2026 · Evidence audit

Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking FX — institutional liquidity provider

Natixis CIB is a Tier-1 bank focused on FX flow market-making for institutional clients. It has reported significant growth in trading volumes and client count since 2021. Claims regarding client growth and trading volumes are self-reported and not independently audited.

NATIXIS (RCS Paris 542 044 524; share capital EUR 6,339,247,192) · 7 promenade Germaine Sablon, 75013 Paris, France · last re-checked 2026-09 · evidence score 87/100

Licence, read on the register

Regulator	Licence number	Jurisdiction	Tier	Source
ACPR	not verified	France	tier-1	open source ↗

Tier classification follows the same scale as the retail register: tier-1 = FCA/ASIC/CFTC-class supervision, tier-2 = CySEC/FSC-Mauritius/MFSA-class, tier-3 = offshore registration. A tier-2 licence is genuine supervision without an investor compensation scheme — never misread it as tier-1 protection.

What the firm commits to

Claims specific enough to be falsified — and the ones that remain the venue's own measurement.

Testable claims

Natixis CIB's own Global Markets page states it provides liquidity on government bonds, short- and long-term swaps, as well as foreign exchange spot, forwards and options, serving corporations, financial institutions, pension funds, asset managers, private banks and family offices (home.cib.natixis.com/global-markets)
Own legal information: NATIXIS, joint-stock company under French law, share capital EUR 6,339,247,192, registered in Paris under no. B 542 044 524, registered office 7 promenade Germaine Sablon 75013 Paris, credit institution authorized in France by ACPR (home.cib.natixis.com/legal-information)
Risk Awards 'Flow Market Maker of the Year' profile states Natixis FX trading volumes grew 264% from 2021 to 2024 with 92% year-on-year growth, and FX spot/options traded by corporates up 70%/320% since 2021 (risk.net — award profile, cross-read against own pages)

Claims we cannot verify from outside

Client-count and volume growth figures (2,300 new clients since 2021; 264% FX volume growth) are self-reported in an awards profile, not audited

Perimeter and coverage

Asset classes	Venues	Connectivity	Clients accepted	Explicitly refused
FX spot, FX forwards, FX options	Natixis client graphical interface (rebuilt web architecture; dynamic FX spreads by size/time), Voice/electronic dealing	FIX API, Client web interface	Corporations, Financial institutions, Pension funds, Asset managers, Private banks, Family offices, Hedge funds	Retail clients

A firm that publishes its own negative space — who it refuses, where it is not licensed — is materially easier to diligence than one that doesn't. The refusal list is treated here as a disclosure, not a defect.