BTCJam, a US bitcoin P2P lender, announced it is shutting down. The reason are regulatory challenges around bitcoin and the difficulties they faced in introducing Bitcoin technology to poor communities. In a blog post the company said it ...

Norway’s central bank Norges Bank launched a quirky video to promote the first of the new Norwegian Krone banknotes – the NOK 200 banknote featuring a cod fish. Entitled “Torsken kommer II – Torske kroner nå” (“The cod ...

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission, one of Europe’s main regulators of forex and binary options brokers is considering banning binary options “We are considering banning binary options but we’re still consulting about it”, said the regulator’s head Demetra ...

Spotware Systems, the developer of the popular cTrader trading platform, said it has rolled out several updates to its platform for Windows. They include two improvements to enhance the MarketWatch changes that were introduced with the release of cTrader ...

BitPay, a bitcoin payments processor that is used by forex brokers, has announced it is rolling out its prepaid Visa debit card with bitcoins to 132 countries across the world. The card can be linked to any bitcoin ...

Dubai’s financial markets and services regulator, the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA), has announced it will launch a new class of financial services license for financial technology companies, called Innovation Testing Licence (ITL). The new type of license ...

Offshore forex broker Fibo Group announced it is expanding its payment options with the addition of Československá obchodní banka ( ČSOB) bank cards. For the time being the option is available only for deposits. They can be done in ...

FXChoice, a Belize-regulated NDD forex broker, has announced the launch of its Pips+ program geared towards clients with Pro accounts. According to the broker, the goal of the program is to reduce the trading costs for its most ...

Swiss forex brokerage Dukascopy Bank announced it is expanding its instrument portfolio by adding several new Contracts for Difference (CFDs) to its instruments list. For the time being the Natural Gas to US Dollar (GAS.CMD/USD) and High Grade Copper ...