IronFX's main website and client portal go offline; broker points traders to a temporary .co domain
IronFX's primary ironfx.com domain and client portal became unreachable starting around 24 September 2026. The broker said on its Japanese X account that this…
CySEC withdraws Eurotrade's (Eurotrader) EU licence over governance failings
CySEC withdrew Eurotrade Investments RGB Ltd's Cyprus Investment Firm authorisation (licence 279/15) on 17 September 2026, citing failures to maintain the required minimum of…
City Index brand retired in the UK, replaced by StoneX Trading
StoneX Group formally retired the City Index brand in the UK on 12 September 2026, replacing it with StoneX Trading -- the same FCA…
PU Prime launches a new ASIC-licensed Australian entity
A new PU Prime entity, PU Prime Trading Pty Ltd, launched under Australian ASIC licence (AFSL 410681) around September 2026, extending the group's regulatory…
Traders Trust exits CySEC regulation at its own request
CySEC withdrew TTCM Traders Trust Capital Markets Ltd's Cyprus Investment Firm authorisation (licence 107/09) on 9 June 2026, at the firm's own request --…
Capital Index renamed Vantos Markets after ownership change
UK broker Capital Index, founded by Robert Woolfe in 2014, was renamed Vantos Markets in February 2026 following a change in ownership to BVI-incorporated…
FXORO to cease EU services as CySEC licence renunciation completes
MCA Intelifunds Ltd (FXORO) has stated it will cease providing investment and ancillary services effective 24 October 2025, as part of a voluntary renunciation…
CySEC fines 1Market's parent EUR740,000 over nine separate violations
CySEC fined Exelcius Prime Ltd, the parent of 1Market, EUR740,000 on 7 August 2024 for nine separate violations -- including unauthorized investment advice, board-governance…
Orbex surrenders CySEC licence, exits EU/EEA after 14 years in Cyprus
Orbex surrendered its CySEC licence and ceased serving EU/EEA clients as of 15 July 2025, ending roughly 14 years of operating from Cyprus. The…
CySEC settles with institutional liquidity provider Broctagon Prime for EUR50,000
CySEC announced a EUR50,000 settlement with Broctagon Prime Ltd around 3 July 2025, following a roughly four-year probe into 2021 conduct concerning information provided…
Philippines SEC issues cease-and-desist against a PU Prime-branded entity
The Philippines SEC issued a cease-and-desist order in July 2025 against a PU Prime-branded entity for offering unregistered securities, and the UK FCA has…
Chile's securities regulator blacklists Go4rex for unlicensed activity
Chile's Comisión para el Mercado Financiero added go4rex.com to its official blacklist on 10 June 2025 for offering financial services without being registered or…
Four Tier-1 regulators warn against VT Markets in two years
The UK's FCA (2023), Denmark's DFSA (2024, explicitly stating Danish clients have no investor protection), France's AMF (2023-2025, listing several VT-linked domains as unlicensed),…
SquaredFinancial begins voluntary wind-down of its CySEC licence
Squared Financial (CY) Ltd began a voluntary, structured wind-down and surrender of its CySEC licence (329/17) during 2025, including halting new client onboarding. The…
UK and Spanish regulators warn against FXCentrum
The UK's FCA and Spain's CNMV have each publicly stated that FXCentrum provides financial services without proper authorisation in their jurisdictions. FXCentrum's only disclosed…
Malaysia's SC adds Ventezo to its Investor Alert List
Malaysia's Securities Commission added Ventezo to its official Investor Alert List on 8 August 2024 for unregistered and unlicensed activity. Independent trackers separately found…
FXTM's EU entity formally loses CySEC authorisation
CySEC formally withdrew the CySEC Investment Firm authorisation of Forextime Ltd -- FXTM's former EU entity -- effective 20 May 2024, following that entity's…
CySEC fines FXORO's operator EUR360,000 over client-treatment failures
CySEC fined MCA Intelifunds Ltd (FXORO) EUR360,000 in April 2024 following a September 2022 inspection that found failures to act fairly and professionally in…
TeraFX rebrands to Gildencrest Capital under Turkish ownership
FCA-authorised broker TeraFX (Tera Europe Ltd, authorised since 2011) rebranded to Gildencrest Capital on 1 February 2024, with parent Turkish investment group Tera Yatirim.…
J. Safra Sarasin Group takes majority stake in Saxo Bank
J. Safra Sarasin Group acquired a majority stake in Saxo Bank A/S during 2024, buying out Geely and Mandatum. Saxo has separately been retrenching…
ProfitLevel's operator settles with CySEC three times, then exits
CySEC settled with BCM Begin Capital Markets CY Ltd -- operator of the ProfitLevel and CapitalPanda brands -- three times during 2022-2023, with settlements…
Abu Dhabi's Noor Capital acquires House of Borse, renames it
Noor Capital, part of Abu Dhabi's Al Sayegh Brothers Group, acquired UK broker House of Borse in 2023 and renamed it Noor Capital UK…
Daman Markets launches AED-denominated accounts for UAE traders
Daman Markets, a late-2023 spin-off of the long-established Daman Securities group, launched AED-denominated trading accounts explicitly marketed as avoiding currency-conversion charges for UAE-based traders,…
FCA fines ForexTB operator and bars it from UK business
The FCA fined Forex TB Limited GBP276,100 for unfair customer treatment -- including pressuring clients into CFD trading and improperly reclassifying retail clients as…