Risk scorecard
Each area is scored 0 (clean) to 10 (worst). Higher means more risk.
Regulation
7/10 · HighGenuine Mauritius FSC Investment Dealer licence, verified live on the regulator's own register with a matching address, but a low-tier offshore permission with no compensation scheme, undisclosed on the broker's own site and held by a differently named entity than the one in the client agreement.
Identity & transparency
8/10 · CriticalThe entity and registration number given to clients do not resolve on any register, three jurisdictions are involved across licence, registration and governing law, and no owners or directors are disclosed; the registered office and licensed company are real and verified, which keeps this short of the worst case.
Withdrawals & conduct
7/10 · HighSix fund-access reports across two independent platforms with amounts, dates, an account number and named staff, including one withdrawal refused on about USD 19,000, set against twenty positive reviews reporting paid withdrawals and a firm that does not answer complaints publicly.
Reputation
6/10 · HighNet positive but very thin and very young: 25 Trustpilot reviews at 4.1 with a hollow middle at 68 percent five-star and 20 percent one-star, poor marks from review aggregators, and no regulator warning or enforcement record anywhere.
Website claims
6/10 · HighNo fabricated regulator, licence, award or founding year, and an unusually candid risk warning, but the published legal entity and registration number are unverifiable, and the terms exclude Iran while the company runs a full Persian-language sales site.
Operational history
5/10 · ModerateVerified track record of about one and a half years: company incorporated 6 May 2025, licensed 8 May 2025, site live from around August 2024 on a domain that was parked for sale in March 2023; credited for making no inflated age claim.
Who they are
A quick desk file on the company behind the brand.
- Brand: 9Cents
- Legal entity named to clients: 9Cents Financials Ltd., registration number 2024-00422. We could not match that name or number to any company register.
- Legal entity that holds the licence: 9Cents, a Mauritius Global Business Company, file number C221109, incorporated 6 May 2025, status live.
- Registered: Level 6, Ken Lee Building, 20 Edith Cavell Street, Port Louis, Mauritius. The regulator's register and the companies registry both show this address, and it matches the website.
- Website: 9cents.com, with the client portal at my1.9cents.com and account opening at my.9cents.com
- Only licence: Financial Services Commission of Mauritius, Investment Dealer (Full Service Dealer excluding Underwriting), licence GB25204261, granted 8 May 2025. The broker does not publish it.
- Offers: forex, metals, commodities, indices and share CFDs on MetaTrader 5. Leverage to 1:400. Accounts from USD 100 (Standard) to USD 15,000 (Pro) and USD 25,000 (ECN).
- Not accepted: United States, Cuba, Iraq, Myanmar, North Korea, Sudan, Russia and Iran.
- Age claim: none. The site advertises no founding year, which is to its credit.
- Governing law: the terms are governed by the law of the United Arab Emirates, not Mauritius.
- Contact: a Mauritius landline (+230 2147573), support@9cents.com, and a United Arab Emirates mobile reachable on WhatsApp (+971 50 871 9919).
Regulation
Who really oversees this broker, and what each licence is worth to you.
Proof of regulation on an official register: Yes
We confirmed this broker on a genuine regulator’s register.
The Financial Services Commission of Mauritius
Why we reached this verdict
How the evidence adds up.
High risk, not a confirmed scam. The licence is real and we verified it ourselves, so the common claim that 9Cents is completely unregulated is wrong. What we cannot verify is the company behind the client agreement, and client reports about getting money out are mixed in a way that should worry anyone considering a deposit.
- The licence checks out. The Mauritius Financial Services Commission's public register records a licensee called 9Cents holding an Investment Dealer (Full Service Dealer excluding Underwriting) licence from 8 May 2025, with the registered office at 20 Edith Cavell Street, Level 6 Ken Lee Building, Port Louis. That address is identical to the one 9Cents publishes, and the entry carries no annotation, suspension or enforcement flag. The administration is handled by a licensed Mauritius management company. This is a genuine permission to deal, not a company registration dressed up as one.
- But it is an offshore licence with no safety net. Mauritius operates no investor compensation scheme for this licence class. If the firm fails, there is no fund to pay clients back. The broker's own terms say it plainly: funds or assets deposited for trading may not be fully protected, particularly in cases of insolvency.
- The broker hides its own best credential. We read the home page, the about page, the contact page, the account-types page and all five legal documents. Not one names a regulator or a licence number, and there is no link to any register. A licensed broker that will not tell clients it is licensed is an odd thing, and it leaves clients unable to check anything.
