{"id":67890,"date":"2022-09-30T10:50:29","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T07:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=67890"},"modified":"2025-09-07T09:03:45","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T06:03:45","slug":"binance-gains-approval-to-operate-in-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/binance-gains-approval-to-operate-in-new-zealand\/","title":{"rendered":"Binance gains approval to operate in New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The cryptocurrency exchange Binance has registered as a financial services provider in New Zealand and opened a local subsidiary.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">Kia Ora, New Zealand! \ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddff<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re pleased to announce that <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Binance?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">#Binance<\/a> has successfully registered as a Financial Service Provider with the New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, and has officially launched Binance New Zealand. <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/xCyBmRVb2x\\\">pic.twitter.com\/xCyBmRVb2x<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Binance (@binance) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/binance\/status\/1575577523949182977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">September 29, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>The approval was issued by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment on 10 September. According to the exchange, residents of the country will gain access to a range of financial services, including spot trading, <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-staking-and-how-to-make-money-from-it\">staking<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-are-nfts\">NFT<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\\\">\n<p>\\&#8221;We see New Zealand as something of a pioneer, so from this perspective I think there\u2019s something to learn from our local team,\\&#8221; said the company\u2019s CEO Changpeng Zhao.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Binance obtained an in-principle approval to operate <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/binance-receives-preliminary-approval-to-operate-in-kazakhstan\">in Kazakhstan<\/a>, as well as a license as a provider of services on the digital asset market <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/binance-obtains-licence-to-operate-as-a-digital-asset-service-provider-in-spain\">in Spain<\/a>. The country became the third jurisdiction in the European Union after <a href=\\\"https:\/\/forklog.news\/binance-poluchila-litsenziyu-amf-dlya-torgovli-tsifrovymi-aktivami\/\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noreferrer noopener\\\">France<\/a> and <a href=\\\"https:\/\/forklog.news\/binance-poluchila-litsenziyu-provajdera-tsifrovyh-aktivov-v-italii\/\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noreferrer noopener\\\">Italy<\/a>, where the platform gained the backing of local regulators.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, authorities in <a href=\\\"https:\/\/forklog.io\/binance-poluchila-litsenziyu-v-bahrejne\/\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noreferrer noopener\\\">Bahrain<\/a>, <a href=\\\"https:\/\/forklog.io\/binance-poluchila-litsenziyu-v-dubae\/\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noreferrer noopener\\\">Dubai<\/a> and the free financial zone <a href=\\\"https:\/\/forklog.io\/binance-poluchila-odobrenie-dlya-raboty-v-abu-dabi\/\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noreferrer noopener\\\">Abu Dhabi<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>The company also announced the launch of a regulated cryptocurrency exchange in <a href=\\\"https:\/\/forklog.io\/binance-zapustit-reguliruemuyu-bitkoin-birzhu-v-tailande\/\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noreferrer noopener\\\">Thailand<\/a> and announced the opening of a customer support center in <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/binance-to-open-customer-service-centre-in-turkey\">T\u00fcrkiye<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>Binance filed an application for a license <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/bloomberg-reports-binance-plans-to-return-to-japan\">in Japan<\/a> four years after abandoning plans to open a headquarters in the country, according to media.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog&#8217;s Bitcoin news on our <a href=\\\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener\\\">Telegram<\/a> \u2014 cryptocurrency news, prices and analytics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The cryptocurrency exchange Binance has registered as a financial services provider in New Zealand and opened a local subsidiary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":67891,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[744,1381,36],"class_list":["post-67890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-binance","tag-new-zealand","tag-regulation"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"22","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67890"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67892,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67890\/revisions\/67892"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}