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CFI CySEC licence 179/12

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Confirmed on the register
Issuing authority
Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission
Jurisdiction
Cyprus
Licence type
Market Making(MM)
Last checked
Nov 2, 2026

This is Wikilix's record of a licence issued by Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission. It sets out what the register says, what we checked, and what the authority's own rules protect.

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RecordModified Nov 4, 2026

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Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission 179/12

Wikilix read the CySEC register on Nov 2, 2026. This is what it said.

Holder
Credit Financier Invest (CFI) Limited logoCredit Financier Invest (CFI) Limited
Issuing authority
Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission logoCyprus Securities and Exchange Commission
Jurisdiction
Cyprus flagCyprus
Licence type
Market Making(MM)
Effective
Sep 25, 2012
Register status
Active

Checked Nov 2, 2026

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Checked

What we checked

We found this licence on the issuing authority's own register.

Wikilix check
Confirmed on the register
Authority strength
Tier 2
Jurisdiction
Cyprus
Last checked
Nov 2, 2026
Register says
Active

Finding

Cyprus Investment Firm licence for Credit Financier Invest (CFI) Ltd covering order reception, execution and dealing on own account, passported across the EEA. Approved domain: www.cfi.trade. Client protection: EU retail rules (leverage limits, negative balance protection, segregated client money) and the Investor Compensation Fund up to EUR 20,000 for eligible clients. Effective: 25 Sep 2012.

Exhibit

Register screenshot, captured Nov 2, 2026

Verification note

Confirmed on the CySEC register as Credit Financier Invest (CFI) Ltd. The register entry carries our licence number 179/12. The register records the licence as effective from 25 September 2012.

The register

What the authority publishes

Printed as the register prints it. A field that is missing here is one nobody has recorded, not one the register leaves blank.

Licence number
179/12
Licence type (Wikilix classification)
Market Making(MM)
Register status
Active
Effective from
Expires
No expiry shown
The authority

About CySEC

Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission is the authority that issued this licence, and the jurisdiction it applies in is Cyprus.

Full name
Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission
Jurisdiction
Cyprus
Strength
Tier 2Well-established regimes with real supervision, usually with lower compensation limits than tier 1.
Established
2001
Oversight
A government or statutory body
Firms we track under it
216 firms
Regulates
Forex, Stocks, Options, Derivatives, Commodity, Securities, Futures, CFD
Licences it issues
CIF – Own Account / Matched Principal (CFDs)
Typical cost of a licence
€50000-100000
Public register
Searchable by the public
Transparency
High
Protection

What this licence protects

CySEC's own rules for the firms it authorises.

  • Compensation schemeUp to €20000 (ICF)
  • Client money kept separate
  • Negative balance protection
  • Complaints routeCyprus Financial Ombudsman
  • Maximum leverage1:30
This describes the authority's regime, not how CFI applies it.
The holder

Who holds this licence

The licence above is recorded against CFI. A licence is issued to a legal company, so the companies below are what you would search a corporate register for.

CFI logo
Broker
Credit Financier Invest (CFI) Limited
Based in
Cyprus
Operating
Above 20 years
Wikilix score
59.5the firm’s overall score, not a rating of this licence

Recorded companies

None of these matches the name the register printed, so we do not say which one holds this licence.

  • Credit Financier Invest (CFI) LimitedCyprus · Reg. HE 303814
  • CREDIT FINANCIER INVEST LIMITEDUnited Kingdom · Reg. 11634673 · Oct 22, 2018
  • CFI Financial Markets LLCUnited Arab Emirates
  • Credit Financial Invest for Financial Brokerage LTDJordan
  • Credit Financier Invest SALLebanon
  • CFI Financial (Bahrain) B.S.C ClosedBahrain · Reg. 183193-1
  • Credit Financier Invest Financial (PTY) LtdSouth Africa
  • CFI Financial Investment Company - Close Joint Stock CompanyAzerbaijan
  • Credit Financier Invest LimitedEgypt · Reg. 101 for the year 1995
  • Credit Financial Invest For Financial Brokerage CoPalestine
  • Credit Financier Invest International LimitedSeychelles
  • Credit Financier Invest (International) LimitedVanuatu
  • CFI International LtdMauritius
  • HM Global Holdings LimitedCyprus · Reg. HE209374 · Oct 3, 2007
  • CFI Financial Group Holding Ltd
  • CFI Global Management Ltd
  • CFI Financial LLCOman
Provenance

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Official source
The issuing authority’s registerPublished by the authority, not by Wikilix.
Last checked by Wikilix
Record last edited
When this entry was last changed in our database, which may be a correction rather than a change at the register.
Evidence held
A screenshot of the register entry is on file.
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Also on record

Other licences CFI holds

10 other licences are on record for CFI.

Frequently Asked Questions

Questions about this licence

Answered from this register entry and the authority’s own record.

Most Popular Questions
Licence 179/12 was issued by Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC), the financial authority for Cyprus.
CFI holds this CySEC licence. A licence on record means the authority published an entry; it is not an endorsement.
We located this entry on the CySEC register. Note that confirming a register ENTRY is not the same as confirming a live licence — the register’s own wording on this page is what states its current standing.
Wikilix rates CySEC tier 2: a well-established regime with real supervision, usually with lower compensation limits than a tier-1 authority.
This page links straight to the CySEC register. Search it for 179/12, and for the name CFI rather than the trading brand.
CFI has 10 other licences on record with Wikilix, across 9 jurisdictions. They are listed further down this page.
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