- The company in the contract does not resolve. Every page footer and the terms name 9Cents Financials Ltd. with registration number 2024-00422. The Mauritius companies registry has no company of that name. It has 9Cents, file number C221109, at the same address. Independent records tie the number 2024-00422 to a Saint Lucia address that belongs to a registered-agent building, and Saint Lucia's free company-name database returns no match for 9Cents, 9 Cents Financials, or the broader string Cents (which does return six other companies, so the database does answer). Three jurisdictions are in play across the licence (Mauritius), the published registration number (Saint Lucia) and the governing law of the contract (United Arab Emirates). A client cannot tell who holds their money or which court would hear a dispute.
- Clients report money not coming back. Six fund-access reports across two independent platforms, from clients in Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Russia and Chile. Two describe withdrawals pending about three weeks, one of them paid only in half. One describes a USD 200 deposit sent by USDT on the TRC20 network against account 84424 that never appeared, with proof of payment sent and no reply. One from the United Arab Emirates asks simply why their money is stuck. The most detailed, dated November 2025, describes unsolicited calls, a relationship manager supplying daily signals, deposits of USD 2,000 then USD 4,000, a total loss on silver positions, then a second person who promised to recover the losses and took a further USD 8,000, a balance of about USD 19,000, and a withdrawal that was not allowed. That client names staff, amounts, lot sizes and dates and says they hold call records and transaction proof. They describe the platform as fraudulent in their own words.
- What stops this being a scam verdict. The reports run thinly across two years rather than clustering into a freeze, so they do not show the start date a systematic withdrawal stop would leave. Twenty positive reviews sit alongside them, several specific about withdrawals processed inside 24 hours, and one of the complainants confirms half their money did arrive. No regulator warning list or enforcement notice we searched names 9Cents or 9cents.com, and the regulator's own entry carries no enforcement annotation. On that evidence the honest answer is high risk, not proven theft.
- The terms contradict the sales operation. The restricted-regions notice says 9Cents does not serve residents of Iran, yet the company publishes a complete Persian-language version of its website alongside Arabic and Spanish. One of those two statements is not true.
- A young firm on an old domain. The licensed company was incorporated on 6 May 2025 and licensed two days later. The domain 9cents.com dates to July 1998, but it was serving a parked notice offering the domain for sale as recently as March 2023, and archived copies only turn dense from August 2024. The operating track record is therefore about one and a half years, not twenty-eight, and a report on an operation this new is published even when the score is low, because an absence of findings means least at this age. We have credited the firm for not advertising a history it does not have.
Evidence ledger
Every finding, with its source and how strongly it points.
E1The Financial Services Commission of Mauritius lists a licensee called 9Cents holding a SEC-2.1B Investment Dealer (Full Service Dealer excluding Underwriting) licence dated 08/05/2025, administered by Intrasia Management (Mauritius) Limited, with the registered office at 20 Edith Cavell Street, Level 6 Ken Lee Building, Port Louis. The registered address is identical to the one 9Cents publishes, and the entry carries no annotation, suspension or enforcement flag.
E2The Mauritius Corporate and Business Registration Department records one company matching the brand: 9Cents, file number C221109, category Global Business Company, incorporated 06/05/2025, private, status LIVE. There is no Mauritius company named 9Cents Financials Ltd. and no company file numbered 2024-00422.
E3Every page footer and the terms and conditions name 9Cents Financials Ltd. with registration number 2024-00422 at the Port Louis address. Neither that name nor that number matches the registry record for the company at that address, which is 9Cents, file C221109. The company the client contracts with therefore cannot be identified from what the broker publishes.
E4Saint Lucia's company name database returns no match for 9CENTS or for 9 CENTS FINANCIALS. A control search for the string CENTS returned six existing companies, so the database does answer. Independent records place the registration number 2024-00422 at a Saint Lucia registered-agent address, but the name cannot be found on the Saint Lucia register. Per-company extracts there are only available through a paid account, so this is suggestive rather than conclusive.
E5The broker publishes no regulator name, no licence number and no register verification link on its home page, about page, contact page, account-types page or any of its five legal documents. The terms say only that the Company adheres to regulatory standards and may implement additional compliance measures at its discretion, and that the agreement is governed by the law of the United Arab Emirates. A client has nothing to check the firm's permission against.
