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BDSwiss FSCA licence 49479

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Limited
Issuing authority
Financial Sector Conduct Authority
Jurisdiction
South Africa
Licence type
Financial Service
Last checked
Nov 12, 2026

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Financial Sector Conduct Authority 49479

Wikilix read the FSCA register on Nov 12, 2026. This is what it said.

Holder
BDSwiss Investments Ltd logoBDSwiss Investments Ltd
Issuing authority
Financial Sector Conduct Authority logoFinancial Sector Conduct Authority
Jurisdiction
South Africa flagSouth Africa
Licence type
Financial Service
Effective
Oct 10, 2018
Register status
Authorized: advice and intermediary only

Checked Nov 12, 2026

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Our check
Checked

What we checked

This authorisation is in force but limited — it does not carry the same protections as a full trading licence.

Wikilix check
Limited
Authority strength
Tier 2
Jurisdiction
South Africa
Last checked
Nov 12, 2026
Register says
Authorized: advice and intermediary only

Finding

FAIS authorisation of BDSwiss Markets SA (Pty) Ltd for advice and intermediary services (Category I) and discretionary services (Category II). It is not an over-the-counter derivatives provider licence, and the FSCA register lists no key individuals. Search FSP number 49479 to see the entry. Client protection: Limited: covers advice and intermediary services of the South African company only. Effective: 10 Oct 2018.

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The register

What the authority publishes

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Licence number
49479
Licence type (Wikilix classification)
Financial Service
Register status
Authorized: advice and intermediary only
Effective from
Expires
No expiry shown
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 BDSwiss applies it.
The holder

Who holds this licence

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

BDSwiss logo
Broker
BDSwiss Investments Ltd
Based in
Comoros
Wikilix score
27.0the 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.

  • BDS MarketsMauritius · Reg. C143350 · May 12, 2018
  • BDS LtdSeychelles · Reg. 8424660-1
  • BDSwiss Investments LTDComoros · Reg. HY00423197
  • BDSwiss Holding LtdCyprus · Reg. HE 300153
  • BDSwiss Markets SA (Pty) LtdSouth Africa
  • BDSWISS LLCUnited States · Reg. 5618316 · Oct 9, 2014
Provenance

Where this record came from

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Last checked by Wikilix
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 BDSwiss holds

2 other licences are on record for BDSwiss.

Frequently Asked Questions

Questions about this licence

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

Most Popular Questions
Licence 49479 was issued by Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA), the financial authority for South Africa.
BDSwiss holds this FSCA licence. A licence on record means the authority published an entry; it is not an endorsement.
We located this entry on the FSCA register. Note that confirming a register ENTRY is not the same as confirming a live licence — the register’s own wording on this page is what states its current standing.
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.
BDSwiss has 2 other licences on record with Wikilix, across 2 jurisdictions. They are listed further down this page.
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