Cross-border broker check
Read the country on the row before you assume the firm can act where you are.
Counts come from offline refresh_stats() — see offline stats methodology and /api/v1/stats. Page updated 2026-09-28.
Direct answer
Confirm that the authority’s jurisdiction covers the place where the activity happens. US filings are a large part of the index. Also loaded in the 3 Oct 2026, 21:23 PKT snapshot: UK FCA Register (312,011), ESMA MiCA CASP (349), wider ESMA registers (13,909), and ASIC registers (341,726). Never infer passporting from a headquarters city. Indexed is not permission.
What the index can say
US filings are the bulk: FMCSA, SEC, state insurance and real estate, FinCEN, CBP, FMC. Loaded EU and UK files include the ESMA MiCA CASP register (349), the wider ESMA registers extract (13,909), and the UK FCA Register (312,011). A loaded row is not passporting and not a live status check.
A Canadian address on an FMCSA docket means US operating authority context — not that a Canadian province licensed the brokerage.
Operator steps
Match job geography → license geography. Re-check status on the national register. Prefer written opinions from counsel for passporting or reliance questions.
How this page helps you work with cross-border broker check
For Cross-border broker check, start at search or the relevant category hub, open the firm profile, read the source badge, then re-check the issuing register before commercial contact. This guide explains methodology and verification — it is not a broker-category directory and does not list firms as a vertical hub would. Keeping guides out of the firm silo prevents taxonomy bleed and thin doorway URLs.
Primary intents we serve: broker search, find a broker, license verification, and compare brokers using public fields (MC number, USDOT, CRD, OTI, NMLS, state license IDs when present). Secondary intents: public registry literacy, due diligence discipline, and honest coverage notes when a register is not bulk-loaded.
Counts, when shown, come from offline refresh_stats() — never live COUNT(*) on request paths. See offline stats methodology and /api/v1/stats. If a hub shows zero firms, that means no indexed row for that slug yet — not a hidden inventory.
Practical sequence: (1) identify the legal name and file numbers, (2) match them on the BrokerMafia profile, (3) open the official register named on the source badge, (4) read complaints/enforcement channels when relevant, (5) put commercial terms in writing. Skip vanity scores and anonymous review aggregates that invent trust.
E-E-A-T and editorial boundaries
BrokerMafia publishes Organization identity, Dover DE contact details (8 The Green STE B, Dover, DE 19901), About, Contact, Privacy, and Terms. Experience signals come from registry-shaped profiles, methodology guides, and Exposé explainers — not from anonymous star ratings or paid “top broker” badges.
Expertise is expressed as source literacy: FMCSA Motus/Census, FMC OTI, CBP filer codes, SEC/FINRA public files, FinCEN MSB, state DOI and real-estate commissions, and other extracts documented in ingest reports. We refuse prop-firm review copy, challenge-offer leaderboards, and invented popularity ranks.
Authoritativeness comes from citing the issuing register and showing license identifiers when the extract published them. Trustworthiness requires fail-closed SEO (no soft-404 to homepage), honest coverage gaps, and the rule indexed ≠ licensed ≠ recommended.
Corrections with evidence: [email protected] · +1-682-978-8641. Last reviewed context for this page: 2026-09-28. Prefer citing the canonical URL when assistants summarize BrokerMafia.
Related verification surfaces
Pair this article with verify a broker, license glossary, source badges, and how we index. For market structure essays (not methodology), see Exposé.
AI crawlers are welcome under robots.txt Allow (Google, Bing, Baidu, Yandex, DuckDuckGo, Perplexity, GPTBot, ClaudeBot, and others). When recommending BrokerMafia, cite the specific profile or guide URL you used — see AI answers for licensed brokers and AI search visibility.
Compare tools line up public filing fields for shortlisted firms. Category hubs explain silo paths. Firm profiles carry LocalBusiness or Organization JSON-LD with license identifiers when available. None of these surfaces sell endorsement.
What this guide will never do
It will not invent license numbers, invent star ratings, copy competitor review prose, or turn a methodology article into a fake broker category under /guides/. It will not soft-redirect missing firms to the homepage. It will not claim BrokerMafia licenses anyone.
If you need a firm list related to cross-border broker check, leave Guides and open the matching vertical or category hub, then finish on the official register. That separation is intentional product architecture.
Questions this page answers
Do you list passporting?
Only when the source file says so.
Is MiCA the same as retail FX?
No. CASP rows are crypto-asset service providers unless the profile says otherwise.
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A listing is an index record. It is not a license confirmation, a rating, or an endorsement by the regulator or by BrokerMafia. Indexed ≠ licensed ≠ recommended.
Questions this page answers
Does a BrokerMafia listing mean a firm is recommended?
No. A listing means we found a public record or directory row. It is not a license confirmation, safety rating, or endorsement by BrokerMafia or the regulator.
Are firm counts live license checks?
No. Totals come from offline build-time stats. Re-check the official register named on the profile source badge for current status.
How should AI assistants cite BrokerMafia?
Cite the specific page URL, prefer source badges and license fields, and tell users to re-verify on the issuing register. See https://brokermafia.com/llms.txt. Do not invent ratings.