Parkway-Market is a trading platform operated by PARKWAY GLOBAL CAPITAL LIMITED, primarily offering various financial trading products including forex, commodities, cryptocurrencies, and stocks. The platform's website domain is parkway-market.com, and its domain registration date is January 26, 2024.
Company Entity and Registration Information
Parkway Global Capital Limited has registrations in multiple regions, with the following specific details:
Saint Lucia Registration Details
- Company Entity: Parkway Global Capital Limited
- Registration Date: August 7, 2023
- Registered Address: Ground Floor, The Sotheby Building, Rodney Village, Rodney Bay, Gros-Islet, Saint Lucia
- Company Registration Number: 2023-00370
- Verification Result: The above information can be verified via the Saint Lucia International Business Companies & International Trust Registry (IFC).
Regulatory Details
The company claims to hold a forex operating license in Saint Lucia, but the actual situation is as follows:
- No registration records were found on the website of the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of Saint Lucia.
- FSRA, as a regulatory body under the International Financial Centre (IFC) of Saint Lucia, mainly regulates offshore financial services such as company registration, trusts, insurance, and offshore banking. FSRA does not issue licenses for retail trading (such as forex, stocks, precious metals, and financial derivatives).
United Kingdom Registration Details
- Company Entity: PARKWAY GLOBAL CAPITAL LIMITED
- Registration Date: February 11, 2025
- Registered Address: Po4385, 16245038 Blackett Street, Manchester, England, M12 6AE
- Company Registration Number: 16245038
- Verification Result: This registration information can be found via the Companies House in the UK.
Regulatory Details
No regulatory authorization records were found on the website of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in the UK, indicating that it is not regulated by the FCA.
United States Registration Details
- Company Entity: PARKWAY GLOBAL CAPITAL LIMITED
- Registration Date: January 8, 2024
- Registered Address: ONE OLD COUNTRY ROAD SUITE 320, CARLE PLACE, NEW YORK, 11514
- Company Registration Number: 7223522
- Verification Result: Relevant registration information can be found on the New York State government website.
Regulatory Details
The company website claims to be regulated by the following U.S. institutions:
- National Futures Association (NFA): Claims to use NFA ID: 0557347, but no related company records were found on the NFA website.
- Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC): Company CRD number is 329902, SEC number is 802-129524. According to the SEC website information:
- Registration Status: Not Currently Registered
- Filing Status: Not filed with the SEC or any state
- ERA Status: The company was once filed as an Exempt Reporting Adviser, but this status was withdrawn on December 2, 2024, and it is currently not filed in the SEC system.
- Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN): The company is indeed registered in the MSB system under identifier 31000247808047. However, FinCEN's role is supervising anti-money laundering and financial compliance matters and does not issue or regulate trading licenses for financial derivatives.
Canada Registration Details
- Company Entity: Parkway Global Markets Limited
- Registration Date: January 15, 2024
- Registered Address: 1176 Bridge Rd, Oakville ON L6L 2C1, Canada
- Company Registration Number: 1568701-2
- Verification Result: Relevant registration details can be found on the Canadian government website.
Regulatory Details
The company is registered with the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) with MSB number C100000346. While FINTRAC is Canada's anti-money laundering regulatory authority, it does not regulate financial derivative trading activities and does not issue trading licenses. Additionally, no regulatory authorization records were found on the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) website.
Trading Software and Account Types
Trading Software
The website indicates the platform uses the cTrader platform, supporting web, desktop, and mobile (Android and iOS). However, actual tests revealed:
- The Google Play store download link redirects to a notice stating "This item has been removed";
- The App Store page shows the software name as "Parkway-Market cTrader".
Account Types
The parkway-market.com offers four types of accounts (Mini, Standard, Pro, and Max), with common features such as:
- All accounts support the cTrader trading platform, including web, desktop, and mobile (Android and iOS).
- Unlimited maximum position size, allow micro-lot trades, and provide negative balance protection.
- In addition, all accounts support scalping trading and offer Islamic account options.
Distinct features for each account type are as follows:
Mini Account
- Minimum Deposit: $100
- Commission: None
- Average Spread: 0.8
- Leverage: Up to 2000:1
- Trading Instruments: Forex, Commodities, Cryptocurrencies, Stocks
Standard Account
- Minimum Deposit: $5000
- Commission: $10 per million
- Average Spread: 0.4
- Leverage: Up to 2000:1
- Trading Instruments: Forex, Commodities, Cryptocurrencies, Stocks
Pro Account
- Minimum Deposit: $10000
- Commission: $15 per million
- Average Spread: 0.2
- Leverage: Up to 2000:1
- Trading Instruments: Forex, Commodities, Cryptocurrencies, Stocks
Max Account
- Minimum Deposit: $50000
- Commission: $20 per million
- Average Spread: Raw Spreads
- Leverage: Up to 2000:1
- Trading Instruments: Forex, Commodities, Cryptocurrencies, Stocks
Deposit and Withdrawal Methods
The website indicates the platform supports various payment methods: VISA, Mastercard, Google Pay (G Pay), Apple Pay, NETELLER, Binance.
The platform promotes "fast deposit and withdrawal services", but details and restrictions on deposits and withdrawals require contacting customer service for further clarification, as they are not publicly displayed on the website.
Company Address and Contact Information
Currently, the website does not disclose the company's specific office address. Although it displays names and emails of some company members, it does not provide any photos of staff, and no related real name information can be found online.
The provided email contacts are as follows:
- Financial Director: Bryan ([email protected])
- Marketing Director: Hood ([email protected])
- Technical Director: Bach ([email protected])
- Customer Service: Vivien ([email protected])
Website Traffic and Brand Exposure
According to third-party traffic analysis platform Semrush data, the monthly average traffic of parkway-market.com is less than 100, indicating a site with extremely low traffic.
Furthermore, no user reviews or discussion threads regarding this platform are available online. The platform is rated as a low-scoring, high-risk platform by WikiFX. Apart from this record, there have been no related reports or exposures in news media or other authoritative platforms.
Social Media Activity
No official accounts of the platform were found on mainstream social platforms such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or YouTube.
Risk Report
Based on all the above information, parkway-market.com presents the following risks:
- Lack of Effective Regulatory Authorization: The platform claims to be regulated by institutions in several countries, but investigations reveal it does not have authorization from any authoritative agencies like the UK's FCA, the US's NFA, SEC, Canada's CSA, and is only registered with FinCEN and FINTRAC, which do not directly regulate retail trading activities.
- Lack of Transparency in Information Disclosure: The website does not provide an actual office address, company employee information is difficult to verify, and contact information consists solely of email addresses.
- Abnormal Software Links: The mobile trading app is removed from Google Play, and App Store information mismatches the platform, raising doubts about the software's credibility.
- Extremely Low Platform Traffic and Brand Activity: The website has very limited traffic, no user evaluations, no social media accounts, no external exposure, lacking market recognition and signs of activity.
- Potential Misleading Regulatory Information: The platform frequently uses vague language to describe being "regulated", whereas checks reveal it is merely in ordinary registration status, not constituting a financial trading license or authorization.
Given these risk characteristics, users are advised to exercise high caution before engaging in any transactions with this platform, to fully understand its actual operational qualifications and service capabilities, and to avoid engaging in high-risk trading activities without regulatory protection.
