FINTECH firm Plus500 more than doubled its earnings to $100m in the first quarter of the year as it cashes in on a US expansion and boosts the amount of retail traders on its platform. Ebitda rocketed 116 per cent to $100.9m (£80.96m) in the three months to the end of March, up from $46.7m in the previous quarter, as amateur traders continued to punt on the markets despite extreme volatility.

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