RBI Swap Facility Pulls in $72.85 bn Forex Inflows by Aug 21
The RBI's special USD-INR forex swap facility drew total foreign currency inflows of USD 72.85 billion as of August 21, 2026, with FCNR(B) deposits accounting for nearly 90 per cent at USD 65.40 billion. OFCBs contributed USD 4.86 billion and ECBs USD 2.59 billion, surpassing the scale of the RBI's 2013 swap scheme. The FCNR(B) window closes August 31, while ECBs and OFCBs remain eligible until December 31.
Rev One Trading Shuts Down as Founder Shifts Focus to Prediction Markets
Rev One Trading has ceased operations after platform limitations restricted its ability to scale, while founder Angelo Ciaramello is leaving the prop-trading sector to focus on prediction markets.
XTB Receives Approval to Offer CFDs in Indonesia
XTB has received approval to offer CFDs in Indonesia, adding leveraged trading products to a local operation that previously focused on stocks and ETFs.
Quotex Review 2026: Unregulated Status, Complaints, and Withdrawal Risks
Quotex is an unregulated offshore broker with a very low WikiFX score of 1.32 and multiple official warnings from global financial authorities. Indian traders face significant risk due to a documented pattern of delayed deposits, ignored support tickets, and blocked withdrawals.
XTB Launches Commodity CFDs Amid Prop Trading Shift
Global broker XTB has launched commodity CFDs in Indonesia amid ongoing regulatory reviews in Poland, while the proprietary trading sector sees a notable shift as Rev One Trading closes to pivot toward prediction markets.
Your Trading Journal is a Mirror: How to Spot Behaviour Patterns
Turn a plain trading journal into a pattern-recognition tool. Learn how adding emotion columns, a weekly review, and simple questions can help beginners spot behaviour patterns like FOMO.
Scammed Twice: The Recovery Fraud Bleeding Retail Investors Dry
Losing money to a fraudulent trading platform is devastating enough. What follows, however, can be worse — a second wave of deception designed to exploit the very desperation that the first scam created.
Love Scams Now Use AI to Steal Your Heart and Savings
Malaysian police authorities have recorded 3,302 love scam cases between 2023 and June 2026, with total losses reaching RM161 million.
Unemployed Man Loses RM516,000 Life Savings to Fake Online Investment Scam
An unemployed 56-year-old man from Seri Alam in Johor lost his entire life savings of RM516,341 to an online investment scam that promised 60% of daily returns.
He Worked Hard and Saved Money Frugally, Now A Scammer Took It All
Chen had spent about two decades building his savings through delivery work, small business activities and interest income. He lived a highly frugal lifestyle, continuing to stay in an old house and cutting spending wherever possible. Much of his money was saved for his family, particularly his children's education. But within weeks, it was gone.
WikiFX Wishes You a Blessed Maulidur Rasul
As Malaysia prepares to observe Maulidur Rasul on 25 August 2026, WikiFX extends warm greetings to all Malaysian investors, financial professionals, and partners celebrating this meaningful occasion. Beyond its religious significance, the observance is a moment for reflection, community, and gratitude, values that resonate just as deeply within the financial industry WikiFX serves.
Bessent's bond gambit aimed at calming markets is instead stirring inflation worries
The so-called breakeven rate hit its highest levels in more than two months.
Pakistan Forex Reserves Reach $22.5 Billion: Why a Stable USD/PKR Snapshot is Not Yet a Trend
Pakistan forex reserves stood at $22.506 billion on 13 August 2026, while the SBP dashboard showed a USD/PKR mark to market rate of 277.5713 on 20 August. This article separates the SBP forex reserves facts from predictions about the Pakistan rupee and the forex market Pakistan.
XM Review 2026 for India: RBI Alert, Regulation, Login and Forex Risk
The RBI Alert List, updated on 19 November 2025, names XM and www.xm.com at row 33. RBI says listed entities are not authorised to deal in forex under FEMA or operate an authorised forex ETP in India. XM also publishes overseas licence and risk information. These facts must stay separate. An overseas licence does not create RBI authorisation for an Indian resident.
eToro Review 2026 for India: RBI Alert, Regulation, Login and Forex Risk
The RBI Alert List, updated on 19 November 2025, names eToro and www.etoro.com at row 5. RBI says listed entities are not authorised to deal in forex under FEMA or operate an authorised forex ETP in India. eToro also lists regulated companies in the UK, Europe, Australia, and other markets. Those overseas licences are entity-specific. They do not create RBI authorisation.
Multi-Asset Liquidity Solution in 2026: Expand Instruments Without Fragmenting Execution
A multi-asset liquidity solution can help a broker support FX, CFDs, commodities, and indices through a more unified operating model. But adding asset classes can also create fragmented symbols, pricing, routing, margin rules, records, and client messages if controls are not designed first. This 2026 guide explains how a multi asset liquidity provider, forex CFD liquidity setup, commodity liquidity provider, and indices liquidity provider fit into a broker-owned execution service. It outlines the due-diligence questions, shared-control model, cost drivers, and 90-day implementation plan that help teams expand without making the execution chain harder to explain. The aim is not to promise deeper liquidity or better trading outcomes. It is to create evidence that a broker can supervise market access, trace order events, reconcile costs, and communicate consistently to the relevant clients when conditions are difficult.
Crypto Liquidity for Brokers in 2026: Why a Bigger Order Book Is Not Yet a Safer Execution Model
Crypto liquidity for brokers is not simply a question of how many venues appear in an order-book feed. A broker needs a controlled model for executable depth, routing, custody boundaries, credit, price integrity, market-data records, outages, and client communication. This 2026 guide explains how a cryptocurrency liquidity provider, crypto LP forex setup, digital asset liquidity arrangement, and crypto liquidity aggregation layer can fit into a broker-owned service. It outlines the questions to ask before onboarding, the tests that reveal gaps during volatile conditions, the evidence needed for reconciliation and disputes, and a 90-day launch plan. It does not rank providers or promise better fills. Its purpose is to help a broker decide whether it can explain, supervise, and recover the connected crypto execution service for the actual instruments, clients, and jurisdictions it serves.
Ringgit eases vs dollar as US-Iran tensions weigh
The ringgit opened higher against most major currencies but eased slightly to 4.0430/4.0500 against the US dollar on 21 Aug 2026 as investors turned cautious amid escalating US-Iran tensions, according to Bank Muamalat chief economist Afzanizam Rashid. The move followed a Thursday session where the ringgit strengthened 140 pips to 4.0425/4.0470 as the US national debt surpassed US$40 trillion.
Dollar Sinks Amid Treasury Buyback Doubts
The U.S. dollar dropped to three-month lows as the Treasury's move to double bond buybacks failed to cap rising yields, sparking fiscal concerns and driving capital into European majors, Asian currencies, and alternative commodities.
A Forex Losing Streak Is No Time to Trust Your Gut
A losing streak in forex triggers a stress response that can change how a trader sees the next trade. This article explains loss aversion, revenge trading, and a simple teaching model for rebuilding clear decisions.
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