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Tiger Brokers

Singapore-based, China-founded online brokerage (commercial, not a news outlet)

Owned byOperated by UP Fintech Holding Limited, a publicly traded company (Nasdaq: TIGR). Founder and CEO Tianhua Wu is the largest shareholder, with about 48.6% of voting power. The rest is held by institutional and public shareholders.
FundingRevenue from its brokerage business: trading commissions, interest income on margin financing and client cash, and fees on wealth products, IPO subscriptions and other services. It also raised capital from venture investors before its 2019 Nasdaq IPO. It carries no advertising or subscription model of its own.
On the administrationmostly neutral

Background

Tianhua Wu, a former NetEase employee, founded Tiger Brokers in Beijing in June 2014 as a mobile-first platform for Chinese investors to trade U.S. and Hong Kong stocks. It reached unicorn status (valuation above $1 billion) in 2018 and listed UP Fintech on Nasdaq in March 2019. The company later moved its headquarters to Singapore and expanded into Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand and other markets, with most new funded clients now coming from Singapore and Hong Kong. At the end of June 2026 it reported about 2.74 million customer accounts (1.32 million funded) and roughly US$60.7 billion in client assets. Its Q2 2026 revenue was reported at a record, and CNBC and Statista named it a top fintech in 2026 for the second year running. Its main controversy is regulatory: China's securities regulator (CSRC) fined it about RMB 308 million (about $45 million) and confiscated about RMB 103 million (about $15 million) in income, roughly $60 million in total, over cross-border trading for mainland clients, and the shares fell sharply on the news. Because it is a broker, its commentary reflects commercial interest in trading activity and client growth, not a political or ideological perspective. Any U.S. policy discussion on its channels tends to focus on markets, tariffs and rates as they affect investors, not on assessing the administration.

Sources

  1. Tiger Brokers – Wikipedia
  2. Tiger Brokers Company Profile – itiger.com
  3. Tiger Brokers shares plunge 28% on illegal China activities and $60M fine – FX News Group
  4. UP Fintech (TIGR) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript – Yahoo Finance
  5. Tiger Brokers Named Among CNBC's World's Top FinTech Companies 2026 – TradingView News
  6. UP Fintech Investor Relations

Profile compiled 2026-11-02; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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