Regulation of Binary Options Brokers
What is the regulation of binary options trading and what is it for.
Certification of binary options brokers is held to the highest standards. A company that does not have a license to conduct brokerage trading is a scammer!
Seminal bodies for monitoring the activities of binary options brokers:
Australia – Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) – http://www.asic.gov.au/
Canada – Investment Industry Regulatory Organization in Canada (IIROC) -http://www.iiroc.ca/Pages/default.aspx
Cyprus – Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) – http://www.cysec.gov.cy/licence_members_1_en.aspx
Czech Republic – Czech National Bank (CNB) – http://www.cnb.cz/en/supervision_financial_market/
Denmark – Finanstilsynet (Danish, FSA) http://www.finanstilsynet.dk/da/Tal-og-fakta.aspx
France – Banque de France (BDF) – http://www.acpr.banque-france.fr/accueil.html
Germany – Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (BaFin) – http://www.bafin.de/EN/
Hungary – Pénzügyi Szervezetek Állami Felügyelete (PSZÁF) – http://www.pszaf.hu/en/left_menu/market_participants
Italy – Commissione Nazionale per le Societa ‘ e la Borsa (CONSOB) – http://www.consob.it/mainen/index.html
Japan – Financial Services Agency (FSA) – http://www.fsa.go.jp/en/regulated/licensed/index.html
Malaysia – Securities Commission of Malaysia http://www.sc.com.my
Netherlands – Netherlands Financial Markets Authority (ACM) -http://www.afm.nl/nl/professionals/registers/alle-huidige-registers.aspx
Singapore – Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) – http://www.mas.gov.sg/Regulations-and-Financial-Stability.aspx
Spain – Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV) – http://www.cnmv.es/Portal/Consultas/IndiceESI.aspx
Slovakia – National Bank of Slovakia (NBS) – http://www.nbs.sk/_img/Documents/_Dohlad/Mifid.pdf
South Africa – Financial Services Council (FSB) – http://www.fsb.co.za/
Sweden – Finansinspektionen (FI) – http://www.fi.se/Register/Foretagsregistret/
United Kingdom – Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA) – http://www.fsa.gov.uk/register/firmSearchForm.do
United States – U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)- http://www.cftc.gov/index.htm
Russia – Center for Regulation of Relations in Financial Markets (CROFR) – http://crofr.ru/ is a non-profit organization that was created to control the level of services provided by brokers and dealing centers.
Russia – The Commission for the Regulation of Relations of Financial Market Participants (KROUFR) is http://kroufr.ru/ a non-profit organization that coordinates relations between Russian participants in financial markets, including the international currency market Forex.