ZarVista: FSC licence C204242

Not through the route its website advertises. The LOGIN, Start Trading and Open Live Account links on the broker's own site all point to my.zarvistacapitalmarkets.com, and that domain's registration has expired, so the address now returns a domain registrar's holding page instead of a client area. The marketing site itself remains online, but it offers no working link to a client portal at the time of this review.

Yes. A swap-free account is offered from a 50 USD minimum, with no overnight swap charges, at the same 1:500 leverage cap as the other tiers. It is the same entry minimum as the Starter account.

Three companies appear behind the brand. Zarvista Capital Markets Ltd, registered in the Comoros, is named as the operator and holds the licence claim. Zarvista Capital Markets (MU) Ltd, registration number C204242, is a Mauritius company, and Zarvista Services Ltd, registration number HE 445683, is registered in Cyprus. None of these registrations has been verified against the relevant corporate registry, and a company registration is not financial regulation.

No per lot commission is charged on any of its account types, and spreads are variable. The broker publishes no average or typical spread figure, so the real cost of trading cannot be compared directly against other brokers. Card and bank deposits do carry a 1.5 per cent fee, and withdrawals through those channels a flat 2 USD.

Four: Starter from 50 USD, Professional from 250 USD, VIP from 500 USD, and a swap-free Islamic account from 50 USD. All four run on MetaTrader 5 at leverage of up to 1:500 and are advertised without per lot commission. The broker does not publish a representative spread for the individual tiers, so the deposit required is the main stated difference between them.

Up to 1:500, and the same cap applies to every account tier, including the swap-free account. Leverage at that level is well above what onshore regulators allow retail clients, and it increases losses as much as gains.

Yes, and the list is wider than sanctions alone. The broker's own terms and site footer exclude residents of the United States, Canada, Japan, Hong Kong, Belgium, France and Mauritius, alongside Afghanistan, Belarus, Myanmar, the Central African Republic, Cuba, Iran and North Korea. Dependent territories of the United States and France are treated as excluded with their parent jurisdictions. Separately, card payments are unavailable for cards issued in a longer list of countries, including Russia, Ukraine and Syria.

The minimum deposit is 50 USD, which opens the Starter account and the swap-free account. The Professional tier requires 250 USD and the VIP tier 500 USD. Bank transfer carries no stated minimum, and the broker publishes no minimum for cryptocurrency or e-wallet deposits.

Four channels are offered: Visa and Mastercard cards, bank transfer, cryptocurrency and e-wallets. Card and crypto transfers are credited instantly, while bank transfers take one to three business days. Card and bank deposits carry a 1.5 per cent fee and withdrawals through those two channels a flat 2 USD fee, with a 20 USD minimum withdrawal. The broker names Bitcoin, Ethereum and USDT for crypto but does not name its e-wallet providers, and publishes no fees or limits for either of those channels.

ZarVista Capital Markets Ltd states that it holds licence number T2023293 from the Moroni International Services Authority (MISA) in the Comoros, but that claim has not been confirmed on the authority's own register, so it should be read as claimed rather than verified. It operates as an offshore broker, with no client fund compensation scheme and no formal complaints mechanism behind that authority. A further practical concern is that the client login and account opening links on the broker's own website point to a host whose domain registration has expired.