FX Industry Week Review: Invest.com closes, Investing.com hires CEO, Forex broker fraud and blackmail, and lots more… LeapRate

April 15, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

FX Industry Week Review: Invest.com closes, Investing.com hires CEO, Forex broker fraud and blackmail, and lots more…

The top headlines in this past week's Forex Industry News were an odd mix of old faces in new places, a regulated Retail FX broker shutting its doors, and charges of fraud, slippage and blackmail. Which binary options executive is the new CEO of Investing.com? Why did Invest.com renounce its CySEC license and end all…

April 09, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: UK spreadbetting broker Core Spreads posts loss in 2017 as company grows internationally

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Finsa Europe Ltd, which operates the Core Spreads financial spreadbetting and CFDs brand, has posted a net loss of £135,000 for 2017 (year ended November 30) versus a net profit of £147,000 in 2016. The loss came as Core Spreads grew Revenues from £8.0 million in 2016 to £11.4…

February 18, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

FX Industry Week Review: Plus500 record Revenues, FX brokers raise money, new CEO at Fixi, and lots more…

Which Retail FX broker in London raised £2.8 million - and why? Which Chinese investors put HK$200M into Hong Kong Retail FX brokers KVB Kunlun? Who is the new CEO at FCA regulated institutional FX broker Fixi plc? What did the IOSCO have to say about limiting CFD leverage - and how does its position…

February 12, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Spreadbetting broker Core Spreads raises £2.8 million, upgrades FCA license

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Finsa Europe Ltd., which operates online spreadbetting, CFD and Forex trading brokerage brand Core Spreads (at corespreads.com), has received a capital injection of £2.8 million from the company's controlling shareholder Jasper White. The investment marks a large milestone for the company, as to date only £192,000 was invested in the company,…

July 15, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Rod Martenstyn jumps from spreadbetting broker Core Spreads to GKFX as CFO

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that FCA regulated retail FX and CFDs broker GKFX has added Rod Martenstyn as its new CFO. Rod Martenstyn joins GKFX from Finsa Europe Ltd, the parent company of spread betting and CFD trading brokerage Core Spreads, where he held a similar role. Mr. Martenstyn has also resigned from the board of…

April 05, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Core Spreads parent FINSA Europe grows Revenues by 60% in 2016 to £8.0 million

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned via regulatory filings in the UK that FCA regulated brokerage and platform white label group FINSA Europe Ltd has had a very successful 2016, growing Revenues by 60% to £8.0 million for the year, versus just under £5.0 million in 2015. FINSA Europe operates its own spread betting and CFDs…

October 23, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

UK introducing broker Core Spreads adds MT4

Core Spreads, an appointed representative of Finsa Europe Ltd, has announced the addition of MetaTrader 4 (MT4) platform to its offering. Thanks to the Core MT4 platform, clients of the broker will be able to trade Contracts for Difference (CFDs) on more than 350 markets using the popular desktop and app based platform. Clients of…

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