E6The domain 9cents.com was registered on 9 July 1998 through NameCheap, but the archived copy from 31 March 2023 is a parked page headed that the domain name 9cents.com is for sale. Archived copies of the broker site only become regular from August 2024. The 1998 registration date is therefore not this operation's history.
E7A client in the United Arab Emirates describes, in a review dated 31 December 2025 about an experience of 15 November 2025: repeated unsolicited calls promoting investment benefits, a claim that the trading licence was being renewed and would be shared soon, deposits of USD 2,000 then USD 4,000, daily signals from a named relationship manager, a total loss on silver positions, a second person who promised to recover the losses and took a further USD 8,000, a balance reaching about USD 19,000, and a withdrawal that was not allowed before contact stopped. The client names the staff involved and says they hold call records, messages and transaction proof, and describes the platform as fraudulent in their own words.
E8Trustpilot holds 25 reviews at 4.1, distributed 68 percent five-star, 12 percent four-star, nothing at three or two stars, and 20 percent one-star, with 24 of the 25 posted in the last twelve months. The profile was claimed in August 2025 and the company has not replied to negative reviews. The one-star reviews report a withdrawal unpaid after three weeks (July 2026), a withdrawal paid only in half with the remainder pending (June 2026), a deposit not credited (December 2024) and a withdrawal refused (November 2025).
E9A second, independent platform carries two further fund-access reports tied to 9cents.com: a client in Chile reporting on 19 September 2024 that a USD 200 deposit sent by USDT on the TRC20 network against account 84424 had not appeared after ten days despite proof of payment being supplied, and a client in the United Arab Emirates asking on 20 December 2025 why their money is stuck. The same source records the licence number GB25204261 as active, issued by the Mauritius FSC to licensed entity 9Cents, which matches the regulator's own register.
ModerateA third-party broker directory, user feedback and licence record for 9cents.comE10The restricted-regions notice states that 9Cents Financials Ltd. does not provide services for citizens or residents of Iran, among other countries, while the company publishes a complete Persian-language version of its website at 9cents.com/fa/ with Persian navigation and account-opening pages, alongside Arabic and Spanish versions. The published support contact is a United Arab Emirates mobile number reachable on WhatsApp.
E11No regulator warning list, investor alert, enforcement notice or fraud-related court record names 9Cents or 9cents.com. The Mauritius regulator's register entry carries no annotation, the regulator's public notices and surrendered-licence listings name other entities but not this one, and sweeps of the major international warning lists return nothing. Warning lists lag new operations, so this is not clearance.
E12The trading platform is real and third-party distributed. The site serves MetaTrader 5 through MetaQuotes' own download service against the named live server 9CentsFinancials-Server, rather than a self-hosted installer, and a live MT5 server for the brand is independently listed. The account structure, spreads and commissions are disclosed: Standard from USD 100 at 1:400, Pro from USD 15,000, ECN from USD 25,000 at USD 5 per trade. No bonus or guaranteed-return promotion appears.
E13The broker advertises no founding year, no claimed years in business and no client numbers on its home page, about page, account-types page or legal documents. There are no fabricated awards, no invented press endorsements and no guaranteed-profit language, and the risk warning states openly that funds or assets deposited for trading may not be fully protected, particularly in cases of insolvency or bankruptcy of the counterparty.
The other side
The strongest case in this broker’s favour.
The case for 9Cents being a legitimate if risky offshore broker is stronger than most of what is written about it online, and parts of the negative coverage are simply wrong.
- It really is licensed. Several review sites and directories state that 9Cents holds no valid regulation at all. The Mauritius regulator's own public register contradicts them: a full-service Investment Dealer licence, live, dated 8 May 2025, at the firm's published address. That is the licence class a Mauritius retail CFD broker is supposed to hold.
- It does not lie about regulation. The most damaging thing a suspect broker does is claim a tier-one licence it does not have. 9Cents claims nothing. There is no fake regulator badge, no borrowed licence number and no invented supervisory body anywhere on the site.
- It does not inflate its history. No founding year, no decades of experience, no claim of hundreds of thousands of clients. Many far worse operations sit on a brand-new domain and advertise a track record stretching back to 2010.
- No fabricated credentials. We found no fake awards, no invented press endorsements, no guaranteed-profit or no-loss promises, and a risk warning that is prominent and unusually candid about deposits not being fully protected.
- The corporate and technical footprint is real. The registered office is confirmed by two separate official sources. The company is live on the registry and administered by a licensed Mauritius management company. The MetaTrader 5 platform is distributed through MetaQuotes' own download service against a named live server, not as a self-hosted installer, which is what a genuine trading operation looks like.
