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Lydya Financial

Regulated
Cyprus
,
Since 2014
Last Updated:
51/100
Overall Score

Trading Conditions

Min Deposit:
N/A
Max Leverage:
N/A
Account Types
Standard Account

User Reviews

Total Reviews
This Month
Avg Rating

Funding Methods

No funding methods available

Performance Metrics

Excellent Performance
Performance chart: 1: Regulation 32%, 2: License 69%, 3: Software 0%, 4: Spread 0%, 5: Account Type 0%, 6: Symbol 0%
Regulation
32%Poor
License
69%Good
Software
0%Poor
Spread
0%Poor
Account Type
0%Poor
Symbol
0%Poor

Company Information

Full Name:Lydya Financial Ltd
Founded:2014
Headquarters:Cyprus
Enterprise Offices:1offices

Customer Support

Phone:
+357 25 25 22 99
Live Chat:
Not Available
Response Time:
Languages:
English
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Is Lydya Financial a scam?

Wikilix independent safety report

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0%Scam riskScam risk is our overall estimate that this broker is unsafe, from 0% (safe) to 100% (almost certainly a scam). It blends the six risk areas below, weighted by how strong the evidence is. Higher means riskier.
High risk (unverified)Our overall call, based on the evidence we could verify. From safest to worst: Appears legitimate, Insufficient evidence, High risk (unverified), Likely scam, Confirmed scam. A separate "Not a broker" verdict is used when it does not really offer trading.Confidence: MEDIUMHow sure we are of this verdict, based on how much solid, checkable evidence we found. Shown as Low, Medium or High.
3.0/5Safety rating 3 out of 5
The Wikilix safety rating, from 1 to 5 stars. It mirrors the scam risk (5 = safest, 1 = riskiest), so a higher risk percentage means fewer stars.

No. Lydya Financial is not a scam in the ordinary sense: it is a genuine Cyprus investment firm regulated by CySEC under licence 300/16, and we found no regulator warning and no evidence of fraud. Bu…

Risk scorecard · each area scored 0 (clean) to 10 (worst)

Regulation5/10 · ModerateIs it overseen by a strict, well-known financial regulator? Offshore-only or missing licences score higher.Scored 0 (clean) to 10 (worst). This area is 5/10 (Moderate).Identity & transparency5/10 · ModerateHow openly it shows who and where it is (legal entity, address, owners). Hidden details score higher.Scored 0 (clean) to 10 (worst). This area is 5/10 (Moderate).Withdrawals & conduct3/10 · LowCredible reports of clients being unable to withdraw their money. More such reports score higher.Scored 0 (clean) to 10 (worst). This area is 3/10 (Low).Reputation5/10 · ModerateWhat independent reviews, regulators and watchdogs say about it. A poor track record scores higher.Scored 0 (clean) to 10 (worst). This area is 5/10 (Moderate).Website claims4/10 · ModerateWhether the site claims (awards, years active, licences) actually check out. False claims score higher.Scored 0 (clean) to 10 (worst). This area is 4/10 (Moderate).Operational history4/10 · ModerateHow long and how consistently it has genuinely operated. Brand-new or murky history scores higher.Scored 0 (clean) to 10 (worst). This area is 4/10 (Moderate).

Broker Summary

Summary of the broker

Lydya Financial Broker Overview

Lydya Financial is the trading brand of Lydya Financial Ltd, a private company incorporated in Cyprus on 22 July 2014 and authorised by the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission under licence 300/16. The company is still recorded as registered at the Cyprus Registrar of Companies, but the brand has no working public presence: the web address published with its licence, www.lydyafinancial.com, no longer belongs to the broker and now serves unrelated third-party content. No trading platform, account tier, spread schedule or funding method is published anywhere for this brand, so a prospective client cannot see the terms on which it would take a deposit.

Lydya Financial Regulation and License

Lydya Financial Ltd holds Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission Derivatives Trading Licence (STP) number 300/16, effective 22 April 2016, with no published expiry date. The permissions recorded against it are financial derivatives trading, financial derivatives agency and financial derivatives investment consulting, and the licence carries cross-border passporting into 16 EU member states. Cyprus is an onshore European jurisdiction: a client of an authorised Cypriot investment firm is covered by the Investor Compensation Fund for eligible claims up to EUR 20,000 and can escalate a dispute to the Cyprus Financial Ombudsman. The licence is recorded in the name of Lydya Financial Ltd and against the brand Lydya Financial, which is the correct alignment between licensee and brand.

One limit on that record matters. The licence was confirmed as in force from the certificate evidence examined for this profile rather than re-checked against the Commission register during this review, and the broker publishes no regulation page of its own where the claim could be read. Current standing should be confirmed with the Commission directly at cysec.gov.cy.

Is Lydya Financial Regulated?

Yes, on the record examined: Lydya Financial Ltd is authorised in Cyprus under CySEC licence 300/16. Regulation and availability are separate questions, though, and it is the second one that fails here. An authorisation on file does not mean there is an operating broker behind it, and at present there is no website, no client portal, no published account offering and no verifiable way to open or fund an account under this brand.

