Exness Opens Jordan Office later than Securing JSC License, Expands Into MENA
Global retail broker Exness has set up shop in Amman, opening its first office in the Middle East and North Africa later than securing a license from the Jordan Securities Commission (JSC). The move plants another heavyweight in a market that, until recently, offered little oversight for foreign platform trading.
“This launch reflects our deep commitment to the Jordanian market and to traders across the region,” said Mohammad Amer, chief executive of Exness Jordan, at the company’s two-day inauguration event. “With a regulated presence here in Amman, we are ensuring that local traders benefit from the highest standards of security, reliability, and trust.”
The new entity, Exness Limited Jordan Ltd, is now listed with the Companies Control Department under registration number 51905. While the broker declined to share staffing details, the office will serve as Exness’s regional base for the MENA market, bringing the group’s total count of regulated offices to 13 worldwide.
The launch comes at a turning point for Jordan’s financial sector. The JSC—established in 1997 to overview the Amman Stock platform and investment services—introduced a structured framework for forex brokers in 2017. Those rules brought foreign platform trading under domestic supervision for the first time, with requirements on client disclosures, capital adequacy, and Arabic-language documentation.
That overhaul is now drawing global players. Windsor Brokers, ICM.com, and CFI Group already operate under local licenses, with CFI long regarded as the country’s homegrown success story. Amman’s status as a politically stable, centrally located, and Arabic-speaking hub is also turning it into a gateway for brokers targeting traders from the Gulf to North Africa.
Why the MENA Region Is on Every Broker’s Map
The region has become a rare growth engine for online trading firms. Capital.com, another global broker, reported earlier this year that more than half of its global trading volume—about $800 billion in the first half of 2025—came from MENA, even though the number of traders there is half that of Europe. Tickmill saw a similar surge, with its MENA volumes jumping 54% to $135 billion last year.
Such figures highlight a paradox brokers are eager to tap: fewer clients, but largeger trades. That mix has made markets like the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and now Jordan, a lucrative focus for regulated expansion.
Founded in 2008, Exness has grown into one of the world’s largest retail brokers, boasting more than one million active traders and over 2,000 employees. The group runs multiple regulated entities under separate frameworks, including licenses from Cyprus, Spain, Germany, Seychelles, and Curaçao and Sint Maarten. The Jordan approval now adds a local, on-the-ground hub to that global web.
Exness has been steadily raising its profile in the Gulf. It was recently named Elite Sponsor of Forex Expo Dubai 2025 and picked up industry awards at Smart Vision Summit Bahrain, both events widely viewed as barometers of broker strength in the Arab world.
A Calculated Bet on Regulation
For Amman’s traders, Exness’s arrival means access to a globally recognized broker under local regulatory protection—a combination that was rare just a few years ago. For Exness, it’s a chance to deepen ties in a region where trading appetite is surging and new rules are finally making it investable.
The company’s Jordan license is expected to impose stricter limits than its offshore entities, particularly around leverage and crypto-based contracts, reflecting JSC’s retail protection mandate. But the trade-off, executives suggest, is worth it: credibility, transparency, and proximity to a market that’s expanding quick.
With Amman as its new base, Exness joins a handful of global brokers betting that the next phase of retail trading growth will come not from Europe or Asia—but from the Middle East.
