his company is one of many firms to open a Dubai office as clients are already there and open roles cannot be filled locally.
- UAE-based roles are paying talents significantly higher: a Chief Compliance Officer or Chief Risk Officer in Dubai can command up to EUR 240,000, while a senior Head of Legal and Compliance in Cyprus tops out near EUR 120,000.
Friday, 31/07/2026 | 06:00 GMT by
Reece Pawsey
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