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BourseTrade: FCA licence 525164

Issuing authority
Financial Conduct Authority
Jurisdiction
United Kingdom
Licence type
Market Making(MM)

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RecordModified Aug 19, 2026

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Financial Conduct Authority 525164

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Holder
BourseTrade
Issuing authority
Financial Conduct Authority
Jurisdiction
United Kingdom
Licence type
Market Making(MM)

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What we checked

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Wikilix check
Not checked
Authority strength
Tier 1
Jurisdiction
United Kingdom
Last checked
Never

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The register

What the authority publishes

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Licence number
525164
Licence type (Wikilix classification)
Market Making(MM)
The authority

About FCA

Financial Conduct Authority is the authority that issued this licence, and the jurisdiction it applies in is United Kingdom.

Full name
Financial Conduct Authority
Jurisdiction
United Kingdom
Strength
Tier 1The strictest regimes: high capital requirements, segregated client money and a compensation scheme.
Established
2013
Oversight
A government or statutory body
Firms we track under it
108 firms
Regulates
Forex, Bond, Stocks, Fund, Options, Derivatives, Commodity, Loan, Retail Investment
Licences it issues
MiFID Investment Firm – Dealing on Own Account / Matched Principal (retail & market-making CFDs)
Typical cost of a licence
£100000+ (including compliance setup)
Public register
Searchable by the public
Transparency
High
Protection

What this licence protects

FCA's own rules for the firms it authorises.

  • Compensation schemeUp to £85000 (FSCS)
  • Client money kept separate
  • Negative balance protection
  • Complaints routeFinancial Ombudsman Service
  • Maximum leverage1:30
This describes the authority's regime, not how BourseTrade applies it.
The holder

Who holds this licence

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

Broker
BourseTrade
Based in
United Kingdom
Wikilix score
55.3the firm’s overall score, not a rating of this licence
Provenance

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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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Frequently Asked Questions

Questions about this licence

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

Most Popular Questions
BourseTrade provides customer support via phone and live chat during business hours. Support is available in English, and the broker maintains a physical office in London for additional contact.
the broker offers a maximum leverage of 1000. This is significantly higher than the 30 leverage limit set by the FCA for retail clients, indicating possible different account types or conditions.
BourseTrade supports deposits via Visa Debit, Interac e-Transfer, and bank transfers with no broker-imposed deposit fees. Withdrawals can be made through electronic fund transfers, wire transfers, cheques, and account transfers, with some withdrawal methods incurring fees depending on the type.
BourseTrade offers MetaTrader 4 and TradingView as its trading platforms. Both platforms are available on desktop and web trader versions, providing advanced charting and trading features suitable for Forex and CFDs trading.
BourseTrade is regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in the United Kingdom. Client funds are protected up to £85,000 under the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS). The broker operates under a market-making license and complies with onshore regulations.
Licence 525164 was issued by Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the financial authority for United Kingdom.
BourseTrade holds this FCA 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 FCA 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 FCA tier 1 — the strictest band, with high capital requirements, segregated client money and a compensation scheme.
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