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Quo Vadis IC Markets? The Punished Broker Allegedly Exits Cyprus!

CySEC tamir - October 1, 2024

The CFD broker IC Markets is challenging a €200,000 fine imposed by CySEC in July 2024. The company's CEO, Andrew Budzinski, has hinted at divesting from Cyprus and expanding operations elsewhere, possibly in Dubai. While Cyprus has long been a popular hub for forex and CFD brokers, changing regulatory landscapes and shifting industry trends are putting pressure on its status as a financial center.

Updated Review: IC Markets And Its Offshore Activities!

Offshore Broker Ben - January 9, 2023

IC Markets claims to be the world's largest forex broker in terms of trading volume. As of March 2022, IC Markets has a trading volume of $1.11 trillion with more than 185,000 clients listed on its website. Daily FX trades with a volume of $29 billion are reportedly processed. IC Markets works with regulated entities in Cyprus and Australia and also has offshore regulated entities in the Seychelles and the Bahamas. With a 4.9-star rating, the broker is one of the best in class. Here is an update.

Some offline brokers associated with CYSEC-regulated IC Markets vanished!

FinTelegram tamir - February 23, 2022

The UK FCA issued an investor warning against the offshore activities of the CySEC-regulated IC Markets group, operating in Europe through various domains and websites via offshore entities in Seychelles and the Bahamas. FCA also warned against the scam broker International Markets a/k/a IC Markets. The FCA has issued a warning against ZoomGlobalFX, which is allegedly part of the CySEC-regulated IC Markets group. Some of the illegal brokers vanished with their websites after the FinTelegram repor

Again! Another FCA warning against IC Markets

FCA Ben - January 11, 2022

Recently, the UK FCA issued an investor warning against the offshore activities of the CySEC-regulated IC Markets group, which operates in Europe through various domains and websites via offshore entities in Seychelles and the Bahamas. The FCA has now issued another warning against the scam broker International Markets a/k/a IC Markets, which operates with the domain https://internationalcapital-markets.com. The websites all work with the IC Markets logo and credentials.

IC Markets blocked by CONSOB and thrown out by Inter Milan

Compliance tamir - November 7, 2020

In June 2020 IC Markets signed a sponsorship deal with Inter Milan. Under the agreement, approximately €14 million was payable to Seria A club over a 3-year period. This was reported by the FX News Group. In October 2020 Inter Milan terminated the agreement. IC Markets is said to have failed to make the promised payments on time and, moreover, the blocking of IC Markets for the Italian market by CONSOB allegedly also played a role in the termination.

Praxis Cashier announced the acquisition of IC Markets as forex client

Broker Mark Lagarde - November 5, 2020

The unregulated Cyprus-registered Praxis Cashier System Ltd (Praxis Cashier) of Amit Klachko announced the acquisition of IC Markets (www.icmarkets.com) as a new Forex and CFD client. IC Markets is a globally operating regulated broker scheme established by Andrew Budzinski in Australia in 2007. Its different entities are regulated by Australian ASIC, Cyprus CySEC, and FSA Seychelles.

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