Regulation & markets

Whether a broker can be trusted is a question that feeling answers badly, because the signals that stand out most — years in business, awards, user counts, sponsorships — cannot be verified. What can be verified is the licence, the legal entity that signs your contract, and what that contract actually says. This section stays on the verifiable part.

The key idea is the entity. A group may list several licences, but your account belongs to exactly one entity, and only that entity's licence applies to you. A good order: start with the article separating the regulators and what protection each framework carries, then how to look a licence up yourself on the regulator's own register, then the one on offshore entities — what you gain and what you give up.

The rest is the practical work that goes with it: the documents account verification needs, the same-name rule on deposits and withdrawals, tax on income that arises abroad, and the legal position in Vietnam. One piece of advice runs through many of these articles: keep everything with its date — the contract as you downloaded it, screenshots of the register, written correspondence. That record cannot be recreated afterwards, and it is the only thing that carries weight in a dispute.