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CPT Markets: SCA licence CP-0001163

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Issuing authority
Securities and Commodities Authority
Jurisdiction
United Arab Emirates
Last checked
Oct 21, 2026

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Securities and Commodities Authority CP-0001163

Wikilix read the SCA register on Oct 21, 2026. This is what it said.

Holder
CPT Markets Limited
Issuing authority
Securities and Commodities Authority
Name on the register
CPT MENA FINANCIAL SERVICES L.L.C
Jurisdiction
United Arab Emirates
Register status
Active, introduction and promotion only (not a trading licence)
Permissions
Introduction · Promotion

Checked Oct 21, 2026

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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
United Arab Emirates
Last checked
Oct 21, 2026
Register says
Active, introduction and promotion only (not a trading licence)

Finding

Category 5 licence for CPT Mena Financial Services L.L.C. covering introduction and promotion only. The CMA states on the entry that the company is not licensed to broker derivatives, unregulated commodity contracts or spot FX. The site prints licence number 20200000245, which returns no result on the CMA list; the CMA reference is CP-0001163. Client protection: None for trading accounts: the UAE company may only introduce and promote, so client accounts sit with another group company.

Exhibit

Register screenshot, captured Oct 21, 2026

Verification note

The SCA register lists the licence under CPT MENA FINANCIAL SERVICES L.L.C (Category 5 (Introduction, Promotion)). Website/domain: the register carries the website 'CPTMarkets.com' for this entry. It appears in the register's list data for record CP-0001163 (code CP-0001163, name CPT MENA FINANCIAL SERVICES L.L.C, status Active, website CPTMarkets.com, year 2025), which is the data its Export To Excel produces, and in the record's own data (Website: CPTMarkets.com). Its domain, cptmarkets.com, matches the broker's main website, https://cptmarkets.com. The English record page does not display the website field. Corroborated by the record's printed email sca@cptmarkets.com and Country 'United Arab Emirates'.

In detail
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About this SCA licence

What this authorisation is, what it establishes, and what it leaves open.

An introduction and promotion licence, not a brokerage one, is what the UAE Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA) register shows for CPT MENA FINANCIAL SERVICES L.L.C, a Dubai company linked to CPT Markets by the cptmarkets.com website and email in its register data. Its record code is CP-0001163. On 21 October 2026, the company and both activities, Introduction and Promotion, showed as Active.

The SCA is the federal UAE authority for securities and commodities; its website now carries the name Capital Market Authority (CMA). Its Licensed Companies register lists entities licensed or authorised for a specific financial activity or service. A notice on the register entry states that the company is not licensed to broker financial derivatives contracts, unregulated commodity contracts or spot foreign exchange, and that its Category 5 licence does not authorise trading operations, portfolio management or executing client orders in those products.

The entry establishes an authorisation for this one company to carry on the two listed activities. It does not make the company a broker and says nothing about solvency or conduct. The authorisation belongs to CPT MENA FINANCIAL SERVICES L.L.C alone, not to CPT Markets Limited, incorporated in Belize, or any other company using the brand.

The record shows the company name, a company status of Active, an office in Vision Tower, Business Bay, Dubai, a telephone number and a cptmarkets.com email address. Its establish date of 03-Sep-2024 dates the company rather than the licence. It shows no expiry date, and the record code appears only in the page address.

To confirm this, open Licensed Companies under Open Data on uaecma.gov.ae, search for CPT, open the record and read both the status and Licenses Granted. The answer changes if the record is removed, an activity shows a status other than Active, a trading activity is added, or the holder's name changes.

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What the authority publishes

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Licence number
CP-0001163
Issued to
CPT MENA FINANCIAL SERVICES L.L.C
Register status
Active, introduction and promotion only (not a trading licence)
Permissions
IntroductionPromotion
Registered address
2501 Office, 25th Floor, Vision Tower, Business Bay, Dubai
Telephone
971-522647120
The authority

About SCA

Securities and Commodities Authority is the authority that issued this licence, and the jurisdiction it applies in is United Arab Emirates.

Full name
Securities and Commodities Authority
Jurisdiction
United Arab Emirates
Strength
Tier 2Well-established regimes with real supervision, usually with lower compensation limits than tier 1.
Established
2000
Firms we track under it
13 firms
Licences it issues
Brokerage licence incl. CFDs
Typical cost of a licence
Not specified
Public register
Searchable by the public
Transparency
Medium
Protection

What this licence protects

SCA's own rules for the firms it authorises.

