{"id":8270,"date":"2020-10-21T07:00:16","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T06:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/?p=8270"},"modified":"2020-10-20T14:04:49","modified_gmt":"2020-10-20T13:04:49","slug":"equiti-group-most-innovative-financial-markets-brokerage-global-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/europe\/2020\/equiti-group-most-innovative-financial-markets-brokerage-global-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Equiti Group: Most Innovative Financial Markets Brokerage Global 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8271\" src=\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/equiti.jpg\" alt=\"equiti\" width=\"400\" height=\"148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/equiti.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/equiti-300x111.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Over the past decade, Equiti Group has solidified its status as a leading provider of global brokerage services. Equiti Group\u2019s network of twelve subsidiaries and over 300 specialists provides clients in the Middle East, the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia Pacific with access to individual, corporate and institutional brokerage services. Innovation is one of the driving forces behind the group\u2019s impressive growth trajectory. Equiti Group is committed to ensuring that the trading of financial instruments becomes ever more accessible and affordable to clients worldwide. One of the group\u2019s latest milestones comes from its Kenyan subsidiary, EGM Securities, which last year launched FXPesa as the first provider of online Forex and CFD (contract-for-difference) products for Kenya\u2019s retail market. FXPesa unlocks global trading opportunities for smartphone users across the country. Kenya is a recognised fintech hub with an entrepreneurial culture and high smartphone penetration \u2014 making it an ideal market to launch Equiti\u2019s app-based CFD trading for Africa. FXPesa (which translates to \u201cFXMoney\u201d in Swahili) has quickly become synonymous with mobile trading across Kenya. EGM Securities joined the Equiti Group in 2018 and became the first online-forex broker to be granted a licence by Kenya\u2019s Capital Markets Authority, one of the most highly regarded regulatory bodies on the continent. Equiti Group sees market conditions across Kenya and Sub-Saharan Africa \u2014 where mobile financial services are superseding traditional retail banking \u2014 as ripe for disruption. The CFI.co judging panel declares Equiti Group as the 2020 winner of the global award for Most Innovative Financial Markets Brokerage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past decade, Equiti Group has solidified its status as a leading provider of global brokerage services. 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