Tagged: trading

January 24, 2025 @ 7:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

N26 announced free stocks and ETF trading for all customers from 27 January 2025 onwards, enhancing its investment proposition as the “only” financial service provider in Europe to offer trading “without charging fees or commissions.” With this decision, N26 aims to make investing even more… Read More

January 23, 2025 @ 10:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Cainam Ventures, a financial technology startup, is launching a platform that aims to redefine autonomous digital asset trading. Guided by its mission to support the onramp to agentic financial portfolio construction for digital capital investors, Cainam says that it leverages artificial intelligence (AI), large language… Read More

January 19, 2025 @ 10:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As interest rates begin to decline, US retail investors plan to strategically adjust their portfolios, prioritizing growth sector stocks such “as healthcare & technology (24%), cash assets (22%), high-yield bonds (18%), and dividend yielding stocks (18%),” according to data from the Retail Investor Beat (RIB)… Read More

January 15, 2025 @ 12:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Dr. Sean Dawson, Head of Research at the “decentralized” on-chain options AI-powered platform, Derive.xyz (TVL $128M, $12.3B trade volume), has shared key insights focused on Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) markets. Dr. Sean Dawson, Head of Research at Derive.xyz noted that in the last 24… Read More

January 11, 2025 @ 6:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Six years after its market launch, Trade Republic has reportedly doubled its customer base to 8 million. Collectively, these customers manage assets worth 100 billion euro, making Trade Republic the “largest broker” in Europe and strengthening its position as the savings platform. The introduction of… Read More

January 10, 2025 @ 7:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Trading and investing platform eToro has unveiled a range of tools to give users a more in-depth view of their investment performance while helping them to make informed investment decisions. Designed to help users plan, identify opportunities and benchmark their portfolio against other assets, the… Read More

January 7, 2025 @ 5:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) claims that it had a solid 2024, marked by new leadership, greater connectivity and engagement with international markets, the launch of multi-year infrastructure enhancement programs, and fresh trading records that “underscore the market’s vibrancy and resilience.” HKEX introduced… Read More

December 29, 2024 @ 1:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Alpaca says it had a landmark year in 2024 as they became a fully self-clearing broker-dealer and launched new features like options trading. Working with financial institutions, Alpaca said they learned the importance of fully integrating brokerage operations stack (such as execution, clearing, and custody… Read More

December 20, 2024 @ 2:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

1inch, a DeFi project announced its integration with Talos, the provider of institutional portfolio and trading tech for digital assets. This collab enhances liquidity access for Talos clients by allowing them to leverage 1inch’s Swap API, which sources liquidity across decentralized exchanges to help “ensure… Read More

December 17, 2024 @ 9:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Talos, the provider of institutional trading and portfolio technology for digital assets, has partnered with Crypto Risk Metrics to provide Talos’s regulated clients with ESG data to meet their sustainability disclosure requirements under the EU’s MiCA (Markets in Crypto Assets) Regulation. With the entry into… Read More

December 15, 2024 @ 2:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitpanda has announced the launch of Bitpanda Fusion, which is described as the newest addition to Bitpanda’s product range that supports active crypto traders. As explained in the announcement, Bitpanda Fusion is said to be the natural evolution of Bitpanda, expanding their suite of products… Read More

December 11, 2024 @ 5:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Alpaca noted that it is cementing its self-clearing foundation through its DTCC membership and product launches, including Options Trading and High Yield Cash Accounts. Alpaca, a brokerage infrastructure tech firm and self-clearing broker-dealer, delivering execution and custody solutions for Stocks, ETFs, and Options, that support… Read More

November 23, 2024 @ 5:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Research uncovered as part of the eToro’s Retail Investor Beat, which was conducted by eToro with this edition supported through a partnership with Nasdaq, a source for financial, economic and alternative datasets, has revealed differences between US and UK retail investors when it comes “to… Read More

November 20, 2024 @ 7:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

eToro, the trading and investing platform, announced that eToro USA Securities Inc. is operational in New York State, making the platform available for eligible investors nationwide. Retail investors in New York can now trade fractional stocks, exchange traded funds, and options on the eToro platform…. Read More

November 9, 2024 @ 1:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Capital.com, the global trading platform and fintech group whose trading volumes have reportedly surpassed the $1 trillion mark in 2023, announced total client trading volumes reached over $450 billion in Q3 2024, which represents a sizeable 20% increase from Q2 2024. During the same period,… Read More

November 6, 2024 @ 10:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital assets firm OKX revealed that it has expanded its partnership with Komainu in order to offer an off-exchange custody solution. OKX noted in a recent blog post that they’re officially announcing that they’ve worked cooperatively with Komainu, a regulated digital asset service provider and… Read More

October 24, 2024 @ 12:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Talos, the provider of institutional trading technology for digital assets, announced the launch of its new Portfolio Management System (PMS), integrating all of its portfolio management tools with its flagship order and execution management system (OEMS). This offering reportedly delivers front-to-back support for portfolio managers,… Read More

October 22, 2024 @ 3:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Robinhood Markets (Nasdaq: HOOD) has launched margin investing in the United Kindom. Robinhood Markets noted that their “competitive” rates for UK customers range from 5.2% to 6.25%. At Robinhood Markets, they claim to be empowering customers with the tools they need to navigate the financial… Read More

October 18, 2024 @ 11:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

DriveWealth, a financial tech platform offering Brokerage-as-a-Service, has recently announced its end-to-end integration with multiple execution management system (EMS) platforms, including Bloomberg EMSX, LSEG Autex and TRAFiX. With these integrations, institutional broker-dealers are able to connect with DriveWealth’s platform and benefit from streamlined trade booking,… Read More

October 15, 2024 @ 10:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Sarwa reportedly offers options trading to their customers, becoming one of the “first” fintech platforms in the Middle East to do so. Sarwa and Alpaca’s partnership has grown since 2021, and they are pleased to acknowledge Sarwa’s efforts and progress on achieving this first-to-market milestone…. Read More