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Robinhood Markets, Inc is facing another lawsuit – this time for allegedly misleading claims in its IPO registration statement. On December 17, 2021, Philip Golubowski filed a complaint in the California Northern District Court. The complaint, seen by FX News Group, targets Robinhood, its senior management (including Vlad Tenev), as well as the underwriters of…

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Why is eToro’s plan to go public being delayed? And what troubles is eToro facing in getting its SPAC merger done? What did (and didn’t) happen in the hack and ransom demand attack against MT4/5 hosting provider PrimeXM? Why is Japan’s (and the world’s) largest Retail FX broker, Z.com, relinquishing its UK FCA license? Who…

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In line with earlier announced plans, the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed a proposed default judgment against Danish Forex fraudster Casper Mikkelsen, operator of investment scheme GNTFX. According to the proposed default judgment, submitted at the New York Southern District Court on December 16, 2021 and seen by FX News Group,…

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CME Group has published a notice of disciplinary action against Robert Leeds. He will have to serve a three-month suspension because he allegedly engaged in disruptive practices that are prohibited on the trading floor. Pursuant to an offer of settlement in which Robert Leeds neither admitted nor denied the rule violation upon which the penalty…

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Afterpay Ltd (ASX:APT), a provider of “Buy Now, Pay Later” services, announces that the scheme of arrangement for its acquisition by Block Inc, formerly known as Square Inc, has become legally effective. Afterpay has lodged with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) the orders made by the Supreme Court of New South Wales approving…

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Electronic trading major Interactive Brokers has made the display of Bid/Ask/Last Size Quotes in its TWS platform more precise. Traders can now use the Presets Divisor and Thresholds to show size quotes in lots, the way these were displayed prior to Build 985 where size quotes were modified to always be displayed in shares. To…

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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announces the imposition of a fine of £63,946,800 on HSBC Bank plc for failings in its anti-money laundering (AML) processes. HSBC used automated processes to monitor hundreds of millions of transactions a month to identify possible financial crime. However, the FCA found that three key parts of HSBC’s transaction…

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TD Ameritrade is making enhancements to its thinkorswim trading product suite to offer an even more personal, mobile-friendly experience. Aided by a host of new features and refinements to its user interfaces, these upgrades come as the firm prepares to close out a year where mobile trading for the first time surpassed trading on desktop…

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Electronic trading major IG has launched another poll – this time, it is dedicated to trading indicators. The broker would appreciate it if you could take part in the poll as it is continuously working on adding more indicators to the IG trading platform to make your trading experience better. Traders are invited to vote…

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The TradingView Desktop platform marks its birthday – the platform has grown out of the beta phase and now has reached a stable release. TradingView launched TradingView Desktop a year ago, on December 15, 2020. Since then, the app has gone through 15 beta releases, covered Linux in addition to Windows and macOS. The TradingView…

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