  • Complaints routeSCA complaints
  • Maximum leverage1:100
This describes the authority's regime, not how CPT Markets applies it.
The holder

Who holds this licence

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

Broker
CPT Markets Limited
Named on the register
CPT MENA FINANCIAL SERVICES L.L.C
Based in
Belize
Operating
15-20 years
Wikilix score
69.0the firm’s overall score, not a rating of this licence

Recorded companies

The name this register printed matches CPT Mena Financial Services LLC below.

  • CPT MARKETS LIMITEDBelize · Reg. 000034423 · Jul 31, 2014
  • CPT Markets (PTY) LimitedSouth Africa · Reg. 2014/214730/07
  • CPT Mena Financial Services LLCMatches the registerUnited Arab Emirates
  • CPT Operation LimitedCyprus · Reg. HE 459315
  • CPTFintech LimitedCyprus · Reg. HE 496878
Provenance

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Last checked by Wikilix
Record last edited
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Evidence held
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Also on record

Other licences CPT Markets holds

3 other licences are on record for CPT Markets.

Frequently Asked Questions

Questions about this licence

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

Most Popular Questions

WIKILIX's scam investigation, published on 21 October 2026, found no evidence that CPT Markets is a scam or a fraud, but rates it high risk (unverified). It notes that accounts opened at cptmarkets.com outside South Africa sit with CPT Markets Limited, an offshore Belize company, and that recent client complaints describe profits cancelled and funds frozen after the broker alleged abusive trading. It found no regulator warning naming cptmarkets.com; the FCA warnings about CPT websites concern clones of the UK firm.

Not for accounts opened at cptmarkets.com. On 21 October 2026 the FCA register listed CPT MARKETS UK LIMITED, firm reference number 606110, as authorised since 31 July 2014. That UK company trades as CPT Markets UK through its own website, cptmarkets.co.uk, and cptmarkets.com does not cite its authorisation. The FCA register also lists clones of the firm, including cpttrades.com, cpttltd.com, pamcptmarket.com and cptmarketsig.com.

CPT Markets' Classic and Prime accounts list forex, stocks, metals, indices, commodities and crypto as tradable products, while its ECN account lists forex, metals, energies, indices and futures. All three accounts trade from 0.01 lot.

Yes. CPT Markets runs copy trading through its Social Trading portal, where signal providers receive a set percentage of the profit on each profitable trade a follower copies. Providers need at least six months of continuous trading history, a maximum historical drawdown of 25% or less, a Sharpe ratio of at least 1.2 and at least 100 recorded trades. Followers can set stop-loss limits and stop copying at any time.

CPT Markets says it does not serve residents of the United States, North Korea, Singapore or any jurisdiction where its services would be unlawful. Its sign-up form also leaves out the United Kingdom, Canada, mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Myanmar, Angola and Bhutan. Residents of FATF black- and grey-listed jurisdictions, including Russia, Iran and Myanmar, are barred from its cryptocurrency exchange services.

Complaints go to the client support team at cs@cptmarkets.com, according to the broker's Belize complaints notice dated January 2026. The notice promises an acknowledgement within 3 business days and a written response within 14 days, with escalation to the compliance department and then referral to the Belize Financial Services Commission. The South Africa terms direct clients of CPT Markets (PTY) Limited to a separate complaints procedure on cptmarkets.co.za.

CPT Markets says its customer service team is available 24/7, and clients can reach it by live chat or by email at support@cptmarkets.com. The chat opens with an AI assistant and has a tab for human agents, who serve clients in Traditional Chinese, English and Arabic. The contact page also lists a toll-free number, 400-842-8992, given without a country code.

CPT Markets' South Africa terms say approved withdrawal requests are generally processed within one business day after complete instructions are received. That is the time the company takes to process a request, not the time the money takes to arrive, which depends on the payment channel. The global site publishes no withdrawal times for individual payment methods.

CPT Markets' Classic and Prime accounts charge no commission and price trading through floating spreads, while its ECN account combines spreads from 0.0 pips with a volume-based commission whose rate the broker does not publish. A campaign page also refers to an existing 7% fee that still applies when a client deposits without any valid trading activity, without stating what the fee is charged on or when.

