A battle of the iPhone Applications appears to have broken out between spread betting providers IG Index and City Index.

ETX Capital, the London-based financial spread betting firm, has completed a month-long partnership with Corney & Barrow Wine Bars.

It appears that the marketing people for IG Index have got themselves in a little trouble with Google, the online search giant.

GFT UK have announced that they have introduced sector trading for CFD and spread bet UK cash index markets.

City spread betting company IG Group (IGG.L) have reported a marked improvement in sales through companies IG Index and IG Markets brands

Financial spread betting company WorldSpreads stated this morning that its UK subsidiary has signed an exclusive agreement with 188BET to provide a financial spread betting service to its clients worldwide.

Yesterday marked the launch of GoldenBoys Bet, a new finance pool betting platform offering players the opportunity to bet on the closing position of financial assets like indices, foreign exchange and commodities on various financial markets around the world.

LCG, the financial spread betting company behind Capital Spreads announced Wednesday for the 6 months ended June 30, that pretax profit is expected to be in the region of £4.0 million, which is ahead of the same period last year.

Spreadex has expanded its range of financial spread betting prices with the launch of new Daily Futures markets.

Last Friday, marked the first time ever that IG Index the grand-daddy of the financial spread betting revolution, surpassed the LSE in valuation terms. IG’s traders have created a business now worth more than the Stock Exchange

Sports and financial spread betting provider Spreadex has smashed past betting records throughout June thanks to the World Cup and the launch of its new fixed odds betting service.

Which three Premier League footballers topped the bad boy league with 11 yellow cards each and which Bundesliga defender found the net eight times last season?

Financial spread betting group WorldSpreads has announced a surge in profits from £350,000 to £2.7 million for the year to 31 March 2010.