Four steps, ten minutes, and you never have to accept our word — or theirs.
The website offers a brand; the register holds a company. The legal name is commonly in the footer, terms, or payment page — look for endings like Ltd, S.A., Pty, PT. If the site never states a company, that is the answer.
Navigate to the regulator's website directly by typing its address — not using a link from the broker's site. A licence page on the broker's own domain proves nothing.
The company on the licence must be the one you're dealing with, and the number must match precisely. A licence from a sister company in another country is not the licence for your trading entity.
Registers show current status and dates: withdrawn, suspended, ended. A screenshot on the broker's site may be outdated; the register is current, and the date you check it is what matters.
Four steps, ten minutes, and you never have to accept our word — or theirs.
The register holds the legal company, the site advertises the brand. We match on both, so a trading name finds the company that actually holds the licence.