UK regulatory crackdown closes CFD firms with overseas links

UK regulatory crackdown closes CFD firms with overseas links

Britain's Financial Conduct Authority said on Friday that 21 firms offering CFDs had closed ​since 2025, three others were cancelling their regulatory ‌permissions to trade and two face investigation after a crackdown on misleading customers.

FCA crackdown leads to 24 CFD firms closing

Twenty-one contracts for difference (CFD) firms have closed since 2025, following a crackdown by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).

FCA shuts down 24 CFD firms

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has driven two dozen Contracts for Difference (CFD) brokers out of the market after uncovering widespread abuse of UK regulatory permissions designed to mask high-risk offshore activity. A total of 21 firms have shuttered their operations since 2025 under regulatory…