Risk scorecard
Each area is scored 0 (clean) to 10 (worst). Higher means more risk.
Regulation
2/10 · LowJordan Securities Commission financial broker and dealer licences recorded on the Securities Depository Center member register; onshore, but limited to Jordanian securities with no foreign-market licence.
Identity & transparency
2/10 · LowCompany registry entry (LLC 11005, registered 1 November 2005) matches the website's name, owner, board and Amman office; the depository entry and a Google Maps listing confirm the same address and phone.
Withdrawals & conduct
3/10 · LowNo withdrawal or service complaints found anywhere, but with no client reviews of any kind the absence proves little.
Reputation
3/10 · LowNo IOSCO alert, FCA warning or enforcement action; no reviews at all, and the negative reviews under the Istithmar name concern the unrelated istithmar.co.uk.
Website claims
2/10 · LowModest claims that match the registry (2005 founding, owner, board, capital); the homepage is stale and its app link dead, but nothing is overstated.
Operational history
2/10 · LowRegistered 1 November 2005 and online since at least April 2009 with continuous content; a 0.00% exchange market share in October 2026 points to minimal current activity.
Who they are
A quick desk file on the company behind the brand.
- Brand: Istithmar, the Arabic word for investment.
- Legal entity: Istithmar for Financial Services (استثمار للخدمات المالية), limited liability company no. 11005, national establishment no. 200022275.
- Registered: Amman, Jordan, on 1 November 2005. Sole partner: Tantash Investment Group Company.
- Office: Tantash Building, first floor, Elia Abu Madi Street, Shmeisani, Amman; P.O. Box 940985, Amman 11194; phone +962 6 5007000.
- Website: istithmar.jo, online since at least April 2009.
- Only licence: Jordan Securities Commission, financial broker and dealer, Amman Stock Exchange member no. 85.
- Offers: Buying and selling Amman Stock Exchange shares, online portfolio access and order entry, SMS trade alerts and help with ownership disclosures.
- Not offered: Forex, CFDs or foreign-market trading. It is not on the Jordan Securities Commission's list of firms licensed for foreign-market activity.
- Management: Mazen Hamza Tantash chairs the board and is general manager. The board also includes Jawad Al-Naber, Shafiq Hani Al-Hayek and Oraib Abu Zaid.
- Age claim: Founded in 2005, which the company registry confirms.
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.
Licences the broker publishes
Jordan Securities Commission
Why we reached this verdict
How the evidence adds up.
Everything we could verify points to a small, genuine Jordanian stock brokerage. The published 65% does not come from a finding against Istithmar. It comes from the complete absence of client feedback.
- The company is real. Jordan's Companies Control Department lists Istithmar for Financial Services as limited liability company no. 11005, registered on 1 November 2005. Tantash Investment Group is the sole partner, and the board elected in November 2024 matches the website name for name.
- Market records agree. The Securities Depository Center's member entry for broker no. 85 gives istithmar.jo as its website and the same Amman phone number, and the Amman Stock Exchange lists it as member no. 85. The depository records its licences as financial broker and dealer.
- No warnings. IOSCO's global alert database has no alert for the name, the FCA register has no warning under it, and we found no enforcement action or fraud-related record.
- A long, continuous record. Archived copies of istithmar.jo go back to April 2009, and a July 2010 copy shows the same Amman brokerage. That is a track record of more than 17 years.
- Why 65%. On the evidence alone, the risk works out at about 23%. But we found no client reviews of any kind: no Trustpilot page, no forum threads, no Google Maps reviews and no surviving app reviews. When a broker leaves no client trace at all, we add 30 points and apply a 65% minimum, because a clean complaint record means little when nobody has written anything.
- Signs of low activity. The exchange recorded a 0.00% market share for Istithmar in October 2026. The homepage still carries a December 2017 market summary, and the Google Play app it links to is no longer available.
Evidence ledger
Every finding, with its source and how strongly it points.
E1Jordan's Securities Depository Center member register lists Istithmar For Financial Services, a limited liability company, as broker no. 85 with registration no. 11005, institution no. 200022275, website www.istithmar.jo, phone +962 6 5007000 and Tantash Investment Group Company on its management committee. Its granted licences and services are brokerage (financial broker and dealer). Name, website and phone all match the broker's own site.
E2The Amman Stock Exchange broker-member list for October 2026 includes ISTITHMAR FOR FINANCIAL SERVICES as member no. 85, a limited liability company with capital of JD 3,500,000.
E3The same list records Istithmar's market share for October 2026 as 0.00%, at the bottom of all member brokers, which points to very little current trading activity.
