CySEC-regulated multi-asset broker Eurotrader Group has appointed Ben Swann as its new Chief Technology Officer. Before joining Eurotrader, he built and managed several retail trading platforms, including City Index, Gain Capital, and MF Global. Eurotrader was founded by Ozan Ozerk, who is also the founder of FCA-regulated Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) platform operator OpenPayd and the Lithuanian European Merchant Bank (EMBank).
The CySEC-regulated broker Eurotrader Group controlled by Ozan Ozerk, has announced the appointment of Martin Couper (LinkedIn) to the post of Head of Global Compliance. Before joining Eurotrader Group, Couper has been working for almost five years for Exinity, founded by Andrey Dashin, owner of brokerage companies Alpari and FXTM. Couper ‎will join Eurotrader’s compliance team based out of London. Recently, Eurotrader announced the appointment of Marcelo Spina as its CEO.
The EuroTrader Group of Ozan Ozerk (LinkedIn) appointed Marcelo Spina (LinkedIn) as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). He has 20 years of experience in the financial markets and has held leadership positions in many of the larger companies focused on finance. He has experience in managing sales, business development, and operational departments focusing on both retail and institutional business on a global scale.
Self-proclaimed FinTech guru Dr. Ozan Ozerk controls EuroTrader Group and its twin scheme LQDFX. Eurotrade Investments RGB Ltd d/b/a EuroTrader with the approved domain www.eurotrader.eu is a CySEC-regulated investment firm (CIF) with license number 279/15. Through the license passporting scheme, EuroTrader can offer its services in other EU regulatory regimes. Eurotrade SA (Pty) Ltd, registered and regulated in South Africa, on the other hand, is not allowed to offer regulated financial services in the EU. However, it does but its bonus program is a joke!
This Canadian BCSC recently issued a warning against the illegally operating offshore broker LQDFX (www.lqdfx.com). LQD Limited in the Marshall Islands is the operator. This unregulated offshore broker has been co-founded and controlled by Ozan Ozerk, a director and beneficial owner of the CySEC-regulated EuroTrader Group, and his partner Soteris Georgiou. LQDFX and the offshore EuroTrader broker schemes illegally acquires investors in Europe and North America and onboard clients in deliberate violation of KYC/AML procedures!
EuroTrader is a forex and CFD broker brand owned and operated by the EuroTrader Group, a group of regulated companies owned by the fintech entrepreneur Ozan Ozerk. Until at least April 2021, the latter has also been one of the founders and beneficial owners behind the offshore broker LQDFX. Since we published our report about the EuroTrader Group in April 2021 and exposed the offshore activities around the Marshall Islands-registered EuroTrade Global Ltd, some significant changes have been made.