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TOP Financial Group Ltd is an online brokerage firm in Hong Kong specializing in trading local and overseas equities, futures, and options products. The Company generates brokerage commission income by enabling its customers to trade on multiple exchanges present globally. The company operates in only one segment which is the futures brokerage service.

CoinList is a San Francisco-headquartered platform facilitating token launches for projects like Filecoin, Solana, Near, and Algorand. It supports trading, lending, staking of Bitcoin, Ether, and new assets for validators, miners, and retail users.

Matsui Securities Co Ltd is a Japanese online securities broker that provides services and a trading platform for retail investors. The company's main business is stock brokerage targeting individual investors, and provide online securities trading services. Specifically, it provides services such as commissioned trading of stocks and futures/options, underwriting, offering and selling, sales of investment trusts, and FX (foreign exchange margin trading). Since it has a single segment of online securities trading services, and have omitted the description of each segment. In addition, it has omitted the description of affiliated companies as those are of little importance.

Lunar is a Copenhagen-headquartered digital bank founded in 2015 holding a full banking license. The mobile app delivers personal finance tools such as free accounts, payments, savings, loans, investments, and insurance to customers in Denmark, Sweden, and Norway. Operations extend from offices in Aarhus, Copenhagen, Stockholm, and Oslo.

Flow Traders Ltd is a financial technology company operating in the financial markets, using its proprietary technology platform to provide liquidity by quoting bid and ask prices in financial products. It ensures the provision of liquidity to support the uninterrupted functioning of financial markets. The company's core trading focus is on exchange-traded products (ETPs), enabling investors to buy and sell ETPs by quoting bid and ask prices under virtually all market circumstances and also has expanded into fixed income, commodities, digital assets, and foreign exchange. The company's reportable segments are; Europe which generates key revenue, the Americas, and Asia.

Mercado Bitcoin is Latin America's largest bitcoin exchange and Brazil's biggest crypto exchange by market valuation. Founded in 2013, it is part of the 2TM holding company, which also provides digital asset custody through Bitrust and multi-asset wallets through Meubank. The exchange had grown to more than 3 million clients by late 2021.

Etoro Group Ltd is a multi-asset platform supporting trading and investing in equities, cryptoassets, commodities, currencies, and options traded either as an asset or as a derivative related to different underlying asset types. The Group is engaged in one operating segment of trading activity.

Public is a New York-headquartered investing app enabling commission-free trades in stocks, ETFs, options, bonds, and cryptocurrencies for United States retail investors. It incorporates social feeds for stock discussions and Alpha AI for earnings analysis from SEC filings. Public supports Roth IRAs and automated recurring investments linked to Acorns-style roundups.

CMC Markets PLC is a United Kingdom-based company that provides an online platform for trading and investing, with a comprehensive retail, professional, and institutional offering. The Group’s business consists of two segments, Trading and Investing. The majority of its revenue is generated from the Trading segment, whose core business involves online trading, enabling clients to trade a broad array of financial instruments for short-term investment and hedging purposes. Additionally, the trading segment includes the Treasury Management and Capital Markets Division that invests surplus liquidity to enhance yield. The Investing segment supports clients’ longer-term investment goals. The group offers online stockbroking services in Australia, the UK, the USA, and Singapore.

Monex Group Inc is functional in the financial services domain of Japan. Its core business is that of securities trading. Operating in the capital markets industry, the company renders such services as online securities business, the foreign exchange (FX) trading business, as well as the provision of merger and acquisition (M&A) advisory services. Most of its revenue is in the form of brokerage derived from its capital market activities majorly in Japan and on a minor scale in the United States and China.

Ajaib is a Jakarta-headquartered financial super app launched in 2019 that enables retail investors in Indonesia to trade stocks, ETFs, and mutual funds via mobile. The platform offers commission-free trading, robo-advisory tools, and educational resources to democratize access for over 3 million users. Ajaib holds licenses from OJK, Indonesia's financial authority, and processes daily transactions exceeding IDR 100 billion.

Midas is a Mumbai-headquartered digital brokerage platform offering commission-free trading in U.S. equities, Indian stocks, mutual funds, and cryptocurrencies. Regulated by SEBI, the app provides access to NYSE, NASDAQ, and NSE exchanges with real-time quotes, zero custody fees, and margin trading facilities. Founded in 2021, it serves Indian investors through a mobile-first interface supporting U.S. options and IPO access alongside demat accounts for domestic markets.

AJ Bell PLC is an investment platform in the United Kingdom. The Group has a single operating segment, being investment services in the advised and D2C space, administering investments in SIPPs, ISAs, and General Investment / Dealing Accounts. SIPPs and ISAs, Lifetime ISA, and junior products. The company generates revenue from recurring ad valorem, which includes custody fees, interest income, and investment management fees, and transactional. The company earns its revenue from its domicile country United Kingdom.

Plus500 Ltd is an online provider of Contracts for Difference (CFDs). The company has developed and operates an online trading platform for retail customers to trade CFDs internationally, financial instruments comprising equities, indices, commodities, options, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and foreign exchange. The trading platform is accessible from multiple operating systems including Windows, smartphones: iOS, Android, and Windows Phone, tablets: iOS, Android, and Surface, and web browsers. The group is engaged in three operating sectors: CFD trading; share dealing; and futures and options on futures. Geographically, European Economic Area, United Kingdom, Australia, and Rest of the World, of which it derives maximum revenue from European Economic Area.

UP Fintech Holding Ltd is an online brokerage firm focusing on Chinese investors. Its trading platform enables investors to trade in equities and other financial instruments on multiple exchanges of stocks and other derivatives. The company offers its customers brokerage and value-added services, including trade order placement and execution, margin financing, account management, investor education, community discussion, and customer support.

Upstox is a Mumbai-based online brokerage platform offering commission-free trading in equities, derivatives, commodities, and currencies on the NSE and BSE exchanges. Launched in 2012, it provides mobile and web apps with advanced charting tools, algo trading capabilities, and margin funding up to 5x leverage. The discount broker serves over 10 million retail investors in India with API access for quantitative strategies.

Flatexdegiro SE is an independent online broker. The firm operates a proprietary securities trading platform under the brands flatex and DEGIRO and services more than 1 million European retail customers in European countries. The company also offers brokerage services and administration to corporate and institutional clients. The segments of the company are Financial Services and Technologies.

Techcom Securities JSC is a securities firm known for its startup culture and WealthTech innovations. The company is focusing on investment and asset management products for middle-class clients, leveraging Techcombank's branch network and building online distribution channel. The company provides provide diverse investment support products and services such as stocks, derivatives, warrants, and managing open-end funds and real estate funds.