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Admirals: FSCA licence 49870

Issuing authority
Financial Sector Conduct Authority
Jurisdiction
South Africa

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RecordModified Sep 7, 2026

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Financial Sector Conduct Authority 49870

Recorded from the firm's own disclosure. Not yet checked against the register.

Holder
Admirals SC Ltd
Issuing authority
Financial Sector Conduct Authority
Jurisdiction
South Africa

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Our check

What we checked

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Wikilix check
Not checked
Authority strength
Tier 2
Jurisdiction
South Africa
Last checked
Never

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The register

What the authority publishes

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Licence number
49870
The authority

About FSCA

Financial Sector Conduct Authority is the authority that issued this licence, and the jurisdiction it applies in is South Africa.

Full name
Financial Sector Conduct Authority
Jurisdiction
South Africa
Strength
Tier 2Well-established regimes with real supervision, usually with lower compensation limits than tier 1.
Established
1991
Oversight
A government or statutory body
Firms we track under it
19 firms
Regulates
Forex, Bond, Stocks, Fund, Derivatives, CFD
Licences it issues
ODP Category IIA – Principal & Agency OTC Derivatives
Typical cost of a licence
USD 50,000-100,000 + ~USD 270k capital
Public register
Searchable by the public
Transparency
High

FSCA is classed as an offshore regime. An offshore registration can be entirely legitimate, but it typically means lower capital requirements, no compensation scheme, and a complaint route that is harder to use from abroad.

Protection

What this licence protects

FSCA's own rules for the firms it authorises.

  • Compensation schemeUp to ZAR 500,000
  • Complaints routeFSCA Dispute Resolution
  • Maximum leverage1:30
This describes the authority's regime, not how Admirals applies it.
The holder

Who holds this licence

The licence above is recorded against Admirals. A licence is issued to a legal company, so the companies below are what you would search a corporate register for.

Broker
Admirals SC Ltd
Based in
Seychelles
Wikilix score
51.3the firm’s overall score, not a rating of this licence

Recorded companies

None of these matches the name the register printed, so we do not say which one holds this licence.

  • Admiral Markets ASEstonia · Reg. 10932555
  • Admirals Europe LtdCyprus
Provenance

Where this record came from

Every date below has already happened. We do not publish a promised next-update date, because we do not schedule per-licence re-checks.

Last checked by Wikilix
Never — nobody has looked this entry up yet
Record last edited
When this entry was last changed in our database, which may be a correction rather than a change at the register.
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Also on record

Other licences Admirals holds

11 other licences are on record for Admirals.

Frequently Asked Questions

Questions about this licence

Answered from this register entry and the authority’s own record.

Most Popular Questions
Not specified in the provided context.
Admirals offers a maximum leverage of up to 1000:1 depending on the account type and jurisdiction. For example, leverage is capped at 30:1 under FCA and CySEC regulation, while other jurisdictions may allow higher leverage.
Admirals supports several funding methods including bank wire transfer, Visa, MasterCard, Skrill, Neteller, cryptocurrencies, Klarna, and PayPal. Deposits are generally free and processed quickly, while withdrawals may incur fees depending on the method and number of monthly withdrawals.
Admirals provides access to MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5 platforms. Both platforms support desktop, web, and mobile versions, offering advanced charting, automated trading, and multi-asset trading capabilities.
Admirals SC Ltd is regulated by multiple authorities including CySEC in Cyprus, FCA in the United Kingdom, ASIC in Australia, and others. These regulators provide various levels of client fund protection and oversight. However, Admirals is not regulated in Seychelles, its country of registration.
Licence 49870 was issued by Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA), the financial authority for South Africa.
Admirals holds this FSCA licence. A licence on record means the authority published an entry; it is not an endorsement.
Nobody at Wikilix has looked this entry up on the FSCA register yet, so treat it as claimed rather than confirmed. That is a gap in our coverage, not a finding against the licence.
Wikilix rates FSCA tier 2: a well-established regime with real supervision, usually with lower compensation limits than a tier-1 authority.
Yes, FSCA is classed as an offshore regime. That can be a legitimate registration, but it usually means lower capital requirements, no compensation scheme, and a complaint route that is harder to use from abroad.
Admirals has 11 other licences on record with Wikilix, across 11 jurisdictions. They are listed further down this page.
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