Financial Regulators
A licence is only worth what the authority behind it requires. These are the 58 bodies named in our licence data, and what each one actually obliges a firm to do with your money.
Supervising authorities50
Statutory regulators of the market they oversee. The protections below are conditions of holding the licence, not promises made by the firm.
 AFMAutoriteit Financiële Markten | Netherlands | 1:30 | EUR 100,000 | Required |
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 AMFAutorité des Marchés Financiers | France | 1:30 | EUR 70,000 | Required |
 ASFAutoritatea de Supraveghere Financiară | Romania | 1:30 | EUR 20,000 | Required |
 ASICAustralian Securities and Investments Commission | Australia | 1:30 | — | Required |
 ATVPAgencija za trg vrednostnih papirjev | Slovenia | 1:30 | EUR 20,000 | Required |
 BaFinBundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht | Germany | 1:30 | EUR 100,000 | Required |
 BAPPEBTIBadan Pengawas Perdagangan Berjangka Komoditi | Indonesia | 1:100 | — | Not required |
 BCBBanco Central do Brasil | Brazil | 1:50 | BRL 250,000 | Not required |
 BNMBank Negara Malaysia | Malaysia | 1:100 | MYR 250,000 | Not required |
 CBICentral Bank of Ireland | Ireland | 1:30 | EUR 20,000 | Required |
 CFTCCommodity Futures Trading Commission | United States | 1:50 | USD 250,000 | Required |
 CIROCanadian Investment Regulatory Organization | Canada | 1:50 | CAD 1,000,000 | Required |
 CMACapital Market Authority | Saudi Arabia | 1:500 | SAR 100,000 | Required |
 CMA KenyaCapital Markets Authority of Kenya | Kenya | 1:400 | KSH 50,000 | Not required |
 CMVMComissão do Mercado de Valores Mobiliários | Portugal | 1:30 | EUR 25,000 | Required |
 CNBČeská národní banka | Czech Republic | 1:30 | EUR 100,000 | Required |
 CNMVComisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores | Spain | 1:30 | EUR 100,000 | Required |
 CONSOBCommissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa | Italy | 1:30 | EUR 20,000 | Required |
 CSSFCommission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier | Luxembourg | 1:30 | EUR 20,000 | Required |
 CySECCyprus Securities and Exchange Commission | Cyprus | 1:30 | EUR 20,000 | Required |
 DFSADubai Financial Services Authority | United Arab Emirates | 1:50 | USD 50,000 | Required |
 FCAFinancial Conduct Authority | United Kingdom | 1:30 | GBP 85,000 | Required |
 FIN-FSAFinanssivalvonta | Finland | 1:30 | EUR 100,000 | Required |
 Financial and Capital Market Commission | Latvia | 1:30 | EUR 100,000 | Required |
 Finansinspektionen | Sweden | 1:30 | SEK 1,050,000 | Required |
 FinanstilsynetDanish Financial Supervisory Authority | Denmark | 1:30 | EUR 100,000 | Required |
 FinanstilsynetThe Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway | Norway | 1:30 | NOK 2,000,000 | Required |
 FinantsinspektsioonEstonian Financial Supervision Authority | Estonia | 1:30 | EUR 100,000 | Required |
 FINMASwiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority | Switzerland | 1:100 | CHF 100,000 | Required |
 FINRAFinancial Industry Regulatory Authority | United States | 1:50 | USD 500,000 | Required |
 FMAFinancial Markets Authority | New Zealand | 1:30 | NZD 1,000,000 | Required |
 FMAFinanzmarktaufsicht | Austria | 1:30 | EUR 100,000 | Required |
 FSCFinancial Services Commission | South Korea | 1:10 | KRW 50,000,000 | Required |
 FSCFinancial Supervision Commission | Bulgaria | 1:30 | EUR 20,000 | Required |
 FSC TaiwanFinancial Supervisory Commission | Taiwan | 1:20 | TWD 3,000,000 | Required |
 FSCAFinancial Sector Conduct Authority | South Africa | 1:50 | ZAR 50,000 | Required |
 FSMAFinancial Services and Markets Authority | Belgium | 1:30 | EUR 100,000 | Required |
 HCMCHellenic Capital Market Commission | Greece | 1:30 | EUR 30,000 | Required |
 ISAIsrael Securities Authority | Israel | 1:100 | ILS 20,000 | Required |
 Japan FSAFinancial Services Agency | Japan | 1:25 | JPY 10,000,000 | Not required |
 MASMonetary Authority of Singapore | Singapore | 1:20 | SGD 100,000 | Required |
 MFSAMalta Financial Services Authority | Malta | 1:30 | EUR 20,000 | Required |
 MNBMagyar Nemzeti Bank | Hungary | 1:30 | EUR 100,000 | Required |
 NFANational Futures Association | United States | 1:50 | USD 250,000 | Not required |
 PFSAKomisja Nadzoru Finansowego | Poland | 1:30 | EUR 100,000 | Required |
 SCSecurities Commission Malaysia | Malaysia | 1:20 | MYR 200,000 | Required |
 SEBISecurities and Exchange Board of India | India | 1:20 | INR 300,000 | Not required |
 SECU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission | United States | 1:50 | USD 500,000 | Required |
 SEC ThailandSecurities and Exchange Commission | Thailand | 1:20 | — | Required |
 SFCSecurities and Futures Commission | Hong Kong | 1:20 | HKD 500,000 | Required |
Offshore registers8
A firm registered here is registered in that jurisdiction, not supervised by the country it advertises to. The same columns, so the difference is a matter of reading across rather than taking our word for it.
 BMABermuda Monetary Authority | Bermuda | 1:1000 | — | Not required |
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 BVI FSCBritish Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission | British Virgin Islands | 1:2000 | — | Not required |
 CIMACayman Islands Monetary Authority | Cayman Islands | 1:500 | — | Not required |
 FSA SeychellesFinancial Services Authority (FSA) Seychelles | Seychelles | 1:2000 | None | Not required |
 FSC MauritiusFinancial Services Commission Mauritius | Mauritius | 1:100 | — | Required |
 SCB BahamasSecurities Commission of The Bahamas | Bahamas | 1:200 | — | Required |
 SVG FSAFinancial Services Authority of St. Vincent and the Grenadines | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 1:3000 | — | Not required |
 VFSCVanuatu Financial Services Commission | Vanuatu | 1:1000 | — | Not required |