The concept of crowdfunding has been around for centuries, but it has gained momentum with the popularity of the Internet. Crowdfunding is a type of financing where funds are provided by a large number of investors, i.e. crowd ...

Pursuant to earlier reports on the plans of the European Commission (EC) to impose strict regulation on cryptocurrencies as part of its “Action Plan for strengthening the fight against terrorist financing”, it appears that the Commission is considering ...

Russia’s commission for the regulation of relations on financial markets KROUFR said on Thursday it has received an increased number of complaints related to binary option trading in July 2016. The number of complaints against forex and binaries ...

Until recently, retail clients of online brokers were rarely able to access the primary market and take part in initial public offerings (IPOs) or other capital raisings (placements). Global Brokerage CMC Markets (LON: CMCX) now offers access to ...

TradingView, a retail charting tool and a trading platform in one, said on Thursday it has launched beta tasting trading through Canada-based forex brokerage group Oanda. The beta testing will be among a closed group of volunteer traders. ...

Update: As we reviewed the original French version of FSMA’s communiqué, we found out that that the exact wording is “interdiction de commercialisation auprès du public”, which in fact means ban on public marketing (of derivatives). However, in ...

The state of California overhauls a bill on the popular cryptocurrency Bitcoin, that has been inactive since last September. After being scrutinized, the proposed Act is now updated and no longer proposes to license businesses engaged in financial applications of the blockchain technology, ...

Banks and hedge funds have benefited from big-data insights for years. Leading US brokerage FXCM (NYSE:FXCM) now makes it available to retail traders for free by bringing big-data technical analysis indicator to its Trading Station Desktop platform. The ...

Cyprus-regulated forex brokerage Mayzus Investment Company, trading as Mayzus, said on Wednesday is has changed its name to Liteforex (Europe) Ltd.  The renaming was made official on 12 July, 2016. ...