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CIFCO: SFC licence BEX660

Issuing authority
Securities and Futures Commission
Jurisdiction
Hong Kong
Licence type
Dealing in securities

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RecordModified Sep 7, 2026

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Securities and Futures Commission BEX660

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

Issuing authority
Securities and Futures Commission
Jurisdiction
Hong Kong
Licence type
Dealing in securities

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Our check

What we checked

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Wikilix check
Not checked
Authority strength
Tier 1
Jurisdiction
Hong Kong
Last checked
Never

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The register

What the authority publishes

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Licence number
BEX660
Licence type (Wikilix classification)
Dealing in securities
The authority

About SFC

Securities and Futures Commission is the authority that issued this licence, and the jurisdiction it applies in is Hong Kong.

Full name
Securities and Futures Commission
Jurisdiction
Hong Kong
Strength
Tier 1The strictest regimes: high capital requirements, segregated client money and a compensation scheme.
Established
1989
Oversight
A government or statutory body
Firms we track under it
189 firms
Regulates
forex, Stocks, Derivatives, Securities, Futures
Licences it issues
Type 3 Leveraged FX, Type 1 Dealing in Securities
Typical cost of a licence
HKD 500000+
Public register
Searchable by the public
Transparency
High
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
This describes the authority's regime, not how CIFCO applies it.
The holder

Who holds this licence

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

Broker
China International Futures (Hong Kong) Company Limited
Based in
Hong Kong
Wikilix score
49.4the firm’s overall score, not a rating of this licence

Wikilix records CIFCO as operating beyond the scope of its authorisation. That is a finding about the firm, not about this licence — the register’s own wording above is what states this entry’s standing.

Recorded companies

None of these matches the name the register printed, so we do not say which one holds this licence.

  • CHINA CIFCO SECURITIES CO., LIMITEDHong Kong · Reg. 2138666 · Aug 29, 2014
  • CHINA INTERNATIONAL FUTURES (HONG KONG) COMPANY LIMITEDHong Kong · Reg. 0936506 · Nov 26, 2004
  • 中國中期證券有限公司 CHINA CIFCO SECURITIES CO., LIMITEDHong Kong · May 20, 2020
Provenance

Where this record came from

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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
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.
Licence BEX660 was issued by Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), the financial authority for Hong Kong.
CIFCO holds this SFC 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 SFC 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 SFC tier 1 — the strictest band, with high capital requirements, segregated client money and a compensation scheme.
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