The Dubai-based offshore broker BelleoFX is a new player on the market. The scheme is operated through offshore entities in Mauritius and St. Vincent & The Grenadines. The CEO is Andrew Ishchuk, who, until July 2022, was the CEO of Dubai-based HonorFX. The available reviews are very good so far; one FCA warning from 2022 was deleted again. We have assigned an Orange Compliance rating to the broker.
HonorFX is a Red-listed offshore broker operating through Honor Capital Markets Limited, registered in Malaysia, Mauritius, and St. Vincent & The Grenadines. EEA regulators have issued warnings against HonorFX as early as 2022. While HonorFX grew rapidly in 2022, website traffic has recently collapsed. Most recently, a website visit's average duration has only lasted a few seconds. Is HonorFX in trouble? Here is our updated review.
HonorFX is an offshore broker operating through Honor Capital Markets Limited, registered in Malaysia, Mauritius, and St. Vincent & The Grenadines. Similarweb statistics show that HonorFX has grown rapidly in recent months, with more than 38,000 website visitors as of December 2022. More than 80% of them have come from India, and more than 7% from Cyprus. As a payment facilitator, we discovered Cyprus-based BrightCart. Stay away from unauthorized offshore brokers.
The Spanish regulator reported back after the X-Mas break almost at the same time as the Italian Consob. They issued their last warnings on Dec 27, 2021, followed by a three-week silence. The Spanish CNMV has reported back today with investor warnings against 48 providers of illegal financial services. We call this is an impressive start to the 2022 year by the CNMV folks. Let's interpret this to mean that 2022 can be a strong year for the CNMV in the fight against scams and financial cybercrime.