CFI Financial at a glance
CFI Financial is a multi-asset online trading group offering forex and contracts for difference, together with other investment products depending on the client’s location and contracting entity. Its official website advertises access to more than 15,000 instruments, including forex, shares, indices, commodities, metals, exchange-traded funds and cryptocurrencies. [Source: https://cfifinancial.com/] [Source: https://cfifinancial.com/en/accounts]
CFI Financial reports a founding year of 1998 and a head office in NOT VERIFIED — no single current group headquarters established. It lists 17 regulators and 6 trading platforms.
BrokerBazaar verdict
CFI Financial is a long-established, extensively regulated financial group with regulated entities across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America. Its principal strength is the breadth of its regulatory footprint, although the actual protection available to a client depends on the specific CFI legal entity under which the account is opened.
Legal entities, regulation and licences
CFI Financial operates through 8 legal entities, each supervised separately. Your account is with one specific entity, so the protections you receive depend on which one onboards you, not on the group's strongest licence. Overall, the group is supervised by moderate-tier regulators only.
Licence check: Not independently checked. This broker has submitted its details. BrokerBazaar has not yet independently checked them. A company registration or general business licence is not permission to offer regulated brokerage services; only the register entries linked in the table count.
Countries accepted and restricted
CFI Financial states that it accepts clients from United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Other GCC countries, Selected international jurisdictions. Availability is decided per entity and can change without notice; residents of jurisdictions such as the USA, and often the EU and UK, are frequently excluded from offshore entities.
Trading products, platforms and account types
Instruments: Forex, Stock CFDs, Indices, Commodities, Energies, Metals, ETFs, Crypto CFDs, Bonds, Stocks, Options. Platforms: MetaTrader 4 (MT4), MetaTrader 5 (MT5), cTrader, TradingView, CFI Trading App, CFI Multi-Asset (Trader Evolution).. Account types: Standard, Raw, Islamic.
Best-for tags assigned by our team: MENA Region, Zero Commission, MetaTrader.
Minimum deposit, spreads, commissions and other charges
The minimum deposit is $0. Spreads start from 0.0 pips and commission is None on standard · applies on raw. Maximum leverage is Up to 1:500 (dynamic), subject to the cap of the entity that holds your account.
Swap-free / Islamic account: available (conditional). Swap type: variable. Headline spreads are usually quoted for the most expensive account tier's cheapest instrument; compare total cost for your typical trade.
Deposits and withdrawals
Deposit methods: Bank Transfer, Credit Card, e-Wallets. Withdrawal methods: Bank Transfer, Credit Card, e-Wallets.
Withdrawal speed and fees are set by the entity and payment provider. Withdrawal delays are the most common complaint category on BrokerBazaar across all brokers; keep identity documents current and withdraw to the same method you deposited with where required by anti-money-laundering rules.
Execution model, negative balance protection and client money
Negative balance protection: Yes. Scalping allowed: Yes. Algorithmic trading allowed: Yes. News trading allowed: Not specified. Hedging: not specified. These conditions were compiled from public information and have not yet been confirmed by the broker.
Client-money rules follow the regulator of the entity that holds your account: CMA: Segregation of client funds required. Compensation: No central compensation scheme.
Complaints and dispute process
Formal complaints: global@cfi.trade. Phone: +230 460 8266. Entity-specific. Clients should submit complaints to the CFI entity with which they hold their account, using that entity's designated complaints/compliance channel and the applicable regulatory complaints procedure.
If the broker does not resolve a complaint, escalate to the ombudsman or regulator of the entity that holds your account. BrokerBazaar's Dispute Support Desk can help you document and escalate a case.
Strengths and limitations
- Strength: Established financial group dating to 1998
- Strength: Extensive multi-jurisdictional regulatory structure
- Strength: FCA-regulated UK entity
- Strength: CySEC-regulated Cyprus entity
- Strength: DFSA-regulated DIFC entity
- Strength: UAE SCA-regulated entity
- Strength: CBB-regulated Bahrain entity
- Strength: JSC-regulated Jordan entity
- Strength: FSCA-regulated South African entity
- Strength: MT4 and MT5
- Strength: TradingView
- Strength: CFI proprietary app
- Strength: 15,000+ instruments advertised
- Strength: Zero Commission account
- Strength: Dynamic Trader account
- Strength: No minimum deposit stated on current global account pages
- Strength: Formal complaints procedures
- Strength: Multiple local offices and support teams
- Limitation: Regulatory protection varies materially by legal entity
- Limitation: The CFI brand operates through a large number of separate companies
- Limitation: UK retail leverage is limited to 1:30, while other jurisdictions may permit up to 1:500
- Limitation: Some current regulatory pages disclose licences without publishing complete licence categories
- Limitation: Third-party rating sources contain materially different scores
- Limitation: Trustpilot's current numerical rating is unavailable because of a guideline breach
- Limitation: Trustpilot states that fake reviews were removed and that the profile was merged with other CFI profiles
- Limitation: A number of recent one-star customer reviews allege execution, withdrawal and service problems; these are customer allegations and not established regulatory findings
Who this broker suits, and who it does not
CFI Financial is most relevant to traders looking for: MENA Region, Zero Commission, MetaTrader.
It is less suitable for anyone who needs a strict-tier regulator in their own country of residence, for residents of restricted jurisdictions, and for beginners who have not yet understood leverage and margin. Nothing on this page is personal financial advice.
CFI Financial change history
Every published fact change, with the previous value and the date it took effect. Each entry says whether the broker made the change itself or our editors checked it against an official source. Regulation and licence claims are always checked by an editor.
No fact changes recorded for CFI Financial yet. Changes appear here as soon as the broker updates its profile or our editors confirm a change.
Frequently asked questions about CFI Financial
Data sources. Broker submission, the regulator registers linked above, web-archive and domain records, and third-party traffic data. No independent licence check date is recorded yet. External ratings: Trustpilot N/A/5; WikiFX 7.15/10; Forex Peace Army N/A/5; Google Play Store 3.8/5; Apple App Store 4.7/5.
Commercial disclosure. BrokerBazaar is independent and not owned by any broker. We have no commercial relationship with CFI Financial. How we make money. Trading leveraged products carries a high risk of loss.