Twenty-four CFD firms closing in crackdown on misuse of UK authorisation

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Technical Safeguard: The FCA was concerned the firms were misusing their authorised status to misl...

The FCA was concerned the firms were misusing their authorised status to mislead consumers. Three other firms are currently cancelling their permissions.The FCA has been challenging CFD firms that carry out little UK business but use their authorisation as a badge to make linked overseas companies look more trustworthy than they really are. This creates the misleading impression that consumers are dealing directly with a UK-regulated firm and benefit from UK protections when they do not.Firms have faced a range of actions, including restricting their trading abilities, requiring independent re

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Mandatory Control: Twenty-one Contracts for Differences (CFD) firms have closed since 2025, foll...

Twenty-one Contracts for Differences (CFD) firms have closed since 2025, following a FCA crackdown.

Required Actions & Enforcement

Action Type:AUTOMATED_COMPLIANCE_VERIFY

Trigger Conditions (AST Logic)OP: AND

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telemetry.cryptographic_audit_provenanceEQUALStrue

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