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Farmers

Farmers & Merchants Bank

Risk level not supplied4 of 4 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
VBFITier-3
Virginia Bureau of Financial Institutions
Number pending checkRegulatedFarmers & Merchants Bank1908
FDICTier-1
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (U.S.)
9966RegulatedFarmers & Merchants Bank1908
SECTier-1
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
CIK 0000714537RegulatedF & M Bank Corp.1984
FRSTier-1
U.S. Federal Reserve System
1133453RegulatedF & M Bank Corp. / Farmers & Merchants Bank1908

Peer regulatory & risk comparison

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

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InstitutionPrimary regulatorsRegulated / totalRisk classificationSource scoreWarnings
Farmers (this record)
VBFIFDICSEC+1
4 / 4Risk level not supplied—0
Doo Prime
FSAFSCVFSC+4
7 / 7Risk level not supplied—1
eToro
FSAFCAFSRA+5
6 / 8Risk level not supplied—0
TradeZero
SCBIIROCSEC+1
3 / 4Risk level not supplied—0
AETOS
FSAFSCVFSC+2
5 / 5Risk level not supplied—0
Deriv
BVIFSCVFSCLabuan+2
5 / 5Risk level not supplied—0

Farmers: institutional due diligence FAQ

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

What is Farmers's regulatory licence status and supervisory authorisation?

In our imported dataset, Farmers (legal entity reference: Farmers & Merchants Bank) holds 4 recorded licence entries, of which 4 carry a "regulated" status and 4 are marked regulated or registered: VBFI (Virginia Bureau of Financial Institutions) — licence Number pending check, status: regulated, Tier-3; FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (U.S.)) — licence 9966, status: regulated, Tier-1; SEC (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission) — licence CIK 0000714537, status: regulated, Tier-1; FRS (U.S. Federal Reserve System) — licence 1133453, status: regulated, Tier-1. 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 VBFI, FDIC, SEC public register.

Which of Farmers's jurisdictions and licences fall within this site's regulatory coverage?

Farmers is registered at Corporate Office: P.O. Box 1111, Timberville, VA 22853, USA and tracked under our institutions licensed in offshore financial centres scope based on its institutional service profile (CFDs, Precious metals, Stock indices, Forex) rather than a domestic focus licence. Its 4 recorded licences (VBFI, FDIC, SEC, FRS) should be evaluated for cross-border passporting and local solicitation rules.

What is Farmers's institutional risk classification, enforcement exposure, and score profile?

Farmers 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. 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 Farmers's platforms, entity structure, and complaints?

Before allocating capital or executing trades with Farmers (listed execution software: F&M Bank, VA), institutional and retail allocators should: (1) confirm the domain (not supplied in source) 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 VBFI.

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