Heading into 2026, the direction across most regulated markets is consistent: clearer risk warnings, stricter checks before an account can trade, and firmer rules on how potential returns may be described.
For a Hong Kong-based member, the practical effect is mostly at signup and funding — expect identity checks in line with SFC-aligned standards, an explicit risk acknowledgement, and no change to the HK$2,000 minimum deposit that has applied throughout.
What stays constant: your money remains withdrawable to your own payment method, and no rule requires you to keep a balance you no longer want to hold.
Who the changes affect
The rules are aimed at firms, not at individuals, but the effect lands on ordinary account holders through the sign-up and verification process.
What is new
An explicit risk acknowledgement and a check that the product suits your experience before a first deposit is accepted.
What does not change
Your money remains withdrawable to your own payment method, on the same terms as before.
A short checklist before you commit
Read the risk disclosure in full, confirm withdrawals return to the method you paid from, and treat any promise of a guaranteed return as the reason to walk away.
Investment involves risk, including the possible loss of some or all of the capital you invest. The value of investments can go down as well as up, and you may receive back less than you originally put in. Do not invest money you cannot afford to lose.