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Global Financial Regulation Guide

Comprehensive breakdown of financial regulatory bodies, license validation, and investor compensation funds.

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Binary Options Regulation by Country: What Regulators Have Published

A country-by-country summary of what regulators in Canada, the UK, the EU, Germany and Australia have published about binary options, in their own words.

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Binary Options Regulation Explained: Bans, Exceptions and Public Registers

How to read binary options regulation: the difference between a ban and a register, who a rule covers, how long it lasts, and what public registers are for.

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Binary Options Regulation Timeline: What Regulators Announced and When

A dated timeline of binary options actions published by the SEC, CFTC, CSA, ESMA, FCA, BaFin and ASIC, taken from the regulators' own documents.

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Binary Options Regulators by Country: Who Published What and Where the Registers Are

A list of the regulators named in our sources for binary options in Canada, the UK, the EU, Germany, Australia and the US, with what each published and any register.

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How to Check if a Binary Options Broker Is Regulated (FCA and CFTC Guidance)

Guide to checking financial firm authorisation and registration using FCA and CFTC regulatory databases.

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Unregulated and Unregistered Binary Options Brokers: Risks Regulators Describe

What the CFTC, Japan's FSA, the FCA, ASIC and the CSA say about binary options firms that are not registered or authorised.

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What Is ASIC Regulation of Binary Options? What ASIC Says

What the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has published about its binary options product intervention order, its extension and scam reporting.

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What Is FCA Regulation for Binary Options? What the FCA Says

What the UK Financial Conduct Authority has published about binary options, firm authorisation, the Firm Checker and its Warning List.

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Why Is Binary Options Banned in Some Countries? What Regulators Say

The reasons the FCA, ASIC and BaFin have published for restricting binary options sales to retail clients, in their own published words.

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