What Vector Casa de Bolsa does

Vector Casa de Bolsa, S.A. de C.V. was a Mexican brokerage house (casa de bolsa) founded in 1987 and headquartered in San Pedro Garza García, Nuevo León, serving individual investors and institutional funds with a multi-product financial services platform. Its core product stack comprised an online brokerage (Casa de Bolsa en Línea), a digital currency exchange (e-Divisas), a comprehensive investment management system (SAII) operated through its VectorPAI participant status, a securities individualization system for client holdings, and a fund scenario simulator. The firm monetized through brokerage commissions, FX services, custody/administration, and related intermediation fees typical of a Mexican casa de bolsa.

The company entered severe regulatory and operational distress in 2025. In June 2025 the U.S. Treasury sanctioned Vector Casa de Bolsa alongside CIBanco and Intercam Banco for allegedly facilitating cartel-related money laundering, cutting it off from the U.S. financial system. Mexico's CNBV subsequently imposed record AML/CFT fines of approximately MXN 185 million (~$9.8M USD). On 26 November 2025 the General Shareholders' Meeting voted to voluntarily request revocation of its broker-dealer authorization and appointed Gerardo Maldonado García as liquidator; CNBV formally revoked the license on 16 December 2025. As of early 2026 the company has ceased all brokerage intermediation and is active solely to execute the delivery or transfer of client securities and cash, with the liquidator publicly requesting client instructions for the redirection of funds and investments.

Name

Vector Casa de Bolsa

Legal name

Vector Casa de Bolsa, S.A. de C.V. (en liquidación)

Website

https://vector.com.mx

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Closed

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Vector Casa de Bolsa was a Mexican brokerage house (casa de bolsa) founded in 1987, serving individual and institutional clients with online trading, FX, custody, and investment administration. Following 2025 U.S. and CNBV sanctions, it voluntarily liquidated and ceased brokerage operations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Garza García

HQ country

Mexico

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Core offering

Vector Casa de Bolsa, S.A. de C.V. was a Mexican brokerage house (casa de bolsa) that provided an integrated suite of financial services including online securities brokerage (Casa de Bolsa en Línea), digital currency exchange (e-Divisas), comprehensive investment administration through SAII, and a securities individualization system. The firm operated as a participant in VectorPAI securities market infrastructure to execute intermediation on behalf of individual investors and institutional funds.

Product overview

Vector Casa de Bolsa, S.A. de C.V. was a brokerage firm operating as a Casa de Bolsa in Mexico that has entered liquidation proceedings. The company offered an integrated suite of financial services including online brokerage (Casa de Bolsa en Línea), digital currency exchange (e-Divisas), comprehensive investment administration (SAII), and a securities individualization system (Sistema de Individualización), along with an investment fund simulator tool. The firm operated as a participant in VectorPAI (a securities market infrastructure). Following CNBV license revocation in December 2025, the company ceased securities intermediation operations and is now solely active to execute client fund and securities transfer procedures.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Casa de Bolsa en Línea Online brokerage platform providing securities intermediation services for clients, accessible via the secure login area of the Vector website.
• e-Divisas Digital currency exchange service that allowed clients to transact foreign exchange through Vector's online platform.
• SAII (Sistema de Administración Integral de Inversiones) Comprehensive investment management and administration system operated by Vector as a participant in the VectorPAI securities market infrastructure.
• Sistema de Individualización Securities individualization system used for identifying and tracking individual client securities held in custody.

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Casa de Bolsa FinamexminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 October 2025Referral agreement established as part of Insigneo's acquisition of VectorGlobal Wealth Management Group client accounts. Casa de Bolsa Finamex enters into a referral arrangement with Insigneo following the transaction.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• Casa de Bolsa Finamex: Mexican broker-dealer offering retail and institutional brokerage and asset management. Most directly comparable peer: both are Casas de Bolsa regulated by CNBV serving individual investors in Mexico, and Vector's data explicitly identifies Finamex as a referral partner in the Insigneo account-transfer transaction.
• Actinver Casa de Bolsa: One of Mexico's largest independent broker-dealers and asset managers. Comparable as a similarly-positioned full-service casa de bolsa serving retail and institutional clients across brokerage, fund management, and investment advisory services.
• GBM Grupo Bursátil Mexicano: Major Mexican broker-dealer focused on retail investors and institutional clients with online trading and investment products. Directly comparable as another major casa de bolsa in Mexico competing for the same individual-investor and institutional-fund segments.
• Monex Casa de Bolsa: Mexican broker-dealer offering brokerage, FX, and investment products to individual and institutional clients. Comparable as a full-service casa de bolsa with overlapping product set including FX (similar to Vector's e-Divisas) and investment administration.
• Punto Casa de Bolsa: Mexican broker-dealer offering online trading and investment services. Comparable as another mid-size CNBV-regulated casa de bolsa serving individual investors across the same Mexican market.
• Kuspit Casa de Bolsa: Mexican online broker with retail-investor focus. Comparable as a casa de bolsa emphasizing digital brokerage (similar to Vector's Casa de Bolsa en Línea) serving individual investors in Mexico.

Broad incumbents

• Intercam Banco: Mexican bank also sanctioned alongside Vector by the U.S. Treasury in June 2025 for alleged cartel money laundering and fined by CNBV. Comparable as a parallel Mexican financial institution subject to the same enforcement actions, providing direct read-across on the regulatory trajectory.
• CIBanco: Mexican bank also sanctioned alongside Vector by the U.S. Treasury and fined by CNBV in 2025. Comparable as a parallel Mexican financial institution under the same coordinated enforcement actions, including subsequent license changes.
• Banorte (Casa de Bolsa Banorte): Mexico's largest bank operating a sizable brokerage subsidiary. Comparable as a much larger incumbent casa de bolsa with overlapping retail and institutional brokerage and investment-management offerings, illustrating the scale and product breadth Vector historically competed with.
• Santander Casa de Bolsa (Mexico): Major brokerage subsidiary of a global bank in Mexico. Comparable as a large incumbent casa de bolsa offering retail and institutional brokerage and investment services in the same Mexican market.

Market position

Strengths2 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights3 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/VectorCB

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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