Broker entity check

eToro: which company actually holds your account?

eToro is a brand, not a company. The company you get is chosen by your address. Below: the verdict for all 12 countries in our dataset, the entity behind each, and its regulator — checked on October 22, 2026.

Facts checked on October 22, 2026

The honest summary

eToro is the cleanest 'accepts you?' lesson in the dataset: it does not accept residents of Nigeria, Kenya, the Philippines, Pakistan or India at all — yet affiliate review pages aimed at those countries still run. Indonesia and Brazil, refused in older reviews, are accepted (to the Seychelles entity). Always check acceptance before reviews.

Advertised minimum deposit: $50 — that is the accepted minimum from the platform's own pages. The viable minimum on your rails is on your country's page; the two numbers are rarely the same story.

Its entities

The verdict in all 12 countries

Your countryVerdictThe entity that would hold your accountIts regulatorHome-regulator status
NigeriaNot accepted — don't try workaroundsDoes not accept residents—
IndiaNot accepted — don't try workaroundsDoes not accept residents—
PhilippinesNot accepted — don't try workaroundsDoes not accept residents—
BrazilDeposit with eyes open — offshore entityeToro (Seychelles) LimitedFSA Seychelles
South AfricaDeposit with eyes open — offshore entityeToro (Seychelles) LimitedFSA Seychelles
PakistanNot accepted — don't try workaroundsDoes not accept residents—
KenyaNot accepted — don't try workaroundsDoes not accept residents—
IndonesiaYour regulator warns against this routeeToro (Seychelles) LimitedFSA SeychellesHome-regulator position bars or warns against this route
United StatesDeposit has real protectioneToro USA Securities Inc.SEC / FINRA (US, securities)
United KingdomDeposit has real protectioneToro (UK) LtdFCA (UK)
European Union (EEA)Deposit has real protectioneToro (Europe) LtdCySEC (Cyprus)
AustraliaDeposit has real protectioneToro AUS Capital LimitedASIC (Australia)

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Sources: the brokers' own legal and entity pages as published on the check date; the Reserve Bank of India Alert List; the UK Financial Conduct Authority Register and Warning List; the Australian Securities and Investments Commission registers; Bappebti (Indonesia) licensed and blocked lists; CVM (Brazil) declaratory acts; the FSCA (South Africa) FSP register; the Capital Markets Authority (Kenya) licensee list; the Securities and Exchange Commission (Philippines) advisory list; SECP/PMEX (Pakistan) membership; SEC Nigeria and Central Bank of Nigeria publications. Affiliate bounty figures from the programs' own published terms (Exness, XM, Plus500, eToro affiliate pages). If a fact has moved since our check date, the regulator's or broker's own publication wins — and write to help@doogex.com so we can correct ours.