E4Jordan's Companies Control Department lists استثمار للخدمات المالية (Istithmar for Financial Services), national establishment no. 200022275, as limited liability company no. 11005, registered on 1 November 2005, status existing, capital JD 3,500,000 fully paid, last amended 15 December 2021. Its sole partner is Tantash Investment Group Company, and its board, elected on 5 November 2024, is Mazen Hamza Tantash (chair), Jawad Ayed Al-Nabr (vice chair), Shafiq Hani Shafiq Al-Hayek and Oraib Naji Abu Zaid.
E5The broker's About page describes Istithmar for Financial Services as a Tantash Group subsidiary founded in 2005 as a limited liability company with JD 3,500,000 capital, and names the same four board members as the company registry. Its claims match the registry.
Moderateistithmar.jo About pageE6The broker's contact page gives a single office: Tantash Building, first floor, Elia Abu Madi Street, Shmeisani, Amman, P.O. Box 940985, Amman 11194, phone +962 6 5007000. It lists no Dubai or Saint Vincent office.
Moderateistithmar.jo contact pageE7An Internet Archive copy of istithmar.jo from 10 July 2010 shows the same Istithmar for Financial Services site with Amman Stock Exchange daily summaries. The earliest archived capture of the domain dates from 18 April 2009.
E8The live homepage still shows an Amman Stock Exchange daily summary dated 17 December 2017 and a 2008 copyright line, and its link to an Istithmar trading app on Google Play no longer leads to an available app. The site is largely unmaintained.
E9The Jordan Securities Commission's list of financial services companies licensed for foreign exchange market activity, in an archived copy of its site from 1 August 2026, names 24 firms and does not include Istithmar. This is consistent with a business limited to the Amman market.
E10IOSCO's I-SCAN database of regulator alerts returns no warning for the name Istithmar.
ModerateIOSCO I-SCANE11The FCA register has no firm called Istithmar for Financial Services and no unauthorised-firm entry under the name Istithmar. The Jordanian firm does not claim UK authorisation.
WeakFCA registerE12Google Maps lists Istithmar Financial Services as a finance broker at the Tantash Complex, Elia Abu Madi Street, Amman, with phone +962 6 500 7000, matching the address and number the broker publishes.
WeakGoogle MapsE13No client reviews of any kind exist for this firm. Trustpilot has no page for istithmar.jo, no Reddit or forum thread names the domain or the legal entity, the Google Maps listing has no reviews, and the Google Play app has been withdrawn. There are no complaints, but also no positive reviews.
E14A separate website, istithmar.co.uk, has offered forex and CFD trading under the same name. A review site reports that it claimed FCA regulation that the FCA register does not support, and a decade of history on a recently registered domain. We found nothing linking it to the Amman company: different domain, and no shared legal entity, address, phone number or licence. None of these findings concern Istithmar for Financial Services.
E15The broker's site publishes no licence number and no direct register link. Its Useful Links page points only to the home pages of the Jordan Securities Commission, the Securities Depository Center and the Amman Stock Exchange.
The other side
The strongest case in this broker’s favour.
The case for Istithmar is strong on paper: it is exactly what its website says it is.
- The company registry, the securities depository and the stock exchange all name the same company, broker number and Amman office, and the registry's board matches the website name for name.
- It holds Jordan Securities Commission licences for brokerage and dealing in local securities, recorded on the Securities Depository Center register. Its site claims nothing beyond ordinary share dealing: no forex, no offshore licences and no promised returns.
- Small Jordanian share brokers may serve local clients who rarely post reviews online, so a missing review trail is not in itself a sign of wrongdoing.
- The negative reviews that turn up online under the Istithmar name concern istithmar.co.uk, an unrelated forex website.
What would change this
What we would need to see to revise the verdict.
New information would move the score quickly in either direction.
- Genuine client reviews on established platforms, positive or negative, would replace the 65% minimum with a score based on what clients actually report. On the current evidence, that score would be far lower.
- A Jordan Securities Commission sanction or suspension, or a regulator warning naming istithmar.jo or Istithmar for Financial Services, would raise it sharply.
- Specific, credible complaints about refused withdrawals or shares not transferred would raise it.
- Removal from the Amman Stock Exchange member list or the Securities Depository Center register would suggest the business has wound down.
Check it yourself
Official registers and warning lists. Verify every claim first-hand.
Securities Depository Center member entry (broker no. 85)
Shows the firm's legal details, website, phone and granted brokerage licences.
Amman Stock Exchange broker-member list
Lists Istithmar for Financial Services as member no. 85 with its monthly market share.
Istithmar official website
The broker's own site with its Amman contact details and account forms.
IOSCO I-SCAN alert search for Istithmar
Global database of regulator alerts; no alert matches the name.
Jordan Securities Commission list of firms licensed for foreign-market activity (archived copy)
Istithmar is not on this list, so it offers no licensed forex or foreign-market trading.
Frequently asked questions
Quick answers about this broker’s safety.
Is Istithmar a scam?
