squaredfinancial Review: Regulation, Licences & Platforms

SquaredFinancial is a forex and CFD broker whose group includes the Seychelles-based legal entity SQ Sey Ltd. The broker operates its services online through the website sqfin.com and provides access to trading across multiple regulated entities in different jurisdictions.

Regulation & licensing

SquaredFinancial operates via several separately regulated legal entities:

• ASIC (Australia Securities & Investment Commission), Australia — licence number 473495, held by SQ AUS PTY LIMITED.
• CySEC (Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission), Cyprus — licence number 329/17, held by Squared Financial (CY) Ltd.
• FSA (The Seychelles Financial Services Authority), Seychelles — licence number SD024, held by SQ Sey Ltd.

This multi-entity structure means the regulator and legal entity responsible for a client’s account depend on the jurisdiction under which the account is opened.

Trading platforms

The broker provides the MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5 platforms, both widely used third-party trading applications for forex and CFD instruments.

Account types

SquaredFinancial offers the following account types:

• SquaredPro
• SquaredElite
• Islamic (swap-free) account

Readers are encouraged to verify SquaredFinancial’s licence details directly with the relevant regulator — ASIC, CySEC or the Seychelles FSA — before opening an account.