The US$5.3 trillion-a-day foreign exchange market is undergoing rapid change as a result of technology and new regulation. While high profit-making opportunities in the world’s largest financial market attract many traders, they demand to do business with sound financial institutions that offer transparency across each transaction.

The CEO of FxPro, one of the largest players in the online FX industry, pushes for a change of industry practices. Spurred by the Swiss Franc shock, Charalambos Psimolophitis believes that it is time to come up with new rules and models to rebuild the reputation of the global FX industry.

OctaFX has elevated itself into an enviable position as a respected FX broker. The company highlights that investing in forex offers great opportunities and gives novice traders some valuable advice to get over the learning curve.

China is one of the world’s largest economies, and Cyprusbased company PriorFX is gearing up to cater to the ever-increasing appetite of clients in the Asian republic.

The arrival of faster and more efficient trading systems has reshaped the FX landscape. Yasin Qureshi of Varengold Bank explains how financial technology (fintech) is driving the forex space today.

As the global FX market has moved from the trading desks of big banks into the homes of retail traders, Alex Pusco of ActivTrades talks about developments in the world’s most liquid market.

With the world gradually warming to Bitcoin, Ingot Brokers’ Director Iman Mutlaq believes the cryptocurrency will become a key growth area for her company.

Along with the general trend of capital shifting from the west to the east, FX players are attaching more importance to trading flows in Asia, Africa and the Middle East. ForexTime’s CEO, Olga Rybalkina, highlights that her company does not believe in a one-size- fits-all-approach when expanding into new markets.