- A clean warning-list record. No regulator warning, no enforcement action, no fraud-related court record and no surrendered-licence notice names this entity.
- Some clients are paid. Twenty of the twenty-five published reviews are positive, and several describe deposits credited instantly and withdrawals completed within a day. One client complaining of a delay confirms half the money arrived. A pure theft operation pays nobody.
- The registration-number gap may be administrative. The most likely innocent explanation is that the group set up a Saint Lucia company in 2024, obtained the Mauritius company and licence in May 2025, and never updated the footer boilerplate. Saint Lucia's per-company records are only available through a paid account, so the free name search we used is suggestive rather than final.
What would change this
What we would need to see to revise the verdict.
Specific, checkable things that would move this verdict in either direction.
- Towards lower risk: 9Cents publishing its Mauritius licence number and a link to the regulator's register on its own website, and correcting the footer so the legal entity and registration number match the company that actually holds the licence.
- Towards lower risk: a Saint Lucia or Mauritius registry extract showing 9Cents Financials Ltd. with registration number 2024-00422, which would close the identity gap entirely.
- Towards lower risk: the pending withdrawals described in June and July 2026 being paid in full and confirmed by those clients, and the firm beginning to answer complaints publicly.
- Towards lower risk: the terms and the sales operation being brought into line, so the restricted-regions notice matches the languages the site actually sells in.
- Towards higher risk: any regulator warning list or alert naming 9cents.com, or an enforcement notice or surrendered-licence entry from the Mauritius Financial Services Commission.
- Towards higher risk: a cluster of withdrawal refusals inside a single window, which is what a genuine freeze looks like, or any credible report of a fee, tax or verification payment being demanded before funds are released. Either would take this from high risk to a scam finding.
- Towards higher risk: the Mauritius licence lapsing, being suspended or being surrendered while the site keeps taking deposits.
Check it yourself
Official registers and warning lists. Verify every claim first-hand.
Mauritius FSC Online Public Register
Search the licensee name 9Cents to see the Investment Dealer licence, its date and the registered office.
Mauritius companies register (CBRD online search)
Search 9Cents to see the company file number, category, incorporation date and status.
Saint Lucia company name search
Free name search on the Saint Lucia register. It returns no match for 9Cents.
9Cents reviews on Trustpilot
Client reviews for the 9cents.com domain, including the withdrawal complaints.
9Cents legal documents
The broker's own terms, risk warning and the entity name it gives to clients.
Frequently asked questions
Quick answers about this broker’s safety.
Is 9Cents a scam?
We rate 9Cents high risk rather than a confirmed scam. It holds a genuine Mauritius Investment Dealer licence that we verified on the regulator's own register, and no regulator has warned about it. But six clients across two platforms report withdrawals held, paid only in part, or refused, and the company named in its client agreement cannot be found on any company register.
Is 9Cents a fraud?
No regulator or court has found fraud by 9Cents, and we found no enforcement action, warning-list entry or fraud-related court record naming this entity. We assess the risk as high because of unresolved withdrawal complaints and an unverifiable contracting company, and one client publicly describes the platform as fraudulent based on their own experience. Those are allegations and our assessment, not a legal finding.
Is 9Cents regulated?
Yes, but only in Mauritius. The Financial Services Commission of Mauritius lists a licensee called 9Cents holding an Investment Dealer (Full Service Dealer excluding Underwriting) licence granted on 8 May 2025, licence number GB25204261, at the same Port Louis address the broker publishes. Oddly, 9Cents does not mention that licence anywhere on its own website.
How good is a Mauritius FSC licence?
It is a real licence from a real statutory regulator, which puts it well above an offshore company registration sold as regulation. But it is a lower-tier offshore permission. Mauritius operates no investor compensation scheme for this licence class, so if the firm fails there is no fund that pays clients back, and enforcement on behalf of a foreign client is slow and limited.
Can I withdraw my money from 9Cents?
Many clients say yes, some say no. Positive reviews describe withdrawals processed inside 24 hours. Against that, two clients reported waiting about three weeks in June and July 2026, one receiving only half the amount, one reported a deposit that was never credited, and one reported a withdrawal refused on a balance of roughly USD 19,000. Test a small withdrawal before building a balance.
Is my money safe with 9Cents?
