Founded in 1999, FXCM was an early pioneer of online trading. The brokerage firm first began its operation in the USA and later expanded to major cities around the world and was listed on the New York Stock Exchange. However due to the losses suffered by FXCM as a result of the Swiss National Bank (SNB) unpegging the Swiss Franc from the Euro in 2015, FXCM was forced to restructure and shift its operations to the UK. Today, FXCM is based in the UK. Its head office is located at 20 Gresham Street, 4th Floor, London EC2V 7JE, United Kingdom.
In addition to its UK office, FXCM also maintains offices in Canada, South Africa, Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Greece, Israel and Hong Kong. As the FXCM brand is managed by different subsidiaries in the FXCM group, the platform comes under the oversight of different regulatory agencies in different jurisdictions with the notable ones being the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority, and the Australian Securities Exchange Commission