Tag: Forex Industry News

June 05, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Forex Industry Week Review - Saxo Bank limits leverage, Phillip Capital shuts US retail forex, Blackrock takes stake in ICAP, and lots more

Forex industry news at LeapRate this past week saw extraneous factors causing changes in the Retail Forex sector once again. There was our exclusive report on details of Saxo Bank's plans cut leverage and increase margin requirements for clients due to the upcoming Brexit vote. LeapRate broke the story of Singapore-based Phillip Capital, which has been…

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May 29, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Forex Industry Week Review - SEC bans retail forex, MT4 brokers blackmailed with DDoS attacks, ADS Securities big loss, and lots more

Forex industry news at LeapRate this past week was dominated by regulatory moves, broker results, and news involving China (some good, some bad). Our most popular guest posts covered the pros and cons of fully integrated forex broker platform solutions, How easy is it to become a Prime of Prime, and Google bans Payday Loan ads –…

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May 08, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Forex Industry Week Review - Fortress Prime's new CEO resigns, XTB completes IPO, FXCM slow to repay Leucadia, and lots more

Some of the most popular, shared and commented-on Forex industry news posts this past week on LeapRate included: Nidal Abdelhadi resigns as CEO of Fortress Prime. LeapRate Exclusive… LeapRate has learned that Nidal Abdelhadi has decided to resign his position as Senior Executive Manager (essentially, the CEO) of Dubai-based Fortress Prime, just two months after making the…

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May 08, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Forex Industry Week Review - Fortress Prime's new CEO resigns, XTB completes IPO, FXCM slow to repay Leucadia, and lots more

Some of the most popular, shared and commented-on Forex industry news posts this past week on LeapRate included: Nidal Abdelhadi resigns as CEO of Fortress Prime. LeapRate Exclusive… LeapRate has learned that Nidal Abdelhadi has decided to resign his position as Senior Executive Manager (essentially, the CEO) of Dubai-based Fortress Prime, just two months after making the…

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May 01, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Forex Industry Week Review - Goldman Sachs starts online retail bank, CMC adds binary options, ETX headed for IPO, and lots more

Forex industry news at LeapRate this past week was headlined by some old faces in new places. Or more precisely, some big name brands making some big additions and changes. The one large global financial brand which is closely linked with online trading, Goldman Sachs, opened its own online retail outfit for the first time called GSBank.com.…

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April 24, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Forex Industry Week Review - France-Israel binary options scam, Saxo Bank and Plus500 results, Binary broker cold calls a regulator, and lots more

Forex industry news at LeapRate was headlined by (mis)conduct in the binary options sector this week. We reported on a covert joint operation by French and Israeli authorities to uncover a €105 million defrauding of French retail traders by Israel based binary options brokers. We also reported on another Israeli binary options broker, Central Option,…

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April 03, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Forex Industry Week Review - New websites for FXStreet and Forex.com, CySEC fines, weak March FX volumes, and lots more

Continuing a theme we've seen among many participants in the Forex industry, this week saw LeapRate report exclusively on upcoming website / GUI changes at two of the better know names in Retail Forex: popular trader site FXStreet, and broker Forex.com. Our most popular guest post of the week is courtesy of Leverate's Ben Richter on…

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