The companies, products and regulatory developments shaping the broker industry.
Leverate’s new CRM supports MT4, MT5 and its own white-label platform, combining onboarding workflows with AI queries; automation promises require permission and suitability safeguards.
A new CRM integration promises real-time account synchronisation, KYC and affiliate structures; the operational question is whether brokers can audit the whole customer-to-trade lifecycle.
SEBI moves selected FPI reviews to eight-year intervals from 1 December, while retaining two-year reviews for higher-risk categories and separate exceptions.
SEBI removes the India-location requirement for digital onboarding of qualifying non-resident clients, while demanding verifiable video identity checks and portable KYC records.
The revised process covers NRIs, OCI cardholders and foreign nationals in FATF-compliant countries, with video checks, reusable KYC records and continuing intermediary responsibility.
A new AWS Marketplace listing changes how eligible brokerages buy B2CORE, without independently proving lower costs or changing financial-services licensing obligations.
India has separated periodic file reviews from changes in underlying investor information, with a December start and materially different schedules for higher-risk categories.