Tag: FCA regulated brokers

April 13, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Ayondo planning $155 million 'Reverse Takeover' IPO on Singapore Exchange

Breaking Forex News... Social trading pioneer Ayondo has announced plans for a listing for the company on the Singapore Exchange (SGX), which would result in the company having a market capitalization in the S$210 million (USD $155 million) range post transaction, valuing Ayondo at about $116 million pre-deal. FCA-regulated Ayondo stated that it is in advanced…

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February 08, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

SwipeStox trading app signs One Financial Markets as its first client

Back in November, LeapRate reported exclusively that former CMC Markets CEO Roger Hynes had invested in a new mobile social trading app called SwipeStox, the brainchild of former Varengold CEO Yasin Qureshi. (We later ran an exclusive interview with Qureshi on his plans for SwipeStox). Well we're now pleased to be the first to report that SwipeStox has nabbed…

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February 01, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Blackwell Global receives FCA regulation - LeapRate Exclusive

LeapRate Exclusive... The UK online trading market is getting even more crowded. LeapRate has learned that international broker Blackwell Global has received FCA licensing for its UK subsidiary, Blackwell Global Investments (UK) Limited. The license becomes effective today, February 1, 2016. Blackwell already had permission to operate freely in the UK as it currently operates out…

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December 11, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff

Plus500 gets green light from FCA to onboard clients to its UK unit

Retail forex and CFD broker Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) has issued a statement that it has decided to resume the onboarding new customers to its UK-based, FCA-regulated unit Plus500UK. It will begin taking clients into Plus500UK beginning next month. Plus500 halted taking new clients into its UK unit back in May, as part of an ongoing investigation into…

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December 03, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff

Expobank to rename FXCM Securities as Walbrook Capital Markets

Following our report yesterday that FXCM Inc (NYSE:FXCM) had closed the sale of its regulated UK CFD arm FXCM Securities to Latvia's AS Expobank - which had been exclusively reported on LeapRate back in July - LeapRate has learned that Expobank has plans for its new FCA regulated arm, including a name change to Walbrook Capital Markets.…

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