2020 was a year like no other for the global economy. The finance sector, which gave rise to fintech after the 2008 crisis, rose to meet the challenges of the day once again. With sharp financial movements bringing a plethora of opportunity, and people locked-down at home, trading was on the rise.
The financial markets saw a huge influx of retail traders, most of whom had never traded before.
Fintech firms had to respond quickly to meet their internal teams’ challenges as well as support the high volume of traffic and provide meaningful and effective trader education, while maintaining compliance.
Founded in 2008 during the earlier crisis, Plus500 a leading technology platform for trading Contracts for Difference (“CFDs”) internationally, is no stranger to challenging times.