We found no sign of a scam. Istithmar for Financial Services is a real Amman company, registered in 2005 and owned by Tantash Investment Group, and the board on the company registry matches the one on its website. We still rate the risk at 65% because it leaves no client reviews anywhere, so there is no record of client experience to check.
Is Istithmar a fraud?
No. We found no evidence of fraud: no regulator warning, no enforcement action and no fraud-related record naming Istithmar for Financial Services or istithmar.jo. IOSCO's global database of regulator alerts returns nothing for the name.
Is Istithmar regulated?
Yes: the Securities Depository Center's member register records Jordan Securities Commission licences for Istithmar as a financial broker and dealer. It is not on the Jordan Securities Commission's list of firms licensed for foreign-market activity, so it offers no regulated forex or CFD trading. You can look up broker no. 85 on the depository's member page yourself.
Why is the risk score 65% if nothing wrong was found?
On the evidence alone, Istithmar scores about 23%. We apply a 65% minimum to any broker that has no client reviews at all, positive or negative, because a clean complaint record means little when nobody has written anything. Genuine client reviews would bring the score down.
Who owns Istithmar?
Jordan's company registry lists Tantash Investment Group Company as the sole partner of Istithmar for Financial Services. Its board, elected in November 2024, is chaired by Mazen Hamza Tantash, with Jawad Al-Naber as vice chair and Shafiq Hani Al-Hayek and Oraib Abu Zaid as members. The same names appear on the firm's website.
How old is Istithmar?
The company registry shows Istithmar for Financial Services registered on 1 November 2005, which matches the founding year on its website. Archived copies of istithmar.jo go back to April 2009 and show the same brokerage. That is a verified track record of more than 17 years.
Is istithmar.co.uk the same company as Istithmar in Amman?
No. istithmar.co.uk is a separate website that has offered forex and CFD trading under the Istithmar name. We found nothing linking it to the Amman company: no shared legal entity, address, phone number or licence. Reviews about that site do not apply to Istithmar for Financial Services.
Can I trade forex or CFDs with Istithmar?
No. Istithmar's website offers dealing in Amman Stock Exchange shares, online portfolio access and SMS trade alerts, nothing more. It is not on the Jordan Securities Commission's list of firms licensed for foreign-market activity. Anyone offering you forex or CFD accounts under the Istithmar name is not this company.
Is my money safe with Istithmar?
Its identity checks out, which rules out the most common scam patterns such as fake companies and borrowed credentials. Its activity looks minimal, though: the homepage still shows a 2017 market summary and its exchange market share was 0.00% in October 2026. Confirm by phone that it is serving clients before you send money, and ask how to check your holdings directly with Jordan's Securities Depository Center.
Is Istithmar still operating?
The company registry lists it as an existing company with a board elected in November 2024, and the Amman Stock Exchange included it in its broker-member list for October 2026. Its trading activity looks minimal: the exchange recorded a 0.00% market share for it that month. Call the Amman office on +962 6 5007000 to confirm it is taking clients.
What is a Jordan Securities Commission licence worth?
The Jordan Securities Commission is Jordan's statutory securities regulator. It licenses and inspects the firms that deal on the Amman Stock Exchange. That is onshore national supervision, much stronger than an offshore registration, but it is a local regime covering Jordanian securities business, not forex or CFD accounts sold abroad.
What should I check before opening an account with Istithmar?
Make sure you are on istithmar.jo and dealing with the Amman office in the Tantash Building, Shmeisani, not with another site using the Istithmar name. Look up broker no. 85 on the Securities Depository Center member register and the Amman Stock Exchange member list. Ask for the account agreement in writing and how you can see your holdings.
What should I do if I have a problem with Istithmar?
Put your complaint in writing to the firm and its compliance officer first, and keep copies of statements and messages. If it is not resolved, you can take it to the Jordan Securities Commission, which supervises Jordanian brokers. Be wary of anyone who contacts you offering to recover money for a fee.
What we recommend
The practical takeaway from everything above.
Istithmar is easy to check, so verify the basics yourself before sending money.
- Make sure you are on istithmar.jo and dealing with the office in the Tantash Building, Elia Abu Madi Street, Shmeisani, Amman (phone +962 6 5007000). Other sites using the Istithmar name, such as istithmar.co.uk, are not this company.
- Look up broker no. 85 on the Securities Depository Center member register and on the Amman Stock Exchange broker-member list.
- Call the office to confirm it is taking new clients, since its homepage still shows a 2017 market summary.
- Use it only for Amman Stock Exchange shares. Treat any offer of forex or CFD trading under the Istithmar name as a different, unverified operation.
- Get the account agreement in writing, keep your own records of every instruction and statement, and ask how to check your holdings directly with the Securities Depository Center.
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 November 10, 2026. If any detail here is out of date or incorrect, or you represent this broker, please contact us.
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