How to read DEX Registry research
Use a guide to connect a platform name with the website, documents and company behind an offer. Start with the exact spelling, follow the available sources and use the open questions to decide what to ask next.
Each entry covers one exact name. Similar words, a changed word order or an added plus sign do not establish an alias. We keep separate records unless evidence connects the names.
Three kinds of information
Published claims
What a specific website or document says. For example, a website may describe who holds client funds. The claim still needs support from the relevant agreement.
Primary sources
Guidance from regulators and other responsible bodies helps explain what to check. General custody guidance alone cannot establish who holds a particular customer's money.
Open questions
The details still needed for a conclusion. For example, a missing legal company name gives you a specific document or answer to request before proceeding.
Recommendations to request a document are editorial suggestions. They do not mean that the document exists or that we have already examined it.
Put a guide to work
- Save the exact website address and the platform name you encountered.
- Find the legal company and service described in its terms or customer agreement.
- Compare those details with the sources and questions in the relevant guide.
- Ask the provider to explain any gap or mismatch in writing before sharing further information or making a payment.
What research was performed
The September 2026 content revision uses exact-name web searches and the sources linked in each entry. Where access failed or only a search-index excerpt was available, the entry limits its claims accordingly. Our own previous articles and related editorial websites are not independent verification of a business.
We did not open customer accounts, submit registrations, deposit funds or test withdrawals for these entries. No entity-specific financial-register search is claimed unless an entry supplies the actual entity, register, scope and result. A link to a regulator's guidance is not a completed register check.
The FCA's guidance on checking firms illustrates why permissions and contact details matter in a UK assessment. Its rules and records must not be treated as universal coverage of every jurisdiction or activity.
Status and dates
Unverified or unknown means the evidence does not support a conclusive assessment. It means neither safe nor fraudulent. We publish no numerical product rating where we have not measured a defensible basis for one.
The updated date marks a substantive content change. A source-review date identifies when the stated research was performed, not a guarantee that the information remains current. The scope statement is part of that date: a web search is not a product test or an authorisation check.
Images and corrections
Illustrative photographs within platform guides are not product screenshots or evidence of performance. A descriptive caption explains their connection to the article. Team and profile portraits identify the named contributors; their sources are recorded separately from article illustrations.
Send corrections to [email protected], including the entry URL, the disputed statement and an original source. New documentation may support an update; its submission alone does not validate a claim. There is no automatic schedule or promised response time.