VENUE FILE · filed 2026-09 · last re-checked 2026-09
Exness (institutional / B2B entities Exness (UK) Ltd and Exness (Cy) Ltd) — the liquidity layer, one venue at a time
Exness operates as a multi-entity broker with B2B services under FCA and CySEC licenses, emphasizing its role in institutional and professional trading.
Exness (SC) Ltd · not examined · evidence score 79/100
Licence, read on the register
| Regulator | Licence number | Jurisdiction | Tier | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FCA | 730729 | UK | tier-1 | open source ↗ |
| CySEC | 178/12 | Cyprus | tier-2 | open source ↗ |
| FSA Seychelles | SD025 | Seychelles | tier-3 | open source ↗ |
| FSCA | 51024 | South Africa | tier-2 | open source ↗ |
| FSC Mauritius | GB20025294 | Mauritius | tier-2 | open source ↗ |
Tier classification follows the same scale as the retail register: tier-2 means real supervision and client-money segregation, without an investor compensation scheme — never misread it as tier-1 protection.
The claims ledger
Claims specific enough to be falsified — and the ones that remain the venue's own measurement.
- 4testable claims
- 1venue-measured claims
- 0named data centres
- Exness (UK) Ltd is an Investment Firm authorised and regulated by the FCA under FRN 730729, operates exness.uk, and per the group's own regulation page does not offer trading services to retail clients (https://www.exness.com/regulation/)
- Exness (Cy) Ltd is a Cyprus Investment Firm authorised and regulated by CySEC with licence number 178/12, operates exness.eu, and per the same page does not offer services to retail clients
- Exness (SC) Ltd is a Securities Dealer authorised by the Seychelles Financial Services Authority with licence number SD025 (own site); the FSA Seychelles business register lists Exness (SC) Ltd, Type: Securities Dealer, website exness.com (https://fsaseychelles.sc/search-business/exness-sc-ltd)
- Exness ZA (PTY) Ltd is authorised by the South African FSCA as FSP 51024, and Exness (SC) Ltd is additionally authorised as an OTC Derivatives Provider (ODP) by the FSCA; Exness (MU) Ltd holds a Mauritius FSC Investment Dealer licence GB20025294
Claims we cannot verify from outside
- Trading-volume and 'most trusted' style marketing metrics on exness.com are the firm's own figures/characterisations
Perimeter and coverage
| Asset classes | Venues | Connectivity | Clients accepted | Explicitly refused |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FX, Metals, Energies, Indices, Stocks, Cryptocurrencies | Retail and professional traders via international entities (Exness (SC) Ltd etc.), Institutional/professional-only services via Exness (UK) Ltd and Exness (Cy) Ltd, which the group states do not offer services to retail clients |
A firm that publishes its own negative space — who it refuses, where it is not licensed — is materially easier to assess than one that doesn't. The refusal list is treated here as disclosure, not as a defect.
What the desk watches next
The follow-up plan attached to this file — each item re-checked on a future pass, dated and kept falsifiable.
- Self-measured trading volume claims
- Verification of license tier limits