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Israel - ISA Forex Regulation News
View below the latest forex regulation news from the Israel Securities Authority (ISA), the forex regulatory authority in Israel.
Israel Binary Options Law Changed to Allow Unlicensed Forex and CFD Trading
1 Aug 2017, Jerusalem, Israel - LeapRate - News sources in Israel are reporting that the country's new legislation meant to outlaw all aspects of the Binary Options industry from operating in the country has been watered down from its original version. We had earlier exclusively reported that implementation of what's now known as the Israel Binary Options Law has been delayed to at earliest the end of January 2018. In hearings held yesterday in . . .
Israeli Watchdog Orders Interactive Brokers to Stop FX Trading
1 Aug 2017, Jerusalem, Israel - Finance Magnates - The move by the ISA shows it intends to keep Israeli traders from accessing brokers that are not locally regulated. The Israeli Securities Authority (ISA) has just announced it has ordered Interactive Brokers LLC to stop offering forex trading in Israel as it does not have the needed ISA license.
Israel's ISA Fine Real Forex $35,000
11 Jul 2017, Jerusalem, Israel - AtoZ Forex - The Israeli Securities Authority (ISA) has issued a fine for one of the Israeli Forex brokerages. The firm under the spotlight is Real Forex (RFX), which is one of the six brokers with a license to operate in Israel. The ISA has fined the firm NIS 125,000, which is equivalent to $35,000. The Israeli financial regulator has issued a penalty for Real Forex of $35,000 just today. According to the . . .
AvaTrade Israeli Branch ATRADE Misleading Advertisement Results in $42,000 ISA fine
9 May 2017, Jerusalem, Israel - AtoZ Forex - Brokers try everything to distinguish themselves from the strong competition within the Retail Forex Industry. However, they must not forget compliance requirements on risk involved with leveraged trading. This is exactly what happened with the AvaTrade Israeli Branch ATRADE Misleading Advertisement ISA fine in Israel. Israel's financial regulatory body, ISA today announced that they have fined ATRADE, . . .
Colmex Becomes Sixth Recipient of an Israel Forex Broker License
6 Nov 2016, Israel - LeapRate - LeapRate has learned that the Israeli financial regulator the Israel Securities Authority (ISA) has issued a Dealers' license to a sixth retail forex broker, Colmex. Colmex Israel, or formally TGL Colmex Capital Markets Ltd. , operates website colmex. co. il, and is a sister company of CySEC regulated Colmex Pro Ltd, which operates colmex.com and colmexpro.com. All the aforementioned companies are controlled and . . .
Plus500 Officially Announces Acquisition of Operating License in Israel
30 Sep 2016, Israel - Finance Magnates - After Finance Magnates first reported about the Israeli Security Authority (ISA) issuing a number of retail trading licenses for forex brokerages, Plus500 has officially made an announcement about its milestone. The Israeli operating subsidiary of the brokerage Plus500IL Ltd has been granted a license after a very lengthy period awaiting the decision of the regulator. Commenting on the announcement, Asaf . . .
FXCM and AvaTrade Among First Recipients of Israel Forex Broker License
29 Sep 2016, Israel - LeapRate - Israeli financial regulator the Israel Securities Authority (ISA) has issued a Dealers' license to five Retail Forex brokers, allowing them to formally begin taking on Israel-based traders. The licenses take effect as of October 31, 2016. New Israeli regulations took effect effect in July covering different aspects of online trading. The ISA has been taking aggressive moves lately to reform the way online (and . . .
eToro Gives Up on Regulation in its Motherland Israel
15 Sep 2016, Israel - Finance Magnates - The Israeli Security Authority has succeeded in driving away another firm from the local retail trading market. Israel-headquartered social trading network eToro has become the latest firm to have withdrawn from the local market as it canceled its application for a Israeli Security Authority (ISA) Trading Arena licence, according the regulators.
Israeli Markets Watchdog Rejects Yet Another Broker, iTraderFX
19 Jun 2016, Jerusalem, Israel - Finance Magnates - Clients of iTraderFX in Israel are requested to close all positions by Thursday, July 14th. The Israeli Security Authority (ISA) revealed today that it has rejected the licensing application of iTraderFX. This brings the number of firms remaining in the process of acquiring permission to operate in the country to just ten less than half of the 21 that started.
Israeli Watchdog to Ban Volatile Exotic Pairs and Indices CFDs
2 May 2016, Jerusalem, Israel - Finance Magnates - Head of forex lobby: "Some companies are reconsidering their future presence in the Israeli market. ". The Israel Securities Authority (ISA) is placing yet another block in the road for licensed online trading in the country. Finance Magnates has obtained a copy of an official paper sent to brokers by the ISA's division for regulating the stock market and trading arenas on May 1, showing new . . .
Strict Regulations for Forex Trading in Israel Start Tuesday
25 May 2015, Jerusalem, Israel - Finance Magnates - On Tuesday, a new regulatory regime for providers of forex and CFD trading in Israel will finally come into effect. This means that already established brokers will now have to operate in accordance with the demands of the Israel Securities Authority (ISA) in order to not be disqualified from receiving a "Trading Arena" license, as referred to by law.
New Israeli Forex Regulations Finally Come into Effect
9 Feb 2015, Jerusalem, Israel - LeapRate - It's been a long time coming, and now it's finally here: New legislation passed in 2014 will regulate the Israeli FX market for the first time in 2015. This will represent an enormous shift for the burgeoning, previously unsupervised market. Some 8-10 large trading firms operate in Israel, catering for Israeli clients, with an estimated dozens more working below the radar. In order to provide full . . .
Israel's ISA Introduces Regulation of Electronic Trading Platforms
15 Sep 2014, Jerusalem, Israel - LeapRate - Amit Steinman from S Horowitz & Co, one of the oldest and longest-established law firms in Israel wrote the following piece outlining new regulations for Israel. You can read in the piece many of the new regulations targeted towards the FX and binary industries. However, many of the protocols still seem ambiguous. LeapRate will be sure to follow up with any developments in all new regulations coming out . . .
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