Currencies
Currency market 2026-08-14: ECB reference rates for major pairs
ECB reference rates for USD/CAD, NZD/USD, EUR/USD, GBP/USD and other major pairs on 14 August 2026, with daily changes from previous fixings.
Investfora ·
US2Y4.15%-5bpUS10Y4.63%-5bpUS30Y5.21%-3bpBTC$63,062▲0.00%ETH$1,882▲0.42%EUR/USD1.1567▲0.29%GBP/USD1.3537▲0.33%USD/JPY159.01▼0.20%EUR/GBP0.8545▼0.05%USD/CHF0.8118▼0.10%AUD/USD0.7082▲0.43%USD/CAD1.3875▼0.53%NZD/USD0.5889▲0.76%EUR/JPY183.93▲0.09%GBP/JPY215.25▲0.13%EUR/CHF0.9390▲0.18%USD/ZAR16.165▲0.29%USD/SGD1.2781▼0.16%EUR/PLN4.3068▲0.05%
US Treasury · CoinGecko · ECBThe latest
- FCA newsCEO banned for false and misleading statements made in attempt to buy bank and football club14 Aug · fca.org.uk
- SEC press releasesSEC Charges Toms River Trio in Connection with Alleged $47 Million Fraud Targeting Orthodox Jewish Communities13 Aug · sec.gov
- Federal Reserve pressFederal Reserve Board issues enforcement action with former employee of Regions Bank13 Aug · federalreserve.gov
- CFTC press releasesChairman Selig Announces Agenda for August 20 Innovation Advisory Committee Meeting in Washington13 Aug · cftc.gov
- ECB pressCash remains most widely accepted payment method in euro area13 Aug · ecb.europa.eu
Markets & News
All newsFrom the regulators
FCA news
T+1 Settlement: are firms ready for 2027?
Why T+1 matters and what we’ve been doing so farThe UK’s move to a T+1 securities settlement cycle on 11 October 2027 is a fundamental shift in how securities transactions are settled.To prepare, market participants will have to rapidly speed up their post-trade processes, including automating their operations as appropriate.We’ve found that some are more ready than others – and some have a lot…
13 Aug · fca.org.uk
CFTC press releases
CFTC Releases Advisory on Self-Certification of Incentive Programs for Prediction Markets
12 Aug · cftc.gov
Bank of England news
Results of the Semi-Annual FX Turnover Surveys in April 2026
In April 2026, 25 financial institutions active in the UK foreign exchange (FX) market participated in the semi-annual turnover survey for the Foreign Exchange Joint Standing Committee (FXJSC). The survey results are summarised below. Detailed tables for the April 2026 reporting period, linked below, are available separately.
11 Aug · bankofengland.co.uk
ECB press
ECB and Frankfurt Radio Symphony invite the public to Europa Open Air concert on 20 August 2026
11 Aug · ecb.europa.eu
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Trading
All trading coverage
What is leverage in trading?
Leverage explained mechanically: what borrowing to trade does to gains, losses and margin — with the arithmetic shown.
Broker fee structures explained
Spreads, commissions, swaps, inactivity fees — how each works mechanically and where costs hide. No comparisons of named brokers.
Copy trading: what's actually regulated
How copy/social trading works mechanically, which parts of the chain a licence typically covers, and why the trader you copy is usually not regulated at al
Broker Watch
Broker indexOur research desk checks the licences brokers claim against the regulators’ own registers, daily. Every figure links to the register entry it came from.
Latest from the register
All news- TickmillFinancial Conduct AuthorityUnverifiedVerified
- eToroFinancial Conduct AuthorityUnverifiedVerified
- Trade NationFinancial Conduct AuthorityUnverifiedVerified
- EightcapFinancial Conduct AuthorityUnverifiedVerified
New on the FCA warning list
- SABITCIFT HISSE (new)
- SPARKASSETSINVEST (new)
- hanfcl.com (clone of FCA Authorised firm) (new)
- ASSET AVENUE ADVISORS LLC (new)
- Crestwood Corporate Group LLP (new)
- housetrading-financial.com (clone of FCA registered firm) (new)
Firms the FCA says may be operating without its permission — from the FCA’s own list, linked to their page.
Guides
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What is dollar-cost averaging?
How investing a fixed amount on a fixed schedule works, why the same money buys more units when prices fall, and what the method does not claim to deliver.
What is diversification?
How spreading money across holdings limits what one failure can cost, why it cannot stop a whole market falling, and where funds fit in.
What is an emergency fund?
How a cash buffer absorbs income shocks, why it is conventionally sized in months of essential expenses, and what keeping it accessible costs in return.
What is a stock?
A share is a fraction of ownership in a company. How shares are issued and traded, what the quoted price means, and what owning one entitles you to.
Tools
All toolsArithmetic only. They show the formula applied and do not account for fees, slippage or gap risk.
Key Terms
All terms- Dividend yieldA company's yearly dividend per share divided by its current share price, usually expressed as a percentage.
- Earnings per shareA company's profit divided by the number of shares in issue, giving the slice of profit attributable to each share.
- Going longBuying an asset to profit from a rise in its price, the ordinary direction of investing, with loss limited to the amount paid.
- Gross domestic productThe total market value of the goods and services an economy produces in a period, and the standard measure of an economy's size.
By country
A licence issued in one country rarely protects a client in another. These pages set out which licences actually reach each market.