With the financial market seeing an increased inflow of customers, scammers have switched their roles. From posing as legitimate brokerage firms to lure in and trap customers, these scammers have started creating fake Regulatory Authorities and Exchanges as well. Regulation is the most important parameter that everyone should make sure that a brokerage firm has before investing your hard-earned money with them. With the entering of scammers into the regulatory authority, here are a few of the regulatory authorities and exchanges that you must look out for. If you spot that any brokerage firm is licensed by the names listed below, immediately steer away from the firm.
| NAME OF THE REGULATION AND EXCHANGES | PLACE THEY ARE BASED OUT OF | WEBSITE |
| Alliance Financial Regulatory Board | USA | http://alliancefrboard.us |
| American Futures and Options Exchange | USA | www.afoex.com |
| American Futures and Options Trading Commission (AFOTC) | USA | www.afoex.com |
| Beacon Commodities and Futures Exchange (BCFX) | LONDON | www.bcfx.org |
| Beacon Hill Regulatory Trade Commission | BOSTON | http://bhrtc.org |
| Belgium Commodities & Futures Exchange | BOSTON | www.bcfex.com |
| Board of Securities Trading Commission | BOSTON | www.bstcomm.org |
| Boston Mergers and Acquisitions Board | BOSTON | http://bostonmboard.com/developments.php |
| Bureau of Financial Services Board | UTAH | http://bfsboard.org |
| Bureau of Financial Trading | USA | http://gov.boft.us/ |
| Bureau of Foreign Security Affairs | BELGIUM | |
| Commission on Financial and Securities Compliance | USA | http://commfsc.com |
| Committee of Regulation and Liquidation on Private Ventures | USA | |
| Commodities Futures Trading Commission | AUSTRALIA | www.cftc.org.au |
| Commonwealth Regulatory Board | BOSTON | http://commregboard.us |
| Department of Financial Trading | WASHINGTON, DC | gov.depft.us |
| Department of Foreign Investment Control | USA | www.gov.dfic.us |
| Department of International Financial Trading | WASHINGTON, DC | http://depintft.org |
| Department of Securities Trading | USA | |
| Digital Gold Exchange | SWITZERLAND | https://digitalgoldxchange.com/ |
| Deutsche Anstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (DAFIN) | www.dafin.org | |
| East West Financial & Securities Compliance | USA | http://finsc.us |
| Equities Trading Commission | WASHINGTON, DC | www.gov.eqtc.us |
| European Financial Services Conduct Authority | https://efsca.online/ | |
| European Futures Options Commission | www.efoc.org | |
| Federal Assurance Regulatory Commission | WASHINGTON, DC | http://www.fedarc.org |
| Federal Mergers & Securities Board | OREGON | |
| Financial Assurance Regulatory Board | TOKYO | http://finarb.org |
| Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Belgium | BELIGUM | www.fsrab.org |
| Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Frankfurt (FSRAF) | FRANKFURT | www.fsraf.org |
| Foreign Shareholders Protection Department | ||
| Forensic Financial Fraud Investigators | USA | |
| Frankfurt Financial Supervisory Authority | FRANKFURT | www.ffsauthority.com |
| Futures Trading Standards Commission | LONDON | www.ukftsc.org |
| Global Metal and Commodities Exchange | www.gmcex.com | |
| Global Regulatory Authority | TOKYO | http://www.globalregulatoryauthority.com |
| Hong Kong Financial Services Authority | HONG KONG | www.hkfsa.org |
| Hong Kong Financial Trading Authority (HKFTA) | HONG KONG | www.hkdta.org.au |
| Hong Kong Futures and Options Exchange (HKFOX) | HONG KONG | |
| Integrated Financial Regulatory Board | WASHINGTON, DC | www.integratedfrboard.net/ |
| Inter-global Financial Regulatory Board | PENNSYLVANIA | http://www.igfrb.org |
| International Association of Transfer Agents | www.theiata.org | |
| International Compliance Commission | ||
| International Equity Commission | ||
| International Exchange Regulatory Commission | ||
| International Offshore Financial Markets Regulators (IOFMR) | http://iofmr.com/ | |
| International Organization of Securities Commission | www.iosc-us.com | |
| International Regulatory Commission | ||
| International Securities Tax Commission | USA | www.istcommission.us |
| International Shareholder Agency | USA | www.isa-al.us |
| Japan Futures Trading Fund (JFTB) | JAPAN | www.jftb.org/eng/ |
| Japan Options and Futures Trading Board | JAPAN | www.joftb.org |
| National Compliance Regulatory Board | CALIFORNIA | www.natcrb.org |
| National Mergers and Acquisitions Board | USA | www.nationalmaboard-gov.us |
| National Shareholder Protection Agency | MEMPHIS | www.nspagency.us |
| Office of Financial Affairs | USA | http://ofina.us compliance@gov.ofinaff.org |
| Offshore Commodity Futures Dealers Association (OCFDA) | BELGIUM | |
| Offshore Futures Securities Association | www.ofs-a.org | |
| Offshore Investors Protection Association | www.oipaonline.org | |
| Options and Futures Trade Commission | www.oftc.hk | |
| Overseas Holding Compensation Commission | ||
| Plutus Private Equity LLC | BOSTON | www.plutuspe.com |
| Prudential Regulatory Board | USA | http://pregb.com |
| Regional Regulatory Board | WASHINGTON, DC | www.regionalregboard.org |
| Regulatory Association Of Offshore Investment Managers | www.raoim.org | |
| Regulatory Compliance Commission | ||
| Securities Regulatory Commission | TOKYO | info@securityregulatorycommission.com |
| Securities Regulatory and Investment Board | GERMANY | www.srib.org |
| Sicfex Swiss International Commodities Futures Exchange | www.sicfex.com | |
| Swiss Commodities Futures Exchange | ||
| Thompson Brennan Stanley | NEW YORK | www.thompsonbrennanstanley.com |
| Transfer Exchange Corporation | NEW YORK | www.transferexchangecorp.com |
| The Futures Exchange Securities Regulator | NEW YORK | http://fesr.us |
| The International Board of Trade Commission | http://internationalbtc.org | |
| The International Regulatory Panel of Trade | http://intl-rpt.org/ | |
| United Kingdom Commodity Derivatives Association | LONDON | http://ukcda.org/ |
| United Kingdom Managed Futures Association | LONDON | http://ukmfa.org |
| US Securities Investigative Committee | ||
| US Stock Regulators | USA | http://www.gov.usastockreg.us/ |
| World Options Exchange | www.woptex.com | |
| World Trade Commodities Exchange | www.wtcex.org | |
| Worldwide Securities Investment Comission | www.asic-capital.com |
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