Regulatory tier distribution
63Tier 1
5Tier 2
1Tier 3
30Core profiles
69Current relationships
12Regulators
100.0%Evidence URL coverage
External-link reachability sample
15Reachable
20Restricted or rate-limited
6Blocking at snapshot
Regulatory relationship distribution
Using this report to check your own broker
This report is FXCN's 30 August 2026 snapshot of 30 core profiles and 69 active licence relationships. Its practical value is row-level: brand, legal entity, regulator, identifier and evidence link for each relationship. Download the CSV, find the entity named in your client agreement, then confirm it on the regulator's register.
One caution from the data: 50 of the 69 evidence links point to the firm's own legal documents and 19 point directly to a regulator register. Firm documents tell you the entity and number; status still needs the register.
1. Three things the dataset shows FXCN calculation
| Finding | Figure | What it means for you |
|---|---|---|
| Brands usually span several legal entities | 22 of 30 profiles list two or more entities (two: 9; three: 9; four: 4) | Your protections follow the entity you sign with, so find it in your agreement first |
| Evidence mostly comes from firm documents | 50 of 69 links point to firm or other pages; 19 to regulator registers | Re-check each identifier on the register |
| Some profiles have no relationship in the snapshot | 3 profiles show 0, all institutional FX venues | Absence here is not a finding of wrongdoing; it is outside this count |
2. Checking one broker with the CSV
- Download the relationship CSV.Each row is one licence relationship.
- Filter the
brokercolumn.Note eachlegal_entityand itsregulator. - Match the entity in your client agreement.If it is missing, it is not among these 69 active relationships; check it separately, for example with the licence check.
- Search the register with the
identifier.identifier_typetells you whether it is a licence number, FCA FRN, company number or NFA ID, so you search the right field.
3. Three cautions when reading the numbers
- The Tier 1 share reflects selection.63 relationships fall in FXCN Tier 1 because of how the 30 profiles were chosen, not the global market.
- "Active" is FXCN's record at the snapshot.Confirm current status on the official register.
- Reachability is not truth.Of 41 sampled external links, 15 were reachable, 20 restricted or rate-limited and 6 blocking at the snapshot; restricted access does not invalidate an official source.
How to interpret the numbers
All 69 relationships include a legal entity, evidence URL and verification date, so this core cohort meets FXCN’s traceability threshold. A stored source URL does not guarantee unrestricted automated access and does not give every client the same protection.
Sixty-three relationships fall in FXCN Tier 1, reflecting how the core cohort was selected rather than the distribution of the global broker market. Licence count cannot replace checks of contracting entity, client location, permitted activity and compensation eligibility.
Method
The study locks the D28 rank 1–30 cohort, joins it by slug to the frozen production evidence snapshot, counts only active relationships, then measures tier, authority, identifier, entity, source and verification-date coverage.
Limitations
- This is a single snapshot and cannot establish a trend.
- Active describes the FXCN record at the cutoff and still requires an official-register check.
- The 30 profiles are editorially selected and are not market-representative.
- Restricted automated access does not make an official source invalid.
Download reproducible data
Suggested citation: FXCN, “FXCN Regulatory Evidence Monitor: August 2026”, 2026-08-30.
