Forex & Trading News

FINRA fined Pictet Overseas $610,000 for AML failures that persisted for three and a half years after a regulator had already flagged the exact same deficiencies. A four-year warning. Never acted on.

One employee. 5.5 billion shares. No spoofing or layering surveillance at all. FINRA fined the dominant overnight trading platform $550,000 — but the real number to watch is not the fine.

FalconX settled CFTC charges for $1.8 million after operating as an unregistered futures commission merchant. The verdict on crypto intermediaries claiming to be mere "technology providers" is now unambiguous.

Frank Breuer ran Bluesky Wealth for four years without professional indemnity insurance, misled the FCA about it, then stripped the firm of assets while under restriction. The regulator issued a lifetime ban and a £755,000 fine.

A routine system upgrade in June 2024 silently disconnected Dinosaur Merchant Bank's CFD surveillance. For four months, billions in trades ran unmonitored. The FCA fined the firm £338,000 — but the real question is whether any market abuse moved through the gap.

Plus500 buys back its own shares almost daily while insiders cashed out millions near all-time highs. BestForex.io asks who really benefits from the buyback machine.

Saxo brands itself as the grown-up, top-tier bank — then collects a DKK 313m AML fine, a Hong Kong penalty and a founder exit. BestForex.io counts the cost.

Jefferies is reportedly shopping FXCM's parent Stratos — maybe to a crypto exchange. BestForex.io traces how an award-winning broker shrank to a rounding error.

Pepperstone opened 2026 with four awards, then logged 130+ user complaints over withdrawals and slippage. BestForex.io weighs the trophies against the inbox.

IG launches a "Trade Responsibly" campaign while offering £3,000 free shares to new customers. BestForex.io asks whether the message and the incentive can coexist.

Plus500 is booming on US prediction markets, branding event bets as regulated innovation. BestForex.io asks what happens when the regulators stop agreeing.

eToro now lets AI agents trade real money on X sentiment. BestForex.io asks if automated herd-following is really progress, or the oldest mistake in markets executed at machine speed.