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Lauded as Most Innovative Broker at last year ’ s European Awards , the Capital . com platform aims to make trading smarter , simpler and more intuitive . Users can access 2,000 of the world ’ s biggest markets , utilising market-leading spreads and zero com-mission to make their move on the most popular indices , commodities , cryptocurrencies , shares , and currency pairs via the web and on mobile .
Founded in 2016 , significant investment in the Capital platform over the past year has meant that it ’ s primed to support the mobile users responsible for 80 % of the company ’ s client trading . A team of 190 technologists are driving mobile onboarding , which CEO Ivan Gowan believes strengthens Capital ’ s fintech aspirations compared to its business-led competitors . “ It ’ s as much about attitude and aptitude as it is about technology competence ,” he says of Capital ’ s key staff from tech and finance
JUNE 2019