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Institution record

Currency.com

Risk level not supplied0 of 2 licences marked regulated
Source score
—
Warnings
0
Comments
0

Licence records

Licences within our coverage (institutions licensed in offshore financial centres) are listed first. Check each one on the regulator's own register.

RegulatorLicence no.StatusLicensed entityDate
FINTRACTier-1
Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC)
M20055258Exceeded scopeCURRENCY.COM2020-08-26
GFSCTier-2
Gibraltar Financial Services Commission
117543Exceeded scopeCurrency Com Limited—

Peer regulatory & risk comparison

Side-by-side supervisory and risk benchmark comparing Currency.com against peer institutions in our institutions licensed in offshore financial centres dataset.

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Currency.com (this record)
FINTRACGFSC
0 / 2Risk level not supplied—0
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DMCCSCBGFSC+6
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FSAFCAFSRA+5
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Acetop
SCBFINTRACFCA+1
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MISAASICFINTRAC
3 / 3Risk level not supplied—0
Rallyville Markets
VFSCASICFINTRAC
3 / 3Risk level not supplied—0

Currency.com: institutional due diligence FAQ

Key supervisory, licensing, and counterparty verification questions generated from the dataset.

What is Currency.com's regulatory licence status and supervisory authorisation?

In our imported dataset, Currency.com (legal entity reference: Currency.com) holds 2 recorded licence entries, of which 0 carry a "regulated" status and 0 are marked regulated or registered: FINTRAC (Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC)) — licence M20055258, status: exceeded scope, Tier-1; GFSC (Gibraltar Financial Services Commission) — licence 117543, status: exceeded scope, Tier-2. Institutional due diligence requires verifying that the exact legal entity on your counterparty agreement matches the licensed entity name and registration number on the official FINTRAC, GFSC public register.

Which of Currency.com's jurisdictions and licences fall within this site's regulatory coverage?

Currency.com is tracked under our institutions licensed in offshore financial centres coverage scope based on its institutional service profile (CFDs, Precious metals, Stock indices, Forex) rather than a domestic focus licence. Its 2 recorded licences (FINTRAC, GFSC) should be evaluated for cross-border passporting and local solicitation rules.

What is Currency.com's institutional risk classification, enforcement exposure, and score profile?

Currency.com carries a "risk level not supplied" classification in the source dataset (composite numeric scores are not supplied for this record). The record flags 0 regulatory warning or complaint counts and 2 licence records with elevated status flags (FINTRAC: exceeded scope, GFSC: exceeded scope). Because these figures reflect imported source fields rather than primary audit findings, compliance teams should review primary enforcement bulletins directly.

What operational due diligence steps apply to Currency.com's platforms, entity structure, and complaints?

Before allocating capital or executing trades with Currency.com, institutional and retail allocators should: (1) confirm the domain (currency.com) against regulator-approved domains to guard against clone firms; (2) verify whether any of the 0 recorded warning/complaint entries or 0 user comments involve withdrawal restrictions or scope violations; and (3) confirm the dispute-resolution ombudsman tied to FINTRAC.

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