Daily LATAM brief — 2026-09-19

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Broker & industry updates

Weekly Review: Trustpilot Flags One in Five Retail Brokers; iFOREX Cuts H1 EBITDA to $1.4m

Source: financemagnates.com. Open original →

Source snapshot: Trustpilot flags 1 in 5 retail brokers; NAGA's CEO on its return to profit; iFOREX cuts H1 EBITDA; Senate blocks CLARITY Act.

Our note: Compare costs and regulation for your LATAM jurisdiction, then validate the headline details on the official source.

CMC Markets to Launch Prop Trading Services on 1 October

Source: financemagnates.com. Open original →

Source snapshot: CMC Markets Funded has set 1 October 2026 as the public launch date for its simulated trading evaluation programme, replacing its previous “coming soon” page with a countdown and…

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Turkey Detains 175 in Alleged $266m Forex and Crypto Fraud Network

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Source snapshot: Turkey detained 175 suspects in an alleged forex and crypto fraud network accused of moving TRY 13 billion over two years.

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mBank Quits Forex, Leaving Two Bank-Owned Brokers in Poland's Growing CFD Market

Source: financemagnates.com. Open original →

Source snapshot: mBank's brokerage arm will stop letting clients open new forex and CFD positions on October 1. That leaves Dom Maklerski BOŚ and Alior Bank's brokerage unit as the last…

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Forex & macro

MX: 17.2450 MXN = 1 USD 2026-09-18 BM FIX

Source: banxico.org.mx. Open original →

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Dólar de Singapur: sólidas NODX, pero el USD sigue impulsando el USD/SGD – OCBC

Source: fxstreet.es. Open original →

Source snapshot: Christopher Wong, de OCBC, destaca que las exportaciones nacionales no petroleras (NODX) de Singapur se dispararon un 46.2% interanual en agosto, muy por encima del consenso, con…

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Pronóstico del Precio del AUD/USD: Los alcistas apuntan a 0.7200 tras superar 0.7100

Source: fxstreet.es. Open original →

Source snapshot: El Dólar australiano se dispone a terminar la semana con una nota positiva frente al Dólar estadounidense, subiendo un 0.21%, mientras la mejora del apetito por el riesgo mantiene…

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Pronóstico del Precio del NZD/USD: La reversión del Kiwi pone bajo presión el nivel de 0.5700

Source: fxstreet.es. Open original →

Source snapshot: El Dólar neozelandés (NZD) cotiza en negativo el viernes, con una caída del 0.11% frente al Dólar estadounidense (USD), en una semana en la que tuvo lugar la primera subida de tas…

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Crypto

'The orange tie stays': Michael Saylor responds to venture capitalist's bitcoin obituary

Source: coindesk.com. Open original →

Source snapshot: "Bitcoin feels like the CD in the age of Spotify, the DVD in the age of Netflix," wrote Jason Calacanis.

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Why Wall Street giants build tokenization money for institutions, not regular consumers

Source: coindesk.com. Open original →

Source snapshot: Decades-old mainframe architecture and privacy concerns have kept Wall Street's blockchain wins restricted to institutional liquidity and interbank settlement.

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Hong Kong jails former banker over $1.6B false credit, cryptocurrency bribes: Report

Source: cointelegraph.com. Open original →

Source snapshot: Former bank official bribed to falsify letters of credit gets four year prison sentence

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Here’s what happened in crypto today

Source: cointelegraph.com. Open original →

Source snapshot: Coinbase filed to bring single-stock perpetual futures to US traders, Binance brushed off a report over its failed MiCA bid, and the US sanctioned Iran’s BitBank.

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