About regulation

Here are the steps on how to check if a forex broker is regulated:

• Check the broker's website.
  
  
• Visit the regulatory agency's website.
  
  
• Contact the regulatory agency.
  
  

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The foreign exchange transaction activity in the offline market is supported by law. Some of these include the Central Bank of Nigeria Act of 1958, the Foreign Exchange (Monitoring and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act of 1995, the Exchange Control Act of 1962, the Banks and Other Financial Institutions Act of 2007, and the Investments and Securities Act of 2007.

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The first official effort to regulate the industry began in 2004 through the establishment of Federal Financial Markets Service (FFMS/FSFR). After the agency's disbandment in 2013, the Central Bank of Russia took over supervising Russian forex brokers.

In 2015, the Central Bank of Russia launched far stricter law enforcement. Forex brokers were given a January 2016 deadline to obtain licenses from CBR, or abstain from carrying out their services in the region. Since then, CBR only granted licenses to a handful of brokers.

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The CNMV is responsible for supervising and regulating the financial markets in Spain. It collaborates closely with the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) and applies unified laws for trading in leveraged markets for retail investors, as Spain is a member of the European Union.

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