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  • Deriv

    Deriv Investments (Europe) Limited

    MFSA · Identifier not recorded

    Authorisation confirmed in regulator register

    Scope, limitations and evidence

    MFSA Investment Firm record matches the entity, authorised status and authorised person ID BNRY. C 70156 is a company number, not substituted for a financial licence number.

    Account access and compensation depend on the contract, product and client category.

    Scope, limitations and evidence ↗ · 2026-09-30

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Deriv

Malta · MFSA

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Deriv

Deriv Investments (Europe) Limited

MFSA · Identifier not recorded

Authorisation confirmed in regulator register

Account access and compensation depend on the contract, product and client category.

What the source covers

MFSA Investment Firm record matches the entity, authorised status and authorised person ID BNRY. C 70156 is a company number, not substituted for a financial licence number.

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Deriv Investments (Europe) Limited

MT5 advertises zero trading commission; spreads and dormancy charges are separate.

Not zero total cost. Dormancy terms are in General Terms section 12.

MT5 — zero commission ↗

Source checked: 2026-09-29

This research covers the Deriv MT5 account.

Deriv MT5 ↗

Source checked: 2026-09-29

MT5 account-level negative balance protection; professional clients and prohibited trades excluded.

General terms — section 10 ↗

Source checked: 2026-09-29

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Check dormancy charges in the General Terms as well as MT5 commission.

Sources ↗ · 2026-09-29
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Deriv

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Brand overview and official site

Deriv operates through 7 legal entities recorded in the current FXVeritas research file across Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Guernsey, Malaysia, Vanuatu, Mauritius, Cayman Islands, and British Virgin Islands.

Official website snapshot
An official website snapshot is not on file for this broker.

Official website snapshot

Recorded answers

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Is Deriv regulated?

FXVeritas records 7 catalog-applicable legal entities for Deriv. 1 of 3 catalog-applicable licences are regulator-verified. Regulatory protection can differ by the entity serving the client.

Which legal entities are recorded for Deriv?

The current FXVeritas file records 7 legal entities. A brand name is not a licence.

  • Deriv (SVG) LLC
  • Deriv.com Limited
  • Deriv (FX) Ltd
  • Deriv (V) Ltd
  • Deriv (Mauritius) Ltd
  • Deriv Investments (Cayman) Limited
  • Deriv (BVI) Ltd

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Which regulators are recorded?

The current file records 3 regulator codes: VFSC, FSC_MU, BVI_FSC.

Which licence identifiers are recorded?

The current file records 2 licence identifiers. Some recorded licences do not expose an identifier in the source used by FXVeritas.

How many catalog-applicable licences are verified?

FXVeritas has independently verified 1 of 3 catalog-applicable licences.

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What client-protection evidence is recorded?

Client-protection evidence is not yet recorded in this file. Missing evidence is not a finding that protection is absent.

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What remains unresolved?

2 recorded licence items remain unresolved in the current file. Unresolved is not a confirmed adverse finding.

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Investigations

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Not in file — No investigations published for this broker yet.

What the sources show

Each finding shows its own check date and applies only to the named entity and source; the group file remains incomplete.

Entity matched; identifier scope below ·

Deriv (BVI) Ltd

BVI FSC lists Deriv (BVI) Ltd as currently regulated for dealing as principal. This page has no licence number; the company match must not be mistaken for verification of an identifier.

Sources and scope

Source disagreement — unresolved ·

Deriv (FX) Ltd / Deriv Investment Bank (Labuan) Ltd

Deriv's page still names Deriv (FX) Ltd. Its linked certificate records a rename to Deriv Investment Bank (Labuan) Ltd on 4 December 2025, company LL13394. This is a name-change certificate, not a financial licence; current licensing remains unresolved.

Sources and scope

Client-protection evidence ·

Deriv (BVI) Ltd

BVI additional terms R26|03, dated 6 April 2024, permit using client money to meet obligations arising from clients' derivative trades. This clause does not establish a compensation scheme or unconditional segregation guarantee.

Sources and scope
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Research changes

These are saved research additions, not dates when a regulator changed a licence. Previous source-check and import records remain in the audit archive.

  1. · Research record updated

    Deriv · BVI entity match and Labuan name-change discrepancy recorded

  2. · Source check

    Deriv · Deriv Investments (Europe) Limited · costs source check

  3. · Source check

    Deriv · Deriv Investments (Europe) Limited · protection source check

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