Broker formation · onboarding · compliance

Launch your own FX & CFD brokerage — plotted to your budget, your risk, your market.

Most setup firms sell you one jurisdiction and one package. We start by charting where you actually sit — capital available, appetite for risk, the clients you want to serve — and advise the structure that fits, not the one that's easiest for us to sell.

Structures set upCyprus · Mauritius · SVG
St Lucia · Seychelles
Comoros · Bahamas
South Africa · Labuan
ScopeFX · CFDs · Multi-asset
Handles onboardingYes — dedicated team
Handles complianceYes — ongoing
Why we're different

We advise before we build.

A brokerage set up in the wrong jurisdiction, for the wrong client base, at the wrong price point, is an expensive mistake to unwind. So before anything is filed, we plot the three variables that actually determine the right structure.

01 — Budget

Matched to what you're actually deploying

Setup and ongoing capital requirements vary by a factor of ten between jurisdictions. We work back from your real budget rather than upselling you into a licence you can't sustain.

02 — Risk appetite

Regulatory weight vs. speed to market

Some founders want the credibility of a heavier regime; others want to be trading in weeks. We map your tolerance for oversight, cost and time against what each regime demands.

03 — Target market

Clients dictate the licence, not the other way round

Where your clients live changes what's permissible, what marketing is compliant, and what banking and liquidity relationships will actually accept your business.

Interactive

Plot your route

Set your budget band, risk appetite and target market — the plotter highlights the jurisdictions our team most often recommends for that combination. This is a starting point for the conversation, not a substitute for advice specific to your business.

Route Plotter

3 inputs → indicative jurisdiction match
Where we set up

Nine jurisdictions. One recommendation.

We work with licensed partners and counsel on the ground in each location. Timeframes and figures below are indicative and confirmed against current regulatory requirements at the start of your engagement.

What we do

Setup is the start, not the deliverable.

Most firms hand you a licence and disappear. We stay for the parts that determine whether the brokerage actually works.

A

Broker formation & licensing

Entity incorporation, licence application, capital structuring and regulator liaison in your chosen jurisdiction, run end to end by partners who work in that regime daily.

Entity setup
Licence application
Regulator liaison
Banking introductions
B

Client onboarding

Our onboarding specialists build and, if you want, operate your KYC/AML intake, so you're acquiring and activating clients correctly from the first sign-up rather than retrofitting it later.

KYC / AML flow
Risk scoring
Platform integration
Ongoing intake support
C

Multi-asset & platform setup

Trading platform selection and configuration, liquidity provider connections, and instrument coverage across FX, CFDs, and adjacent asset classes matched to your target client.

Platform selection
Liquidity connections
Instrument scope
Pricing & spreads setup
D

Ongoing compliance

We look after regulatory reporting, policy maintenance and audit readiness on a continuing basis, so compliance stays a managed function rather than something you rediscover at renewal time.

Regulatory reporting
Policy maintenance
Audit readiness
Renewal management
Engagement

How an engagement runs

Five stages, roughly in this order — though onboarding and compliance groundwork typically start well before your licence is issued, not after.

1

Advisory consultation

We map your budget, risk appetite and target market and come back with a shortlist of two or three viable jurisdictions, not a single default answer.

2

Structure & jurisdiction plan

A written plan covering entity structure, capital requirements, indicative timeline and total cost of ownership for the recommended route.

3

Licensing & incorporation

Our partners handle the filing, regulator correspondence and entity formation, with you looped in at each decision point.

4

Onboarding & platform build

KYC/AML flow, platform and liquidity setup, built in parallel with licensing so you're ready to trade the day approval lands.

5

Go-live & ongoing compliance

We stay on for reporting, renewals and policy upkeep, freeing you to run acquisition, trading and the rest of your core business.

Get in touch

Tell us where you're starting from.

Send us your budget range, rough timeline and target market, and we'll come back with a shortlist of jurisdictions before we ever discuss packages.

Email
support@cfdfxbrokersetup.com
Response time
Within one business day
First step
A no-obligation advisory call to plot your jurisdiction shortlist
CFD FX Broker Setup provides corporate formation, onboarding and compliance advisory services and works with licensed legal and regulatory partners in each jurisdiction listed. We do not provide investment advice. Regulatory requirements, timeframes and costs vary and are confirmed at the start of each engagement. Setting up and operating a licensed brokerage carries regulatory and financial risk and should be assessed with independent legal counsel.