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FXCM
{{Infobox_Company |
  company_name   = Forex Capital Markets |
  company_logo   = [[Image:Fxcm logo.gif|FXCM]]|
  company_type   = [[Private company|Private]]|
  company_slogan = |
  foundation     = [[1999]]|
  location       = [[New York, New York]]|
  key_people     = [[Drew Niv]], CEO|
  num_employees  = |
  industry       = [[Finance]]|
  products       = [[Foreign exchange market|Foreign Exchange]]|
  homepage       = [http://www.fxcm.com/ www.fxcm.com]
}}

== Overview ==

'''FXCM''' supplies online trading services for retail [[speculator]]s in the [[foreign exchange]] market and is one of the largest non-bank Futures Commission Merchants that specializes solely in spot FX. The company has 78,000 clients and over 400 institutional customers from more than 80 countries. Approximately 500 employees, based in offices in New York, London, Dallas, San Francisco, Hong Kong, The West BankJerusalem, and Tokyo, provide 24-hour, multi-lingual sales, dealing, educational, administrative, and technical support 7 days a week.

Forex Capital Markets is entrenched in the bankruptcy proceedings of Refco, Inc (OTC:RFXCQ). Refco, a commodities brokerage that collapsed amid an accounting scandal last year currently owns a 35% share of '''FXCM''', which is now in receivership.

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*[http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/wsj/access/1062962011.html?dids=1062962011:1062962011&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Jun+20%2C+2006&author=Joseph+Rebello&pub=Wall+Street+Journal&edition=Eastern+edition&startpage=C.4&type=91_1996&desc=Refco+Creditors+Receive+Clearance+To+Expand+Their+Probe+of+Collapse Refco Litigation]

[[Category:Financial services companies]]
[[Category:Foreign exchange market]]
[[Category:Companies based in New York City]]