House file
GKFX / GKEurope
On the desk for one reason: regulatory record. 2 register lines are on this file, spread across 2 legal entities in 2 jurisdictions, none of them with a top-tier regulator.
Filed by the desk · head office not verified · year established not verified · sourcing confidence: low
On the wire
2 items · 1 noticesThin file. Most of the commercial detail is unconfirmed and is left blank rather than estimated.
Notices and actions
- 01event
The MFSA's clone warning (dated 21 April 2022 in search indexing) states that 'GKFX Trading Account' (gkfxtradingaccount.com) was making unauthorised use of the details of the MFSA-licensed company AKFX Financial Services Ltd.
Source: not recorded on this line.
Register entries as filed
- 01register entry
FCA entry 501320 for Trive Financial Services UK Limited (formerly GKFX Financial Services Ltd)
Source: register.fca.org.uk
Entity by entity
2 lines| Regulator | Jurisdiction | Entity as registered | Number | Tier | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MFSA | Malta | AKFX Financial Services Ltd | not verified | T2 | mfsa.mt |
| FCA | United Kingdom | Trive Financial Services UK Limited (formerly GKFX Financial Services Ltd) | 501320 | T1no longer active | register.fca.org.uk |
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 | not verified |
|---|---|
| EUR/USD spread as published | not verified |
| Leverage as advertised | not verified |
| Platforms | not verified |
| Account books | not verified |
What the record says
The MFSA's clone warning (dated 21 April 2022 in search indexing) states that 'GKFX Trading Account' (gkfxtradingaccount.com) was making unauthorised use of the details of the MFSA-licensed company AKFX Financial Services Ltd.
GKFX Financial Services Ltd (UK) was renamed Trive Financial Services UK Limited; the FCA register (FRN 501320) records it as 'No longer authorised' — 'this firm can no longer provide regulated activities and products'.
FX News Group reported that Global Kapital Group transferred ownership of GKFX and GKPro to Trive, with EU retail operations housed in AKFX Financial Services Ltd (Malta).
The gkeurope.com domain served a GoDaddy parking page when checked on 2026-09-02.
Not verified
6 fieldsThe 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.
- AKFX Financial Services Ltd MFSA licence number not verified on any primary page (MFSA register not machine-readable here) — the MFSA clone-warning page confirms only that AKFX is an MFSA-licensed company
- founded year not verified (directories claim 2013)
- hq not verified — no current official GKFX/GKEurope site located (gkeurope.com is parked)
- minDeposit, maxLeverage, spreadEurusd, platforms, accountTypes and instruments not verifiable — no current own legal pages
- segregatedFunds and negativeBalanceProtection not verifiable
- AKFX current licence status on the MFSA register not verified
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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.