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Tiger Brokers

Chinese-founded fintech/brokerage — not a news outlet

Owned byPublicly traded on Nasdaq (ticker: TIGR) as UP Fintech Holding Limited; founded by Wu Tianhua; major investors include Xiaomi, Interactive Brokers, ZhenFund, and investor Jim Rogers

FundingRevenue from brokerage commissions, trading fees, and margin financing as a publicly listed company; raised approximately $139 million across seven funding rounds before and after its 2019 IPO

On the administrationnot applicable — Tiger Brokers is not a news outlet and produces no political or policy coverage

Background

Tiger Brokers was founded in Beijing in June 2014 by Wu Tianhua, a former NetEase employee, with a focus on giving Chinese retail investors access to overseas markets such as U.S. and Hong Kong stocks. The company reached unicorn status (over $1 billion valuation) in July 2018 and held its Nasdaq IPO in March 2019. It subsequently expanded operations to Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, and New Zealand, growing its registered user base past 10 million and client assets past $60 billion by end of 2025. The company has faced regulatory scrutiny from Chinese authorities: in December 2022, the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) found Tiger Brokers had violated domestic laws by enabling mainland Chinese customers to make cross-border trades, and in May 2026 the CSRC levied a roughly $60 million penalty on certain subsidiaries for the same type of violations. Tiger Brokers does not function as a media or news organization; its platform carries aggregated market data and third-party news feeds rather than original reporting.

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Profile compiled 2026-08-04; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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