SFCHong KongTier 1Licence number
BEX660
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- Held by CIFCO
- Licence type and regime
- Dealing in securities
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At a glance
Regulation on record for CIFCO
Counts of what is on record, not a rating. Each figure describes the register entries Wikilix holds and the checks it has run against them.
- Licences on record
- 1
- Issuing authorities
- 1
- From tier-1 or tier-2 authorities
- 1
- Found on an official register
- 0
CIFCO has one licence on record with Wikilix, issued by one authority across one jurisdiction. One of them was issued by a tier-1 or tier-2 authority — the regimes with the strictest capital, reporting and client-money rules. None has yet been located on an issuing authority’s own register, so every entry here should be read as claimed rather than confirmed.
Issuing authorities
Jurisdictions
Licence record
Licences on record
Every licence on record for CIFCO, strongest authority first.
1 record
- SFCHong KongTier 1
Protection
What this licence protects
SFC's own rules for the firms it authorises.
- No compensation schemeNo mandatory insurance (but strict fund segregation)
- Client money kept separate
- Negative balance protection
- Complaints routeSFC Complaints / FDRC
- Maximum leverage1:13
Frequently Asked Questions
Questions about the licences held by CIFCO
Answered from the register entries on this page.
Most Popular Questions
CIFCO provides customer support via phone at +852 2573 9868 and live chat during business hours. Support is available in English, and clients can also contact them by email at help@cifcohk.com. The company’s office is located in Hong Kong at Causeway Bay.
CIFCO offers a maximum leverage of 1000. However, the highest leverage permitted by their regulator, the SFC, is 13, which may imply specific product or client restrictions.
The minimum deposit amount required by CIFCO is 10,000 HKD. This applies to their trading accounts, and deposits can be made through various supported methods including bank transfers and FPS.
CIFCO supports several funding methods including Bank Transfer (local and overseas), Faster Payment System (FPS) for HKD and RMB, Cheque, and Overseas Remittance (Wire Transfer). Deposit processing times vary from instant to several days, and fees apply for some methods, such as a fixed HKD 100 deposit fee for bank transfers and withdrawal fees for local CHATS and overseas remittance.
China International Futures (Hong Kong) Company Limited (CIFCO) is regulated by the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) of Hong Kong. The SFC is a tier 1 global regulator with high transparency and strict fund segregation requirements, although there is no mandatory client fund insurance. CIFCO holds a license for dealing in securities and operates under onshore regulation.
CIFCO has one licence record with Wikilix, issued by one authority across one jurisdiction. A licence on record means an authority published an entry; it is not an endorsement, and Wikilix does not issue authorisations.
CIFCO holds licence records issued by SFC. Each authority’s own record — its tier, jurisdiction and client-protection rules — is linked from this page.
One of the licence records held by CIFCO comes from tier-1 or tier-2 authorities (1 tier-1, 0 tier-2). Those regimes set the strictest capital, reporting and client-money requirements.
Not yet. None of the one licence record held by CIFCO has been located on an issuing authority’s register, so each should be read as claimed rather than confirmed. Every record links to the official register so you can check it yourself.
CIFCO has licence records in Hong Kong. A licence applies in the jurisdiction that issued it; it does not by itself cover clients elsewhere.