Retail FX and CFDs brokers, Tastytrade and LiteFinance on Monday separately disclosed new updates about their brokerage business. While the former launched an application programming interface (API), the latter released a ‘new and improved’ version of its mobile trading application for iOS devices.Tastytrade Introduces ‘tastytrade-API’Tastytrade explained that the new interface tagged ‘tastytrade-API’ offers its users the ability to “build software […]

Nigeria’s securities regulator has flagged down six online trading platforms for operating in the country without authorization. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) listed the platforms in a recent statement published on its website.According to the watchdog, the platforms are Prime Invest (https://webtrader.pinvest.cc/), FXBoxed (https://account.fxboxed.com/) and New Finance LLC and New FX Limited (https://www.newfx.us). The other three platforms are Axi24 […]

Copy trading is a common investment practice, but new indicators show that in Africa, the method has become a phenomenal hit. Curiosity about copy trading among Africans is higher than in other developed nations, such as the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia, according to Google data on searches. Investigating the data, Finance Magnates found that some brokerages have […]

UK Regulator Raises Alarm on Clone of LCGOn Wednesday, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) warned investors against a clone of London Capital Group (LCG), an authorized spread betting and CFD trading provider. The British watchdog said the clone has been contacting British citizens, pretending to have requisite permission. According to the FCA, the scam platform operates the websites: www.cintra.group/, www.londoncapitalgroup.pro […]

BGC Partners, a major financial technology and brokerage firm, released its first quarter 2023 metrics on Wednesday, reporting a marginal increase in its consolidated revenue from forex trading. The revenue rose 0.2% to $80.2 million (or 1% in constant currency), compared to the first quarter of 2022. FX Generates Smallest Revenue GrowthThe revenue boost was the least among all asset […]