FOREX.com, established by Mark Galant in 1999 in the United States, is a forex brokerage firm headquartered in New Jersey, USA. The company provides trading services for CFDs, forex, commodities, indices, stocks, bonds, gold, silver, digital assets, and futures to clients worldwide. Its official website supports only Simplified Chinese and English languages.
FOREX.com is part of Gain Capital Holdings Inc. (NYSE: GCAP), which was acquired by StoneX Group Inc. (NASDAQ: SNEX) in February 2020.
Registration and Regulatory Information:
FOREX.com claims on its official website to be registered and regulated in eight different countries and regions, including the UK, USA, Canada, Cyprus, Cayman Islands, Japan, Singapore, etc. However, in some of the stated regions, it is registered and regulated under its parent company.
In the UK, no registration or regulatory information for FOREX.com can be found with the FCA, but through StoneX Financial Ltd, the parent company, FOREX.com is recognized as an authorized entity. It's important to note that the parent company is partially regulated under the FCA, with some services restricted to professional institutions rather than retail users.
In Cyprus, the regulatory registration under the parent company explicitly includes FOREX.com.
In Canada, relevant registration information can be found on the official website of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC).
Regulatory registration and information can mostly be found for FOREX.com and its parent company in other regions as well.
