Tiger International announces that starting from 6/12, new positions and deposits from investors within China are suspended; existing users can only sell, not buy.

China’s regulatory rectification for cross-border stock trading has entered the final stage of tightening and enforcement! According to Securities Times, the well-known brokerage firm Tiger Brokers today (the 2nd) issued an official notice. To implement regulatory requirements, starting from June 12, 2026, it will comprehensively suspend services for users in mainland China involving “new position opening, adding positions” and “fund transfers.” In other words, in the future, domestic users will face strict restrictions of “only being able to sell to close positions” and “only being able to withdraw funds.” However, the official also moved quickly to reassure, emphasizing that overseas users are completely unaffected, and that the assets of domestic clients are absolutely safe, with smooth withdrawals.
(Background: China launches the largest “cross-border tax crackdown” in decades, confiscating more than 2.2 billion yuan from Futu and Tiger—will cryptocurrencies become a pressure outlet?)
(Additional background: China’s first “Regulations on Overseas Investment” take effect in July—residents and individuals can invest abroad, bringing new variables to crypto capital going overseas)

China’s regulatory rectification targeting cross-border securities business has entered deep water. The well-known online brokerage Tiger Brokers has officially rolled out the strictest restrictions on its existing users in mainland China.

According to a report from Securities Times (People’s Financial News) today (June 2, 2026), Tiger Brokers has formally issued a notice of business adjustments to users. It announced that, to implement the industry regulatory requirements of a “2-year concentrated rectification period” and to promote the standardized development of cross-border securities business, it will significantly narrow services for existing investor accounts in mainland China.

Effective from June 12: comprehensive suspension of buying and depositing funds

According to the official announcement, this service adjustment will officially take effect from June 12, 2026 (Beijing time). For transaction and fund transfer services for users in mainland China, the specific restrictions are as follows:

| Service items | | --- | Restriction measures (not allowed) | Allowed functions (allowed) | | --- | --- | | Trading services | Suspend “new position opening, adding positions” trading in stocks and all other products | Only support selling and closing positions | | Fund transfers | Suspend fund transfers in (no deposits allowed) | Fund outflow functionality remains normal (normal withdrawals) |

This regulation means that existing Tiger Brokers users who remain in mainland China will in the future face strict restrictions on account operations—“can only sell, cannot buy; can only withdraw, cannot deposit.” In substance, this is effectively equivalent to gradually liquidating and exiting the cross-border securities market for domestic users.

Emphasizes that overseas users are not affected; assets are absolutely safe

In response to potential investor panic, Tiger Brokers specifically reassured the market in the notice. The official promised to fully safeguard customers’ funds safety and clarified that the scope of this adjustment is limited only to “existing investors in mainland China.”

Tiger Brokers emphasized that this regulatory-aligned measure will not affect services provided to existing investors “overseas.” The safety of all customers’ existing assets is not affected in any way. Domestic clients can still log into the system anytime to check account balances, review current holdings, and successfully carry out sell operations and fund withdrawals.