Over the past few months, US retail prop firms have been quietly revising their onboarding policies, indicating that they will no longer offer cTrader accounts to new clients within the jurisdiction.The5ers, for instance, which migrated to cTrader following the MetaQuotes upheaval of 2024, updated…
Nearly 1,700 British investors allege Binance sold leveraged derivatives it was not authorised to offer under UK law, in a claim filed as the exchange continues to navigate regulatory challenges across multiple jurisdictions.Binance and co-founder Changpeng Zhao are facing a group legal claim filed…
For years, brokers relied heavily on rapid client acquisition, fuelled by aggressive marketing and enticing bonuses. This approach drove impressive growth but was always vulnerable to shifting regulations and market dynamics. Today, that landscape has changed forever. Stricter regulations, heighten…
Silver traded near $58.20 per ounce on Wednesday, July 1, 2026, grinding sideways in the high-$50s after last week's break below the $64.50 floor that had capped the post-record consolidation since December. The white metal (XAG/USD) is down more than 50% from its $121.67 all-time high set on Janua…
Leverate has released a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that lets brokers connect AI assistants such as Claude and ChatGPT to their own operational data. The tool points the technology at a firm's CRM, marketing funnels and risk activity rather than at trade execution, the company said.That fra…
Shares in CMC Markets (LSE: CMCX) hit a record high today (Wednesday), climbing about 23% to around 570 pence after the London listed broker raised its annual profit forecast.The move carried the stock past its previous peak of 559 pence, set in April 2021 during the pandemic era trading surge.CMC…
CMC Markets has signed a multi-year agreement to become the main club partner of Everton Football Club.Under the agreement announced today (Wednesday), CMC will become Everton's front-of-shirt sponsor for the senior men's, women's and under-21 teams. The company's branding will also appear at Hill…
Securitize will start trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) tomorrow (Thursday) under the ticker SECZ, the company said, after shareholders of Cantor Equity Partners II approved a merger that clears the firm's path to public markets.The vote on Monday removed the last hurdle to the listing…
The National Futures Association (NFA) has fined Marex Spectron International Limited $350,000 for letting unregistered staff handle orders from U.S. customers. It is the second time in four years the London broker has settled the same type of case.The NFA's Business Conduct Committee issued the de…
Poland just posted its largest annual jump in brokerage accounts on record, and a new FM Intelligence report sets out what that growth means for brokers weighing the country as a place to set up.The headline number is hard to ignore. Brokerage accounts reached 2.86 million in May 2026, up 713,711 i…
Surging volatility across metals and a renewed focus on risk management are reshaping how liquidity is priced, accessed and managed across FX and CFD markets, according to senior industry executives speaking at the Finance Magnates Singapore Summit 2026.The panel, which brought together liquidity p…
Owning exchange infrastructure is becoming a common strategy across prediction markets. Platforms that initially relied on third-party venues are increasingly bringing matching, clearing, and regulatory licences in-house, according to a new note from Bernstein.Infrastructure Is Moving In-HouseDraft…
A US federal court has sentenced Chinese businessman Guo Wengui to 30 years in prison after finding him guilty of running a large-scale fraud scheme that raised more than $1 billion from followers, the BBC reported. The case drew attention due to Guo’s political profile and his claims of opposing C…
Hantec Markets has partnered with Brokeree Solutions to launch copy trading and managed account services for its clients across MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5.The partnership follows Brokeree's recent launch of Integration APIs for its Social Trading and PAMM products, allowing brokers and financial…
"The priority is simple: move at the speed the opportunity deserves." That is how the new chief executive of VCG Markets, Brian Myers, frames his mandate, barely weeks into the role. It is not the kind of language that hedges. After two decades in the retail trading industry, most recently in a sen…
Tools for Brokers has wired its PAMM module into Dynamic Works' Syntellicore CRM, a move that lets brokerages run managed-account programs from inside their existing back office rather than through a separate vendor system. The two technology providers announced the integration on Tuesday.PAMM, sho…
Australia's corporate regulator is signaling that one of crypto's fastest-growing derivatives is outrunning the country's rulebook.Perpetual futures, leveraged contracts with no expiry date, now offer exposure that looks much like a contracts for difference (CFDs), yet are typically sold to Austral…
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has penalized two offshore technology firms for building and running the plumbing behind unregistered platforms that took on American retail traders.Netrios LP Ltd. and Red Acre Ltd. agreed to pay a combined $2.5 million to settle the charges, under a…
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has now performed a significant about-turn on its stablecoin proposals, halving its planned capital requirements from 2% to 1%.This move follows a sustained period of industry backlash, with David Geale, the FCA lead for payments and digital finance, conce…
GTN Europe Financial Services Limited, the FCA-regulated entity the fintech group built for its European expansion, booked its first full year of trading revenue in 2025. It also lost $3.34 million, nearly four times the prior year's deficit, as staffing and running costs climbed.The London-based c…