Where is neobroker Webull setting up shop in Europe to extend its services to clients in the EU?
Who is behind the launch of new CySEC licensed CFDs broker Investing.one?
What management changes were seen at Doo Group’s recently rebranded D Prime offshore brokerage unit?
What led to a double-digit-percent jump in the share price of Robinhood?
Some of the most read and commented-on FX/CFD industry news stories to appear over the past seven days on FNG included:
Top FX and CFDs industry news stories this week
Webull EU launches with HQ in Amsterdam. Neobroker Webull Corp (NASDAQ:BULL) has announced its entry into the European online trading market, with the launch of brokerage services in the Netherlands. Headquartered in Amsterdam, Webull EU will give retail investors of all experience levels access to the Webull platform, beginning in the Netherlands. Webull expects to add additional EU countries in the coming months. The Webull EU trading platform can be downloaded through the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store.
Exclusive: New CySEC licensed CFDs broker Investing.one goes live. FNG Exclusive… FNG has learned that a new online broker called Investing.one (at website investing.one) has now gone live, and is starting to onboard clients. Investing.one also plans to add what it calls “Insider tracking”, or social trading which will include real-time insights into top traders’ portfolios including those of CEOs and fund managers, but that feature is marked as “coming soon.”
Exclusive: D Prime lays off Cyprus marketing department. FNG Exclusive… FNG has learned that Retail FX and CFDs broker D Prime (formerly known as Doo Prime), has made redundant its entire Cyprus based marketing team, as well as made other structural changes to its organization. D Prime’s marketing team was led by Chief Marketing Officer Marilena Iakovou, and Head of Marketing Mariliza Karrera (although we understand that Marilena has not yet left the company).
S&P 500 Index effect: Robinhood shares rise 16%. Well it looks like the aftermarket pop on Friday was just the appetizer. After seeing its shares rise by 6% in Friday aftermarket trading after news hit that it was being added to the prestigious S&P 500 index, US neobroker Robinhood Markets Inc (NASDAQ:HOOD) witnessed a much larger, double-digit share price increase of 16% once “real” market trading resumed on Monday.
Capital.com trading volumes rise 42% in H1 2025 to $1.5 trillion. Leading online broker Capital.com has announced that its trading volumes surged to US$1.5 trillion in the first half of 2025, a 42.5% increase from US$1.06 trillion in the second half of 2024. The sharp rise in activity was driven by strong demand across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), where trading volumes reached US$804.1 billion—up 53.3% compared with H2 2024.
Top FX industry executive moves this week
❑ Elena Kupriianova joins DB Investing as CMO.
❑ LMAX taps Pepperstone exec Chris Drummond to head Trading.
❑ Exclusive: ATFX Connect adds Thomas Stewart for Australia sales.
❑ Former Capital.com / HFM / SquaredFinancial CFO Stathis Flangofas joins offshore CFDs broker Kudotrade.
❑ Exclusive: Binance exec Reem Khayat moves to Revolut to head Crypto product marketing.
❑ Stocktwits hires former Meta / CHSN exec Rob Shaw as COO.
❑ Marc Costantini to become CEO of Corebridge Financial.
