Established oversight

Luxembourg’s CSSF provides a searchable database of authorised and supervised entities. Check the entity category and its actual services: a banking, investment-firm, fund, or other financial entry is not a universal trading permission.

The JSC publishes companies licensed to perform activities in foreign-exchange markets, with distinct permissions such as brokerage for others, dealing, introducing, advisory, and investment management. The retrieved foreign-exchange list is dated June 2022. Confirm current status directly with JSC; an introducing-broker permission is not the same as dealing or holding client assets.

Israel’s government identifies the ISA as responsible for protecting the investing public, supervising the mutual-fund sector, monitoring corporate reporting, and related securities oversight. The official government authority page verifies the mandate, not a broker’s trading-platform license. Locate the relevant ISA permission before relying on an ISA claim.

The GFSC regulated-entities register separates investment dealers and managers from DLT providers, payments firms, tied agents, and other categories. A DLT-provider or payments entry is not interchangeable with investment-dealer authorization. GFSC advises contacting it when the relevant firm cannot be found.

DFS supervision can involve chartering, licensing, registration, filings, and examinations. Its official directory distinguishes banks, trusts, money transmitters, virtual-currency businesses, and other institutions. New York virtual-currency or money-transmitter authority does not establish SEC broker-dealer registration, FINRA membership, or protection for every crypto asset.

DNB’s public register distinguishes licensed, registered, and exempt institutions. DNB and the AFM share Dutch financial-supervision responsibilities. A European passport, branch, exemption, or registration is not the same as a domestic banking or investment-service license. The register itself warns that supervision is not a guarantee.

The Bundesbank describes German banking supervision as cooperation with BaFin and, within the Single Supervisory Mechanism, the European Central Bank. A reference to Bundesbank supervision should be read together with the bank’s BaFin/ECB status. It is not a separate worldwide broker license covering every group affiliate.

Banca d’Italia publishes supervisory registers and lists for banks and financial intermediaries, including registration details and historical information. Its source also identifies lists maintained only for statistical purposes. Check the specific statutory category, and check Consob requirements separately where investment conduct is relevant.

The Bulgarian FSC’s investor guidance explains how to identify licensed investment intermediaries and distinguish local permission from cross-border arrangements. A non-EU license does not by itself authorize services in Bulgaria. Check the legal entity, relevant register category, and any licensed branch or passporting basis.