Hong Kong’s regulator, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) reported a 4.3% increase in the intermediary licenses  in 2015, year-on-year. In the three months to 31 December 2015, the total number of licensees and registrants was up 12.3%, compared ...

Offshore forex broker Weltrade said on Thursday it has reduced the minimum deposit requirement for professional (Pro) trading accounts to $1,000. The change is the result of the broker’s entering into agreements with its liquidity providers. ...

Forex binary options and contracts for difference (CFDs) broker Grand Capital said on Thursday it has increased the commission payments to affiliate partners to a minimum of $15 per one standard lot. The highest commission for both existing ...

Russia’s largest bank – Sberbank is setting up a joint venture with the Israeli forex broker and social trading platform developer eToro. The deal was announced at a press conference by Sberbank’s CEO Herman Gref, quoted by Russia’s ...

IFC Markets, an offshore forex and contracts for difference (CFDs) broker, said on Wednesday it intends to make slight alterations to the trading conditions of stock CFDs, including in regards to commission calculation. Traders will be charged a ...

The downloads of the mobile version of SpotOpton, the most popular binary options trading platform, have reached 5 million in total since its launch in 2013, the company said on Wednesday. ...

Russian-based forex broker Alpari said on Wednesday it has expanded its binary options offering with shares, oil, and stock indices. The broker’s clients can now trade in binary options on the shares of leading international companies, including Apple, ...

eToro, a multi-asset broker and social trading network, said on Wednesday it has included 190 new US stocks to its trading instruments portfolio. As a result, the broker now offers 890 instruments in total. The offering includes the ...

The UK forex broker FxPro announced it is investing in the improvement of its data infrastructure and capacity by deploying the messaging and web streaming technology of the Canadian company Solace Systems. ...