Tag: CRFIN

July 27, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

NAFD accepts XTrade, holds about 70% of Russian forex market

The Board of Directors of the National Association of forex dealers (NAFD, with former name - CRFIN) has decided to accept XTrade LLC, operating under the brand XTrade, in the NAFD, category A. XTrade Group operates in many countries. The company’s future plans include the expansion of their work in Russia and receiving forex dealer…

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July 18, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Russia’s self regulatory association CRFIN rebrands as NAFD

The CRFIN has announced its new association name, the National Association of Forex dealers (NAFD), during the General Meeting of the Association Members held on Friday. The association has also shared that Andrei Yurevich Lisitsyn will be the head of NAFD. The General Meeting of the Association has also decided to form a NAFD Board…

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June 15, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Former Alpari Director of Compliance Andrey Lisitsyn named President of CRFIN

Russia’s Centre for Regulation in OTC Financial Instruments and Technologies (CRFIN), an FX body seeking to obtain official status as a Forex self-regulatory organization in Russia, has named Andrey Lisitsyn (pictured at left) as its new President. Lisitsyn graduated with a PhD in law from Russia's National Research University Higher School of Economics. He has worked for…

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April 25, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Russia's FX body CRFIN adds Tokyo Investment Company to “Black List”

Russia's Centre for Regulation in OTC Financial Instruments and Technologies (CRFIN), an FX body seeking to obtain an official status of a Forex self-regulatory organization, has added one more company to its “Black List”, which features entities having the characteristics of financial pyramids. The latest addition to CRFIN's “Black List” is Tokyo Investment Group, operating…

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March 15, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Bank of Russia reviews internal standards projects of Forex organization CRFIN

Russia's Centre for Regulation in OTC Financial Instruments and Technologies (CRFIN), which is seeking to obtain a status of Forex self-regulatory organization (SRO) from the Bank of Russia, has received feedback from the regulator regarding its internal standards projects. The Bank of Russia has reviewed the proposals and has made clarifications and recommendations regarding these.…

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January 21, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Russia's CRFIN reviews 248 enquiries regarding Forex companies in 2015

Russia's Centre for Regulation of OTC Financial Instruments and Technologies (CRFIN) today published a report regarding the activity of its Disciplinary Commission for 2015. For the entire 2015, the Commission reviewed a total of 248 enquiries regarding Forex companies. Nearly half of these (48%) concerned members of the organization, with 10% of these used by…

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