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On the desk for one reason: licence no longer active on file. 3 register lines are on this file, spread across 3 legal entities in 3 jurisdictions, none of them with a top-tier regulator.


On the wire

3 items · 0 notices

Register lines are confirmed; several commercial figures remain unread and are left blank.

Register entries as filed
  • 01
    register entry

    VFSC Vanuatu entry 14595 for Primus Markets INTL Ltd

    Source: fxprimus.com

  • 02
    register entry

    CySEC entry 261/14 for Primus Global Ltd

    Source: cysec.gov.cy

  • 03
    register entry

    FSC Mauritius for FX Primus Limited — no longer active

    Source: fscmauritius.org

Entity by entity

3 lines
Register lines on file for FXPrimus. A blank number is a number the desk could not read on a source; it is not a zero.
RegulatorJurisdictionEntity as registeredNumberTierSource
VFSC VanuatuVanuatuPrimus Markets INTL Ltd14595T3fxprimus.com
CySECCyprusPrimus Global Ltd261/14T2cysec.gov.cy
FSC MauritiusMauritiusFX Primus Limitednot verifiedT3no longer activefscmauritius.org

Tier is the desk's shorthand for the supervising regime, not a quality score: T1 a top-tier statutory regulator, T2 a mid-tier one, T3 an offshore registration.

Commercial detail on the record

Minimum to open$15
EUR/USD spread as publishednot verified
Leverage as advertised1:30 (CySEC retail)
PlatformsMT4 · MT5 · WebTrader
Account booksClassic · Raw · Variable · Demo

What the record says

FXPrimus' legal page states the website is operated by Primus Markets INTL Ltd, registered in Vanuatu under number 014595 and regulated by the VFSC under licence 14595.

The same page states Primus Global Ltd (HE 337614) is regulated by CySEC under licence number 261/14; the CySEC register lists that licence with a licence date of 22 December 2014.

Primus Solutions LTD (HE 410155) is named on the legal page as a payment agent acting for the Vanuatu entity, not as a licence holder.

FXPrimus' own accounts page lists a minimum deposit of $15 for its entry account and $500 for its raw-spread account.

The Financial Services Commission of Mauritius suspended FX Primus Limited's Investment Dealer (Currency Derivatives Segment) and Investment Dealer (Full Service Dealer excluding Underwriting) licences and its Global Business Licence with immediate effect on 28 May 2015, and gave public notice on 28 March 2016 that the licences had been revoked after its Enforcement Committee found breaches of the Financial Services Act 2007, the Code on the Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing and the licensing conditions (fscmauritius.org)

Not verified

4 fields

The desk left these blank rather than fill them from secondary sources. They stay on the file as open questions and will be filled the day a primary source carries them.

Other open files

The whole desk

This file reports what regulators and the firm have published. It is not a review, not a rating and not advice to open or close an account anywhere.