CP26/37 would retire certification and notify senior roles
CP26/37 and PRA CP14/26 would retire certification, notify many senior roles, and keep chief executives on pre-approval. Responses close on January 22, 2027.
CP26/37 and PRA CP14/26 would retire certification, notify many senior roles, and keep chief executives on pre-approval. Responses close on January 22, 2027.
The Canada Gazette draft would register non-bank stablecoin issuers in Canada, cap redemption fees at 1% and keep yield off the balances those holders keep.
Rough rice
$16.00/cwtby November 10, 2026
Swiss Market Index
14,669.51by December 10, 2026
COMEX copper
$6.34/lbby December 9, 2026
EUR/DKK
7.4748by December 17, 2026
Levels as stated when filed. Not live prices. Analysis, not investment advice.
ESMA74-2119945926-3749 requires machine-readable allocation messages between investment firms and professional clients from December 7, 2026, ahead of EU T+1.
The SEC proposal on Rule 17a-7 would let registered funds and BDCs cross level 2 securities. Comments on Release No. IC-36358 close on December 14, 2026.
ESMA's October 16, 2026 final report revises when an EU issuer may delay inside information under MAR. The UK still uses the older mislead-the-public test.
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Reviews by Abdelaziz Fathi
Clickfunded suits forex traders who can clear a 6% target inside a 3% loss limit on TradeLocker and then leave much of each gain on the account. It is a poor fit for anyone who treats the advertised 100% reward split as a sum that can leave in one request. The October 2026 terms cap each request at 60% of eligible profit, up to a size-based reward cap. One clause sets a $180,000 instant account's minimum balance at $101,800 and another at $181,800, while the homepage sells different instant sizes.
BOB AI Holdings raised a $5.5 million seed for an AI finance agent for small firms.
The WAX bridge exploit on WAX blockchain moved mapped tokens onto Ethereum and Solana. The project paused the bridge, then said reserves would be replenished.
VT Markets has won Best Gold Trading Platform at the FinanceFeeds Awards 2026, capping a January in which it reported $1.5 trillion in gold turnover.
Axcera has won three FinanceFeeds Awards 2026 across prop trading technology, infrastructure and multi-asset solutions.
The constraint on most brokerages is not strategy but infrastructure that cannot pass data between functions.

Karthik Subramanian is a founder, writer, and technology consultant with nine years in the crypto ecosystem.

Rick Steves has seen business and economics through many lenses.

Abdelaziz Fathi covers the intersection of forex/CFD brokerage, regulation, liquidity, fintech, and digital assets.
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