The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has announced a Board decision regarding licensed Retail FX and CFDs brokerage group X Global Markets Ltd. X Global operates two main websites, xglobalmarkets.com and xglobalinvest.com.

The Board decision was with regards to Cyprus’ Prevention and Suppression of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Law, and involved a settlement which will see X Global pay €50,000.

CySEC, under article 37(4) of the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission Law of 2009, has the power to reach a settlement for any violation or possible violation, act or omission for which there is reasonable ground to believe that it took place in violation of the provisions of CySEC’s supervised legislation.

As noted above a settlement has been reached with the CIF X Global Markets Ltd for possible violations of the Prevention and Suppression of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Law of 2007, as amended. More specifically, the investigation for which the settlement was reached, covers the period April 2016 to July 2017 and involved assessing the Company’s compliance with article 58(a) of the Law regarding the application of adequate and appropriate procedures in relation to customer identification and customer due diligence.

The settlement reached with the Company, for the possible violations, is for the amount of €50.000. The Company has paid the amount of €50.000. It is noted that all amounts payable from settlement agreements are considered revenue (income) of the Treasury of the Republic and do not constitute income of CySEC.

X Brokers is controlled by Lebanese businessman Samir Dbouk.