What is Regulators?

Regulators are the authorities that license a broker and supervise how it behaves. The names on the firm's legal notices tell you which rulebook the account runs under and where a complaint would go, so a long list often means several licences across business lines. For example, 1822direkt is listed with Europäische Zentralbank (ECB), Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (BaFin) and Versicherungsvermittlerregister, Abf Trade Eu with Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) and Acorns Checking with FDIC.