CPT Markets offers three live trading accounts: Classic, also called the Standard Account, with floating spreads and no commission; ECN, with spreads from 0.0 pips and a volume-based commission; and Prime, a gold-focused account with no commission and a minimum deposit from USD 500. It also offers MAM and copy trading accounts and a free demo account on MT4 and MT5. Its account pages do not mention a swap-free or Islamic account.

The only minimum deposit CPT Markets publishes is USD 500, for its Prime account, which its site presents as the Premium Gold Account. The Classic and ECN account pages give no figure: Classic is described as having a low entry threshold, and ECN as typically requiring a minimum initial deposit.

Accounts opened at cptmarkets.com outside South Africa are held by CPT Markets Limited, a Belize company. The GLEIF LEI register, with data validated at the Belize Companies and Corporate Affairs Registry, shows it under company number 155553, incorporated on 8 July 2015. CPT Markets is a brand used by several companies: the site also names CPT Markets (PTY) Limited, which serves South African clients through its own website, CPT Mena Financial Services LLC in the United Arab Emirates, and two Cyprus companies, CPT Operation Limited and CPTFintech Limited, without stating their role.

Yes. CPT Markets lists a 30% Welcome Bonus on a client's first deposit, up to USD 500 per client, running from 1 January to 31 December 2026; the bonus can be traded but not withdrawn and is removed after the first withdrawal. Clients in India can also receive a USD 5 credit bonus for a single USDT deposit of at least 50 USDT made between 1 October and 31 December 2026.

Yes. CPT Markets' South Africa terms let the company delay a withdrawal until satisfactory documentation has been provided, and they do not permit trading until KYC and anti-money-laundering checks are met. Until verification is complete, a client may be limited to a single deposit of up to USD 300, and the company may also decline withdrawals through certain payment methods or ask for another payment channel.

CPT Markets advertises leverage of up to 1:1000 on its Classic, ECN and Prime accounts. Its MAM account page gives no leverage figure and says sub-accounts can use their own leverage settings.

CPT Markets' global site names only one payment method in text, USDT, which appears in a credit bonus campaign for clients in India; it has no deposits and withdrawals page, and its home page shows payment logos without names. Its South Africa terms say the client pays any bank transfer, intermediary banking or currency conversion charges on a withdrawal.

CPT Markets offers MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5 for Windows, macOS, iOS and Android, and its own platform: the CPT App for iOS and Android and CPT Desktop for Windows and macOS. Its platform pages offer no browser-based web terminal. Copy trading runs through a separate Social Trading portal at copytrading.cptmarkets.com.

Three companies using the CPT Markets name hold licences that were confirmed on the regulators' registers on 21 October 2026, each for a different activity: CPT Markets Limited, the company behind international accounts at cptmarkets.com, holds offshore licence 6616058 from the Belize Financial Services Commission (FSC); CPT Markets (PTY) Limited holds Category I authorisation 45954 from South Africa's Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) for advice and intermediary services; and CPT Mena Financial Services LLC holds a UAE Capital Market Authority (CMA) licence for introduction and promotion only, under reference CP-0001163. The licence number the site prints for the UAE company, 20200000245, returns no result on the CMA register. A separate UK company, CPT Markets UK Limited, holds FCA authorisation 606110, which does not cover accounts opened at cptmarkets.com.

Licence CP-0001163 was issued by Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA), the financial authority for United Arab Emirates.
CPT Markets holds this SCA licence. A licence on record means the authority published an entry; it is not an endorsement.
We located this entry on the SCA 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.
The SCA register prints it under CPT MENA FINANCIAL SERVICES L.L.C, not CPT Markets. Licences are often held by a subsidiary rather than the trading brand, which is why searching a register for the brand alone can return nothing.
Wikilix rates SCA tier 2: a well-established regime with real supervision, usually with lower compensation limits than a tier-1 authority.
This page links straight to the SCA register. Search it for CP-0001163, and for the name CPT MENA FINANCIAL SERVICES L.L.C rather than the trading brand.
CPT Markets has 3 other licences on record with Wikilix, across 3 jurisdictions. They are listed further down this page.
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