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CFI: VFSC licence recorded for CFI

Issuing authority
Vanuatu Financial Services Commission
Jurisdiction
United Kingdom
Licence type
Straight Through Processing(STP)

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RecordModified Aug 7, 2026

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Holder
CFI International Ltd
Issuing authority
Vanuatu Financial Services Commission
Jurisdiction
United Kingdom
Licence type
Straight Through Processing(STP)
Effective
Oct 14, 2019

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Our check

What we checked

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Wikilix check
Not checked
Authority strength
Tier 4
Jurisdiction
United Kingdom
Last checked
Never

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The register

What the authority publishes

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Licence type (Wikilix classification)
Straight Through Processing(STP)
Effective from
Expires
No expiry shown
The authority

About VFSC

Vanuatu Financial Services Commission is the authority that issued this licence, and the jurisdiction it applies in is United Kingdom.

Full name
Vanuatu Financial Services Commission
Jurisdiction
United Kingdom
Strength
Tier 4Minimal supervision. A registration here says little about client protection.
Established
1993
Oversight
A government or statutory body
Firms we track under it
45 firms
Regulates
Forex, Stocks, Options, Derivatives, Securities, Futures
Licences it issues
Dealer in Securities Licence
Typical cost of a licence
USD 5000-10000
Public register
Searchable by the public
Transparency
Low

VFSC 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

VFSC's own rules for the firms it authorises.

  • No compensation scheme
  • Complaints routeVFSC Complaints
  • Maximum leverage1:997
This describes the authority's regime, not how CFI applies it.
The holder

Who holds this licence

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

Broker
CFI International Ltd
Based in
Mauritius
Operating
10-15 years
Wikilix score
58.0the 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.

  • CREDIT FINANCIER INVEST LIMITEDUnited Kingdom · Reg. 11634673 · Oct 22, 2018
  • CFI INTERNATIONAL LIMITEDHong Kong · Reg. 1097587 · Sep 25, 2012
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 CFI holds

10 other licences are on record for CFI.

Frequently Asked Questions

Questions about this licence

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

Most Popular Questions
CFI International Ltd provides customer support via phone, live chat during business hours, and email. Support is available in English, and the broker maintains active social media channels for additional communication.
CFI International Ltd does not offer client fund insurance in most jurisdictions, with exceptions such as coverage up to €20,000 under the Cyprus Investor Compensation Fund (ICF) and up to £85,000 under the UK Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS). In other regions, no mandatory client fund insurance is provided.
The minimum deposit amount to open an account with CFI International Ltd is 0 USD, indicating no mandatory minimum deposit. However, specific account types or jurisdictions may have different requirements not specified in the provided context.
According to WIKILIX data, CFI International Ltd offers a maximum leverage of up to 500:1 depending on the regulatory jurisdiction. Some regulators associated with CFI allow leverage as high as 1000:1, but the highest confirmed leverage for CFI is 500.
CFI International Ltd offers the MetaTrader 5 (MT5) platform, which supports multiple asset classes including Forex, stocks, and futures. MT5 provides advanced analytics, faster execution, and algorithmic trading tools, and is available on desktop and various other device types.
CFI International Ltd is regulated by multiple authorities including the Seychelles Financial Services Authority (FSA), Vanuatu Financial Services Commission (VFSC), British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission (BVI FSC), Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC), Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in the UK, and others. These regulators vary in jurisdiction and regulatory tier, with some licenses classified as offshore and others onshore.
CFI holds this VFSC 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 VFSC 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 VFSC tier 4, the lowest band. A registration here says little on its own about client protection.
Yes, VFSC 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.
CFI has 10 other licences on record with Wikilix, across 6 jurisdictions. They are listed further down this page.
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