Exness: Availability in Australia and Profile

Exness holds no Australian financial services licence: ASIC's licensee register (extract as at 8 October 2026) lists no Exness entity. Its website (checked 9 October 2026) names five entities licensed in Seychelles, Curaçao, the British Virgin Islands, Belize and Mauritius, and says they do not serve residents of the USA, Canada, Europe, the United Kingdom "and others", without naming Australia. Exness's country-restrictions help article requires a sign-in, so whether it accepts Australian residents could not be confirmed on 9 October 2026.

Exness · CFD Broker · Est. 2008 · Based in Cyprus
Editorial coverage:
Selected source review
Review record dated:
31 March 2026
Selected editorial sections updated:
9 October 2026

Regulatory record

Exness: items with a primary source
DateAuthorityRecordAmountStatusPrimary source
RBIthe Reserve Bank of India; India Regulator warning or alert list None Current "Alert List (Updated as on November 19, 2025)"Reserve Bank of India, fetched 9 October 2026

Our verdict on Exness

Best for: Readers researching Exness group entity structure who will verify their own regional eligibility.

Not ideal for: Australian traders who want an issuer licensed in Australia.

What we checked

  • Register lookup: ASIC Australian Financial Services Licensee Register (ASIC dataset on data.gov.au), 9 October 2026: not found. Entity: Exness. Register
  • Regulatory and reputation screen: 9 October 2026. Methodology
  • Third-party ratings captured: 2 October 2026. Ratings

Not checked: opening an account, deposits, withdrawals, live orders and customer support.

Who checked this page: our research process, in which an AI language model works from the sources listed and automated checks compare figures with those sources. No named person has reviewed this page.

CFDs are leveraged products and most retail clients lose money. ASIC reported that 68% of retail CFD investors lost money in the 2024 financial year. ASIC media release 26-004MR

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Pros

  • Global regulation page clearly names separate group entities
  • Page states plainly which entities do not serve retail clients
  • Entity structure is documented on an official provider page

Cons

  • No Exness entity holds an Australian financial services licence (ASIC register extract, 8 October 2026)
  • Exness's country-restrictions help article requires a sign-in
  • Group FCA and CySEC labels must not be assumed to imply retail account protection or Australian access

What the Exness global entity disclosures tell us

Exness operates through separately named entities, and its official global regulation page documents this structure. The page states that Exness (Cy) Ltd and Exness (UK) Ltd do not offer services to retail clients, and it lists Exness (SC) Ltd with a Seychelles licence alongside other entities. This matters practically: a group-level label such as FCA or CySEC affiliation does not, by itself, tell you which entity would serve your account, what protections apply to it, or whether you can apply from Australia at all. Entity structure is not the same thing as account protection, and the two should not be conflated.

Exness and Australian residents

An Exness account would not be with an issuer licensed in Australia, because ASIC's licensee register extract of 8 October 2026 lists no Exness entity. Exness's country restriction article requires a sign-in, so this page does not state whether Exness accepts Australian residents. Australian readers who want an issuer licensed in Australia can compare providers with dated Australian retail documents on our crypto CFD hub, and the methodology page explains how unconfirmed records are handled.

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What traders say about Exness

Trustpilot and app-store ratings are third-party snapshots captured on the date shown. They are not our assessment.

SiteProfileRatingCountCaptured
Trustpilot trustpilot.com/review/exness.comPaid plan badge 4.7 of 5 32,843 reviews October 2026
Exness's Trustpilot profile in October 2026, showing 4.7 out of 5 from 32,843 reviews

Exness app

Exness Trade is not listed on the Australian App Store.

Google Play listing for the Exness app, 4.6 out of 5 from 245,853 ratings
Google Play Exness Trade: Online Trading: 4.6 of 5 from 245,853 ratings, 10M+ downloads, captured October 2026. Opened from Australia, the listing shows no Install button.

CFDs are leveraged products and most retail clients lose money. ASIC reported that 68% of retail CFD investors lost money in the 2024 financial year. ASIC media release 26-004MR

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