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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

Only documents for this country/regulator. Account-opening approval remains a separate check.

Client protection

Deriv

Malta · Deriv Investments (Europe) Limited

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

European entity / EEA documents; not applied to BVI or other entities.

Terms for the named entities. Minimum spreads are not total costs or a cheapest-first ranking.

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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

File section · 03

Client protection

Protection is stored by legal entity and jurisdiction, not by brand name. Unknown is not No.

Not in file — No entity-level protection facts are stored yet. Unknown is not No.

Brand-level claims are not shown as entity-level facts. Missing data stays unknown.

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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