There is no compensation scheme behind it. The broker's own terms state that funds or assets deposited for trading may not be fully protected, particularly if the counterparty becomes insolvent. Treat any deposit as money you could lose in full.
Who owns 9Cents?
The site discloses no owners, directors or management team. The licence is held by 9Cents, a Mauritius Global Business Company administered by a licensed Mauritius management company. The site's own client agreement names a different entity, 9Cents Financials Ltd., which we could not trace to any register.
Why does the registration number on the website not match the register?
The footer and terms give 9Cents Financials Ltd., registration number 2024-00422. The Mauritius register records the company at that address as 9Cents, file number C221109, incorporated 6 May 2025. Independent records attach the number 2024-00422 to a Saint Lucia registered-agent address, and Saint Lucia's free company-name database returns no match for the name. The most likely innocent explanation is stale footer text left over from an earlier company, but as it stands a client cannot identify who they are contracting with.
How old is 9Cents?
About a year and a half as a licensed business. The company was incorporated on 6 May 2025 and licensed on 8 May 2025, and the website's archived copies only become regular from August 2024. The domain 9cents.com was first registered in 1998, but it was offered for sale as a parked page as recently as March 2023, so that date is not this firm's history.
Is 9Cents a clone of another broker?
No. We found no evidence of impersonation. The brand, the licence and the registered address all belong to this operation, and the licence does not resolve to some other company on the register. The identity problem here is an unverifiable entity of its own, not a borrowed one.
What does 9Cents offer and what does it cost?
Forex, metals, commodities, indices and share CFDs on MetaTrader 5. Three accounts: Standard from USD 100 with leverage to 1:400, Pro from USD 15,000, and ECN from USD 25,000 with a USD 5 per-trade commission. Leverage at 1:400 is high and magnifies losses as much as gains.
Does 9Cents accept clients from my country?
The terms say it does not serve residents of the United States, Cuba, Iraq, Myanmar, North Korea, Sudan, Russia or Iran. Note the contradiction: the company publishes a complete Persian-language version of its website while listing Iran as excluded. The contract is also governed by the law of the United Arab Emirates, not Mauritius.
What should I do if I cannot get my money out of 9Cents?
Put the withdrawal request in writing and keep every record, including ticket numbers, chat logs and payment receipts. Complain to the Financial Services Commission of Mauritius, naming the licensee 9Cents and its licence number. Ask your bank or card issuer about a chargeback. Never pay a fee, tax or unlock charge to release funds, and ignore anyone who offers to recover your money for an upfront payment.
What should I check before depositing with any offshore broker?
Four things. Find the licence number on the regulator's own register, not on the broker's website. Confirm the company name and number in the client agreement match a real registry entry. Check whether the jurisdiction has a compensation scheme. And test a small withdrawal before you deposit anything substantial.
What we recommend
The practical takeaway from everything above.
Treat 9Cents as a high-risk offshore broker. It is not a clone and it is not unregulated, but the protections are thin and the identity gaps are real.
- Do not deposit money you cannot afford to lose. Mauritius has no investor compensation scheme for this licence class. If the firm fails, there is no statutory route to get your money back.
- Check the licence yourself before depositing. Open the Mauritius Financial Services Commission's public register and search the licensee name 9Cents. Confirm the Investment Dealer licence is still listed and carries no annotation.
- Ask in writing which company you are contracting with, in which country it is incorporated, and for its registration number. Ask why the footer names 9Cents Financials Ltd. and 2024-00422 when the licence is held by 9Cents, file C221109.
- Refuse managed trading. If anyone calls offering signals, a relationship manager or help recovering a loss, stop. Clients who followed that route describe the largest losses here, and an offer to recover your money for a further deposit is never genuine.
- Test a withdrawal early and small, before any meaningful balance builds up, and keep the transaction records.
- If you are already owed money: submit a formal written withdrawal request, keep every receipt, ticket number and chat log, raise a complaint with the Mauritius Financial Services Commission naming licensee 9Cents, and ask your bank or card issuer about a chargeback. Never pay a fee to anyone promising to recover funds.
- Platform note: list as offshore, with a risk banner. Correct our own record, which files this Mauritius licence under the wrong regulator.
This is an independent assessment of risk, not a legal ruling. Scores and verdicts follow the Wikilix broker-safety methodology and can change as new evidence appears. Review scores are treated with caution when a broker’s reviews look manipulated. Last reviewed October 14, 2026. If any detail here is out of date or incorrect, or you represent this broker, please contact us.
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