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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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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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African countries are forex-friendly, but naturally, there are minor restrictions from the government. Forex brokers must hold a license before running their business in any of these countries. The status of forex trading in these countries is still unclear; it is not yet legalized but not against the law.

The South African Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA), previously known as Financial Services Board (FSB), is one of the most well-known forex regulatory bodies.

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The Capital Markets Authority (CMA) is the financial regulatory body in Kenya. Although the CMA was established in 1989, it was not until 2016 that the government granted the CMA the power to monitor forex trading. Before this, the market was full of scams committed by unregulated brokers. Today, thanks to the Financial Act of 2016, forex trading is more secure and transparent in Kenya.

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