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Financial Commission Third-Quarter Awards Reach $113K After Later Rulings
- The forum first reported $75,585, and decisions issued since have brought 43 rulings for traders.
- Complaints rose 9% from the first quarter, and 36 of 84 account-access cases still await a decision.
Thursday, 12/11/2026 | 10:49 GMT by
Damian Chmiel
Robinhood Earned 8% Less per Prediction Market Contract as Trading Rose 21%
- Revenue per event contract fell to about 1.05 cents in the third quarter from 1.15 cents, an FM Intelligence calculation shows.
- Rothera, the exchange it controls with Susquehanna, booked $28 million of that revenue, up from $17 million.
Tuesday, 10/11/2026 | 17:31 GMT by
Damian Chmiel
Malta Outscores Cyprus on AI Skills, but Trading Firms Still Hire in Cyprus
- The Ayre Index and EU statistics both rank the smaller island ahead on digital skills and AI use.
- Brokers and crypto exchanges listed 218 open roles in Cyprus on October 1, while Malta missed the top ten.
Thursday, 05/11/2026 | 11:24 GMT by
Damian Chmiel
Gold’s One-Year Low Set Off Stop-Losses as Retail Traders Bought the Dip
- At eToro, pre-set exits made up 47% of position closures, more than double a typical day.
- Long volume in a tracked sample rose 74%, and the average buyer ended nearly 8% under water.
Thursday, 05/11/2026 | 09:52 GMT by
Damian Chmiel
Zlatan and Fury Arrive, XTB’s Sign-Ups Hold Steady
- The broker’s biggest ad campaign began October 1, and new clients rose 5% year on year in the first 27 days.
- Omar Arnaout said he would not worry, pointing to quieter markets and the tax-account season still ahead.
Tuesday, 03/11/2026 | 12:36 GMT by
Damian Chmiel
Gold Loses Ground in Retail CFD Trading as Currency Pairs Gain
- Metals made up 69% of broker volume in early third-quarter data, still more than four times the share of FX.
- FX rose in a quarter that brought the first joint US-Japan yen intervention since 2011.
Monday, 02/11/2026 | 14:01 GMT by
Damian Chmiel
XTB’s Clients Now Mostly Own Stocks, but CFDs Still Earn 90% of Its Trading Result
- Stocks and exchange-traded funds make up 86% of client money, while open CFD positions account for 1.3%.
- Contracts for difference produced 96% in the first half, and the chief executive wants that cut to about 70%.
Thursday, 29/10/2026 | 09:26 GMT by
Damian Chmiel
Acting as Counterparty to Clients in South Africa Costs a Broker Almost 3 Times More
- An FM Intelligence scenario puts the first year at about R68.5 million ($3.8 million), against R24.6 million ($1.4 million) as an agent.
- Of about 70 non-bank firms on the dealer register, 26 withdrew applications and four handed back licenses.
Thursday, 29/10/2026 | 05:06 GMT by
Damian Chmiel
Tokenized Stocks Still Follow Wall Street Prices, Study by Exchange Group Finds
- The token led in none of 61 xStocks pairs, and the stock set over 80% of the price for the median one.
- Its author says token buyers get regulated-market quotes without the disclosure and surveillance behind them.
Tuesday, 20/10/2026 | 08:18 GMT by
Damian Chmiel
MAM/PAMM VS trademakers
- From Allocation Tools to Institutional-Grade Investment Infrastructure
Thursday, 12/11/2026 | 12:15 GMT by
SGT Markets
Brokers Cut Fees to Zero for a Shot at Germany’s €240 Billion Pension Pot
- Trade Republic, Scalable Capital and Smartbroker+ are waiving ETF costs before the state-subsidized depot opens on January 1.
- New money is smaller: forecasts range from €6 billion to €56 billion a year, and only 11% of savers want it without a guarantee.
Monday, 19/10/2026 | 14:04 GMT by
Damian Chmiel
Capital.com’s Biggest Market Traded $1 Trillion, With Stop-Losses on 18% of Trades
- That was the lowest of seven markets in the half-year report, with Germany on top at 34.1%.
- Positions closed by a triggered stop lost 39% less on average, though the report calls that a correlation.
Monday, 19/10/2026 | 09:53 GMT by
Damian Chmiel
Lynx Opens Warsaw Office With Fewer Clients Than XTB Adds in Six Weeks
- The Dutch broker counts 72,000 active investors, and Trade Nation opened zloty accounts the same day.
- Each newcomer targets a different part of the market leader’s business, from savings and CFDs to options.
Thursday, 15/10/2026 | 12:42 GMT by
Damian Chmiel
European Securities Fines Fell 18% in 2025 as Settlements Rose to 42%
- National regulators reported 955 sanctions, and Germany, France and Spain imposed two-thirds of the money.
- The first penalties under the EU crypto rulebook came to 10 measures and one EUR 600,000 fine in Germany.
Thursday, 15/10/2026 | 11:53 GMT by
Damian Chmiel
Most Axi Clients Now Trade on MetaTrader 5 as Broker Rolls Out MetaQuotes' Order Engine
- More than 60% of its customers use the newer platform after a three-year shift, the company says.
- Earlier Ultency users were mostly liquidity providers, and the company took a rival system from Your Bourse in 2025.
Thursday, 08/10/2026 | 11:16 GMT by
Damian Chmiel
Trading 212 Put £44 Million Into Its Overseas Units, Nearly Half in Germany
- The German bank, which it bought for about €4 million, received £21.1 million and booked £2.7 million of revenue.
- An FM Intelligence analysis traces how the revenue map shifted since 2020, when Bulgaria booked 56%.
Wednesday, 07/10/2026 | 20:01 GMT by
Damian Chmiel
Low Volatility Squeezes Brokers. CMC Markets' Founder Says It Is "Not Reflected in CMC's Performance"
- Lord Peter Cruddas credits B2B growth, while rival IG Group expects third-quarter revenue about 14% lower.
- He set go-live dates for ASB Bank and Westpac and has bought about GBP 4.85 million of stock since Friday.
Wednesday, 07/10/2026 | 08:06 GMT by
Damian Chmiel
UK Brokers to Pay 22% Charge on ISA Cash Interest as eToro Survey Shows Savers Unprepared
- From April 2027 platforms pay the levy to HMRC on interest from uninvested balances.
- Only 38% of 2,000 people polled knew of it, and 48% misread a new transfer ban.
Tuesday, 06/10/2026 | 11:47 GMT by
Damian Chmiel
Five Things to Know About IG's New All-in-One App
- It is the renamed IG Invest and, for now, holds investing and crypto accounts but not spread bets or CFDs.
- The main trading platform folds in within weeks, with pensions, a web version and demo accounts to follow.
Friday, 25/09/2026 | 06:00 GMT by
Damian Chmiel
Belgium Blacklists 51 More Fake Trading Platforms, Nearly Matching All of 2025
- The regulator's tally for the year now stands at about 150, against 157 in the whole of last year.
- Losses reported on such scams fell for a third straight half-year, to EUR 8.5 million.
Thursday, 24/09/2026 | 08:21 GMT by
Damian Chmiel
How Blue Azurite Helps FinTechs Secure Payment Intermediary Services (PIS) Licences in Mauritius
- As payment firms expand across borders, Mauritius offers a regulated base built for international operations. Blue Azurite guides providers through the structuring, incorporation and licensing a Payment Intermediary Services licence requires.
Thursday, 12/11/2026 | 05:23 GMT by
Blue Azurite
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