A Cut Above: A Chat With CFI Financial Group's Hisham Mansour Hisham Mansour, co-founder and Managing Director, CFI Financial Group, on his advice to new traders.

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Hisham Mansour is the co-founder and Managing Director of CFI Financial Group, which, for over 22 years has been enabling investors all around the world access the international financial markets with innovative technology and competitive trading conditions.

Started in 1998, CFI is on a mission "to become the brand for all things investing and trading." Currently in London, Dubai, Larnaca, Dubai, Amman, Beirut, and Port Louis, Mansour states that CFI offers 5,000 products from a single platform. "Our clients can trade stocks, currencies, commodities, ETFs and more. We can provide clients with powerful tools to help with their trading journey."

For new users, Mansour advises to make use of CFI's offerings. "You can attend one of our regular webinars to understand more about the financial markets and how you can access them easily. You can use our free demo account to practice trading without investing any real money, and you can open an account without any minimum deposit."

Reflecting on the past year, Mansour says, "It's safe to say that 2020 has been a year like no other for all of us. Fortunately, at CFI as an online business, we have witnessed strong growth in this year as people became more and more interested in trading."

With the growth of the business, Mansour commends his team: "The one thing I can say about our people is that they're all passionate. They're all passionate to become better and better every day in what they do. They are passionate to make our products and services better and better every day to the clients." Check out the video for more insights!

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