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ATFX: FSCA licence 44816

Issuing authority
Financial Sector Conduct Authority
Jurisdiction
South Africa
Licence type
Financial Service

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RecordModified Sep 7, 2026

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Financial Sector Conduct Authority 44816

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

Issuing authority
Financial Sector Conduct Authority
Jurisdiction
South Africa
Licence type
Financial Service

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wikilix.com/brokers/atfx/licenses/financial-sector-conduct-authority/44816Fields on file 2 / 11

Our check

What we checked

Nobody has adjudicated this licence yet. It is recorded here as claimed, not as confirmed.

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

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The register

What the authority publishes

Printed as the register prints it. A field that is missing here is one nobody has recorded, not one the register leaves blank.

Licence number
44816
Licence type (Wikilix classification)
Financial Service
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 ATFX applies it.
The holder

Who holds this licence

The licence above is recorded against ATFX. Wikilix holds no separate company records for this holder, so we cannot say which legal company the register issued it to.

Broker
AT Global Markets (UK) Limited
Based in
United Kingdom
Operating
5-10 years
Wikilix score
58.4the firm’s overall score, not a rating of this licence
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 ATFX holds

7 other licences are on record for ATFX.

Frequently Asked Questions

Questions about this licence

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

Most Popular Questions
ATFX provides customer support through multiple channels including phone, email, and live chat during business hours. Contact details include phone numbers +357 25 258 774 and +357 25 258 777, and emails such as info@atfxgm.eu.
Yes, ATFX prohibits clients from North Korea and other UN-sanctioned countries. Restrictions may also apply in other jurisdictions according to regulatory requirements.
ATFX offers trading in various regulated financial instruments including Forex, stocks, funds, options, derivatives, securities, futures, and CFDs. The availability of instruments may vary depending on the regulatory jurisdiction.
The minimum deposit amount to open an account with ATFX is 200 USD. This requirement is part of their trading conditions and applies to their standard accounts.
ATFX offers access to MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5 platforms. Both platforms support desktop versions and provide advanced trading tools for Forex and CFDs. These platforms are widely used and developed by MetaQuotes Software Corp.
AT Global Markets (UK) Limited, also known as ATFX, is regulated by multiple authorities including the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in the UK and the Australia Securities & Investment Commission (ASIC). These regulators are government bodies that impose strict rules to protect clients. However, client fund insurance varies by jurisdiction, with some regulators offering protection up to certain limits.
Licence 44816 was issued by Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA), the financial authority for South Africa.
ATFX 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.
ATFX has 7 other licences on record with Wikilix, across 7 jurisdictions. They are listed further down this page.
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