Finalto operates primarily as a B2B liquidity and prime-of-prime provider rather than a direct-to-retail sign-up broker, with offices across London, Cyprus, Dubai, Singapore and Sydney and no publicly disclosed retail minimum deposit or spread figures.
| Regulated entity | Finalto EU Ltd |
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| Regulation | CySEC No. 264/15 + FCA-licensed (FRN unconfirmed) |
| Other Tier-1 regulators | ASIC |
| Founded | Not independently confirmed |
| Headquarters | London, UK (Finalto EU Ltd's registered office is in Nicosia, Cyprus) |
| Minimum deposit | Not independently confirmed |
| Avg. spread (EUR/USD) | Not independently confirmed |
| Platforms | MT4, MT5 |
| Instruments | Liquidity, prime-of-prime and white-label solutions across forex and CFDs on indices, commodities and equities, aimed at B2B/institutional clients rather than direct retail sign-ups |
See Finalto's full regulation dossier → · How to check whether a forex broker is regulated
Derived from the same confirmed data behind this broker's score (regulation, cost, platforms, deposit minimum) -- not a separate editorial judgment.
Via its FCA-regulated UK entity, eligible clients are covered by the UK's Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) up to £85,000 per person if the firm fails. Via its CySEC-regulated Cyprus entity, eligible clients are covered by Cyprus's Investor Compensation Fund (ICF) up to €20,000 per person if the firm fails.
Beyond the headline spread and minimum deposit above. Where our research hasn't independently confirmed a specific detail, we say so rather than guess -- verify directly with the broker before relying on it.
| Account types | No retail account-tier structure was found -- Finalto operates as a B2B prime-of-prime/liquidity provider serving brokers, hedge funds, family offices and institutions via a single cross-margined account covering 800+ instruments, not retail standard/pro/Islamic/demo tiers. |
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| Execution model | Institutional prime brokerage and liquidity provision with sub-2-microsecond matching-engine execution across its own infrastructure -- effectively an ECN/DMA-style liquidity model for its broker clients, not a retail execution model, so it's not meaningful to ask whether this varies "by account type." |
| Withdrawals & deposits | Not found -- B2B settlement terms aren't publicly disclosed, as is typical for institutional contracts. |
| Overnight financing (swap) | Not found -- not publicly disclosed. |
| Currency conversion cost | Not found. |
| Inactivity fee | Not found -- not applicable given there's no retail account structure. |
| Customer service | Not found in independent retail-review sources, as expected since Finalto isn't reviewed by retail-focused sites like Trustpilot or ForexBrokers.com in the way retail brokers are. |
| Mobile experience | Not found. |
| Educational offering | Not found -- Finalto publishes institutional/trade-press content rather than retail education. |
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Is Finalto regulated?
Yes -- CySEC No. 264/15 + FCA-licensed (FRN unconfirmed). See the regulation dossier on this page for the underlying licence numbers.
Is my money protected if Finalto fails?
Via its FCA-regulated UK entity, eligible clients are covered by the UK's Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) up to £85,000 per person if the firm fails. Via its CySEC-regulated Cyprus entity, eligible clients are covered by Cyprus's Investor Compensation Fund (ICF) up to €20,000 per person if the firm fails.
What is the minimum deposit at Finalto?
Not independently confirmed in our research -- verify directly with the broker.
What trading platforms does Finalto offer?
Finalto offers MT4, MT5.
What is Finalto's average spread on EUR/USD?
Not independently confirmed in our research -- verify directly with the broker.
When was Finalto founded?
Not independently confirmed in our research -- verify directly with the broker.
How is Finalto's overall score calculated?
Finalto currently scores 3.37/5 overall under our disclosed nine-category methodology -- regulation & client protection 30%, trading costs 20%, non-trading fees 10%, platforms & tools 10%, execution/trading conditions 10%, product range 5%, deposits/withdrawals 5%, transparency 5%, track record 5%. It is not a comparison to other brokers and not based on hands-on testing.
A dated log of when our own published data about this broker actually changed -- not a reconstructed history of what the broker itself did. See the full change log tool for every broker.
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