CRFIN Regulated Forex Brokers

According to the PRA rulebook, there are 3 areas of the PRA regulations. Firms must comply with the regulations depending on which classification they fall into.

• Banking and Investment Rules: for CRR firms (banks, building societies, or investment firms subject to the EU Capital Requirements Regulation) and non-CRR firms (credit unions, building societies, or PRA-designated investment firms not subject to the EU CRR).
• Insurance Rules: for SII firms (insurance firms subject to the Solvency II Directive) and non-SII firms.
• Other rules: for non-authorized persons (persons or firms not authorized by the PRA).

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Some of the top regulatory agencies in the world include:

• The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) in the United Kingdom
• The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the National Futures Association (NFA) in the United States
• The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) in Switzerland
• The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) in Australia
• The Financial Services Agency of Japan (JFSA) in Japan
• The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) in Cyprus

If the broker you use is regulated by one of the regulatory agencies above, you can be confident that it is safe. The reason is that these regulatory agencies have strict requirements that brokers must meet to be licensed.

Only the most reputable and trustworthy brokers can obtain a license.

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Here are some of the best offshore trading regulations which attract forex traders worldwide:

• Tax Benefits: By offshore forex trading, a trader can be exempt from paying taxes in their country of residence.
• High Leverage: Offshore brokers are not being strictly controlled by their financial authorities. Due to this, they're able to offer riskier leverages up to even 1000:1 in order to attract more clients to invest with them.
• Assets Availability: Most countries have banned quite a few financial assets like cryptocurrency due to how volatile it is. Offshore forex trading is therefore extremely popular as traders don't have to worry about some assets not being available to them for trading.

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The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is the regulatory authority overseeing forex trading in Singapore. Singapore's regulatory framework allows leverage up to 1:500 and covers a wide range of forex pairs and cryptocurrencies.

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