Lydya Financial Ltd

The operating company is Lydya Financial Ltd, registration number HE 334292, a private company incorporated on 22 July 2014. The Cyprus Registrar of Companies records its status as Registered and its registered office as Dimitriou Glinou 20, 3095 Limassol. Two details deserve a reader's attention. The Limassol registered office differs from the Paphos address published alongside the brand and its licence, and the last annual return recorded against the company dates from September 2020, with later returns still shown as pending. The company Legal Entity Identifier, 213800GJ47NI1547NH25, has been lapsed since April 2025, and that identifier is what an EU investment firm needs in order to report transactions.

Is Lydya Financial Safe?

There is no safe way to use Lydya Financial today, because there is nothing operational to use. The regulatory record is genuine and onshore, which is the strongest fact in this profile, but every other indicator points to a business that has stopped trading rather than one that is running: a domain that has passed to an unrelated owner, a lapsed entity identifier, annual returns unfiled since 2020 and a registered office that no longer matches the published address. Anyone still holding a balance or an open position under this brand should treat recovering it as the immediate priority and raise it with the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission and, if necessary, the Cyprus Financial Ombudsman. Anyone considering a new deposit has nowhere legitimate to make one.

Lydya Financial Pros and Cons

Strengths

  • A genuine onshore EU authorisation, CySEC licence 300/16, issued to the same company that carries the brand.
  • Investor Compensation Fund cover up to EUR 20,000 and access to the Cyprus Financial Ombudsman for clients of an authorised Cypriot firm.
  • A real, identifiable legal entity with a verifiable registration at the Cyprus Registrar of Companies.

Limitations

  • The web address published with the licence no longer belongs to the broker and serves unrelated third-party content.
  • No trading platform, account type, spread, commission, leverage or funding information is published anywhere.
  • The company Legal Entity Identifier has lapsed and the last annual return on file dates from 2020.
  • The registered office in the companies register does not match the address published with the brand.

Lydya Financial Review and Assessment

Lydya Financial is best understood as a dormant licence rather than a live broker. The Cyprus authorisation behind it is real and onshore, and that separates it from the offshore shells that dominate this part of the market, but a licence is only worth something while there is a firm behind it honouring withdrawals. Here the trail of a working business has gone: no site, no platform, no published terms, no current filings. The single most useful step before acting on this profile is to confirm the present status of licence 300/16 with the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission, because that determines whether there is still a regulated firm to bring a claim against.

Regulatory Licenses

Compliance & oversight

1 license
Cyprus
CySECTier 2
Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission
Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission
Cyprus
Tier 2

A Cyprus Investment Firm (CIF) authorisation under EU MiFID II, covering reception and transmission of orders, execution of orders and safekeeping. A genuine EU trading licence. Client protection: EU MiFID conduct rules and Investor Compensation Fund cover up to 20,000 euros per eligible client.. Effective: 22 Apr 2016.

Cyprus#300/16Checked Sep 10, 2026
License Details
Type:Straight Through Processing(STP)
License #:300/16
Status:Approved
Validity
Effective:Apr 22, 2016
Expires:N/A
Last checked:Sep 10, 2026
Lydya Financial Ltd holds Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission Derivatives Trading Licence (STP) No. 300/16, effective 22 April 2016, with no expiry date published. The permissions recorded against it cover financial derivatives trading, financial derivatives agency and financial derivatives investment consulting, with cross-border passporting into 16 EU member states, and the licence is held in the name of Lydya Financial Ltd under the brand Lydya Financial. On the evidence examined for this profile the licence is shown as in force, and Cyprus is an onshore EU jurisdiction whose investor compensation fund covers eligible claims up to EUR 20,000. Two limits on that finding matter. The licence was not re-checked against the Commission's own public register during this review, and the broker no longer publishes a regulation page of its own: the website recorded with the licence, www.lydyafinancial.com, no longer serves the broker and now resolves to unrelated third-party content. Anyone considering relying on this authorisation should confirm its current standing directly with the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission at cysec.gov.cy before depositing any money.
Verified on registerActive on the CySEC register (the firm is under a March 2026 CySEC governance measure)
What our check found

A Cyprus Investment Firm (CIF) authorisation under EU MiFID II, covering reception and transmission of orders, execution of orders and safekeeping. A genuine EU trading licence. Client protection: EU MiFID conduct rules and Investor Compensation Fund cover up to 20,000 euros per eligible client.. Effective: 22 Apr 2016.

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Tier 1
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Countries
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Account Types

Trading account options

No Account Types

Account type information is not available for this broker yet.

Funding Methods

Deposit & withdrawal options

No Funding Methods

Funding method information is not available for this broker yet.

Global Domains

Worldwide web presence

2 sites
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https://www.forex24.com
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Active
SSL
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https://lydya-global.com
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Active
SSL
2
Active
1
Countries
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Social Presence

Digital community engagement

0 platform

No Social Media Presence

This broker doesn't have active social media accounts

Corporate Network

Enterprise structure & relationships

1 entities

Lydya Financial Ltd

Cyprus
active

Registration

HE 334292

Established

2014-07-22

Company Registration

Legal entity checked against the official company registry

Verified on registry

Legal entity

Lydya Financial Ltd

Registration number

HE 334292

Jurisdiction

Cyprus

Incorporated

2014

Registry

Cyprus Department of Registrar of Companies (DRCOR)

Registered address

Dimitri Glinou 20, Office 1, 3095 Limassol, Cyprus

From our latest investigation · Verified Sep 10, 2026

View on official registry

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