The broker is hiring for two key roles in the city-state, noting that it’s in the process of acquiring a license there.
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The fintech group’s annual volumes surged 92.1% year-on-year, with the Middle East accounting for roughly half of all activity and gold dominating as the most traded instrument.
The trading platform has signed a deal to sponsor the most successful Cypriot driver in NASCAR Euro Series history as he competes across Europe in 2026.
Global fintech group Capital.com has received regulatory approval to operate as a Dealing Online Foreign Exchange Broker in Kenya.
Harbage and Ward have both held senior positions in the IG premium client sales team.
Traders in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region deposit over $1m in their accounts ten times as often as Europeans do, according to Capital.com
Brokers including IG Group and Capital.com have been forced to stop trading in a swathe of instruments as the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) exchange shut down this morning.
Bajjali is one of several long-time IG executives to have left the broker over the last 18 months.
Capital.com’s survey shows 87% of people think stocks are high risk, barely below the 92% that believe cryptocurrencies are in the same category.
Di Benedetto spent three years at XTB and has also had stints at OKX, Darwinex, and forex broker Pepperstone.
Capital.com is hiring for a CEO in Turkey. the country is a big market for brokers. However, most trading takes place offshore.
Massey joins MultiBank after a short career break. Most recently he held senior roles at Capital.com, where he spent just over three years.
Capital.com has about 200 clients with over $1m in the Middle East. But can you only get those customers or do you need a lot of small fry to find them.
UK customers at Capital.com had the highest average deposits with the broker globally.
Zoumidou worked for IG for over a decade and was most recently Global CEO and Capital.com. Perpetuals.com runs an MTF for perpetual futures trading.
Capital.com is one of several big brands expanding into Chile. The Brazilian market is more unusual and is a harder place to do business.
Capital.com said that 71.7% of its MENA customer base is from the UAE, with Germany and Italy its two biggest European markets.
95% of surveyed Capital.com employees across its Cypriot and Italian offices said that the broker is a ‘great place to work’.
Robson was most recently the CEO of Trive’s African and Middle East entities. He also spent close to a decade at UK broker IG Group.
The broker is one of several online trading firms to have made a donation to support communities impacted by the devastating wildfires.
Capital.com was one of only two financial technology companies to be recognised as a top employer by the Top Employers Institute.
Capital.com stopped onboarding customers in the UK last year. The broker was one of several targeted by the FCA.
Capital.com has already joined CityUK and UK Finance, both of which aim to support the UK’s financial services industry.
The new insurance policy means that Capital.com clients trading with the firm’s CySEC entity get added protection up to $1m.
Massey joined Capital.com three years ago and was responsible for both marketing and product initiatives. He previously worked at King.
Capital.com said clients placed 48m trades in the first three months of the year, with MENA traders responsible for 53% of overall volumes.
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Capital.com flew more than 650 staff members to Dubai for two days of networking, pitching, and celebration.
Capital.com said both organisations align with its goal of improving the competitiveness of the UK financial services industry.
Aneira Henery-Morley was with the broker for 12 months, having previously spent almost four years working at IG Group.
Local Capital.com CEO Tarik Chebib said that the broker wanted to save money on ad spend and see if the technology would work.
VP Capital said it wants its to focus on core investments, with Capital.com likely to integrate crypto into its offering.
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The programme will see 30 students from the Cyprus University of Technology working at Capital.com for a three month period.
Capuano has worked in the retail trading industry for over two decades. Most recently he was Head of Europe for Capital.com.
Demetriou previously worked as Head of Sales for the Capital.com UK entity.
Capital.com also said that Germany was its second biggest market, although the number of trades was less than half of the UAE total.
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Capital.com has made YouTube and TikTok a core part of its strategy. The company has focused on shorter form content with the former.
Capital.com said it saw a 20% increase in the number of trades placed in 2024 as well, with most volume coming from MENA and Europe.
Capital.com is in the process of expanding substantially. The company is hiring upwards of 300 new employees in technology roles.
Maggie Lighezzolo oversaw changes to the IG Group website and market research tools, including the integration of tech provider TipRanks.
Vladimir Shmidt is working as Marketing Director at Shares.com – a new brand by Capital.com that is targeting emerging markets.
Capital.com has owned the Shares.com URL for years. The company seems to be using it now to target faster growing emerging markets.
Exness and XM are smashing North Africa. But so too are other players in the region – most notably Olymptrade and ExpertOption.
We speak to Dana Massey – Chief Product and Marketing Officer at Capital.com – to learn about why the company is looking to grow so much.
Swissquote, Capital.com, Bitkub, and several others have all seen a surge in app downloads since Donald Trump won the US election.
Soutzis has been with the firm since its inception in 2016. Capital.com also announced that Global CEO Kypros Zoumidou is leaving the firm.
Sebbata was most recently CEO at APM Capital Markets, which acquired the FCA-regulated arm of neobroker BUX earlier this year.
The broker wants to hire 200 people across a range of different roles. The broker also reported a 20% quarter-on-quarter increase to volume for Q3.
Abuhadra will reconnect with Capital.com MENA CEO Tarik Chebib, who was Head of Sales for the MENA region at IG Group previously.
Almost half of respondents to the Capital.com survey expressed a willingness to relocate to the gulf state to further their careers, ahead of Germany.
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Mihail Petkov joins Admirals as Head of Client Services. He was previously Head of Back Office in the Capital.com Cyprus office.
Notional trading volume at Capital.com also rose to $725bn in H1, with the broker increasing its tech and engineering headcount across the EU and UK.
Tarek Mahassen will work in the Capital.com office in Dubai, alongside the broker’s regional CEO Tarik Chebib.
The partnership means Capital.com clients can trade directly through TradingView charts, within the broker’s proprietary trading platform.
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Williams joins Capital.com from IG Group, where he spent almost six years working on the broker’s premium client management desk.
Baker was previously Head of Premium Clients at Capital.com. He also spent close to seven years at OvalX, which collapsed in early 2023.
Andy Francos was formerly Head of SEO at IG Group and Commercial Marketing Director at Capital.com. His new firm – Be Franc – provides a range of services.
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