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F-wise Capital: FSCA licence 48564

Issuing authority
Financial Sector Conduct Authority
Jurisdiction
South Africa
Licence type
Financial Service Corporate
Last checked
Aug 8, 2026

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Financial Sector Conduct Authority 48564

Wikilix read the FSCA register on Aug 8, 2026. This is what it said.

Holder
F-WISE CAPITAL (PTY) LTD
Issuing authority
Financial Sector Conduct Authority
Jurisdiction
South Africa
Licence type
Financial Service Corporate
Effective
Oct 10, 2017
Register status
Authorised

Checked Aug 8, 2026

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Our check
Checked

What we checked

We found this licence on the issuing authority's own register.

Wikilix check
Confirmed on the register
Authority strength
Tier 2
Jurisdiction
South Africa
Last checked
Aug 8, 2026
Register says
Authorised

Finding

South Africa's conduct regulator for financial services. This is a Category I FSP authorisation for advice and intermediary services on derivative instruments, bonds and deposits, held by the operating entity itself. Client protection: Moderate: conduct supervision by a recognised national regulator, but an adviser and intermediary scope and no broad retail deposit compensation scheme.. Effective: 10 Oct 2017.

The register

What the authority publishes

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Licence number
48564
Licence type (Wikilix classification)
Financial Service Corporate
Register status
Authorised
Effective from
Expires
No expiry shown
The authority

About FSCA

Financial Sector Conduct Authority is the authority that issued this licence, and the jurisdiction it applies in is South Africa.

Full name
Financial Sector Conduct Authority
Jurisdiction
South Africa
Strength
Tier 2Well-established regimes with real supervision, usually with lower compensation limits than tier 1.
Established
1991
Oversight
A government or statutory body
Firms we track under it
19 firms
Regulates
Forex, Bond, Stocks, Fund, Derivatives, CFD
Licences it issues
ODP Category IIA – Principal & Agency OTC Derivatives
Typical cost of a licence
USD 50,000-100,000 + ~USD 270k capital
Public register
Searchable by the public
Transparency
High

FSCA 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

FSCA's own rules for the firms it authorises.

  • Compensation schemeUp to ZAR 500,000
  • Complaints routeFSCA Dispute Resolution
  • Maximum leverage1:30
This describes the authority's regime, not how F-wise Capital applies it.
The holder

Who holds this licence

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

Broker
F-WISE CAPITAL (PTY) LTD
Based in
South Africa
Wikilix score
28.3the firm’s overall score, not a rating of this licence

Wikilix has flagged F-wise Capital as a suspected clone of another firm. That is a finding about the firm, not about this licence — the register’s own wording above is what states this entry’s standing.

Provenance

Where this record came from

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Official source
The issuing authority’s registerPublished by the authority, not by Wikilix.
Last checked by Wikilix
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
F-wise Capital offers trading in various regulated financial instruments including Forex, bonds, stocks, funds, derivatives, and CFDs. These instruments are available under the broker's FSCA regulation.
F-wise Capital offers customer support via phone, email, and live chat during business hours. Support is available in English, and the broker provides a physical address in Randburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
According to the provided information, F-wise Capital offers a maximum leverage of up to 1000. This is significantly higher than the FSCA's highest leverage recommendation of 30, which may indicate different account types or conditions.
F-wise Capital supports multiple funding methods including bank transfers, credit/debit cards, e-wallets, cryptocurrencies, Apple Pay, and Google Pay. Deposits are generally free and processed instantly or within a few days, while withdrawals may incur fixed or percentage fees depending on the method.
F-wise Capital is regulated by the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) in South Africa. The FSCA is a government-regulated entity with a high transparency level and client fund insurance up to ZAR 500,000. However, the broker is currently marked as a suspicious clone according to WIKILIX data.
Licence 48564 was issued by Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA), the financial authority for South Africa.
F-wise Capital holds this FSCA licence. A licence on record means the authority published an entry; it is not an endorsement.
We located this entry on the FSCA 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.
Wikilix rates FSCA tier 2: a well-established regime with real supervision, usually with lower compensation limits than a tier-1 authority.
Yes, FSCA 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.
This page links straight to the FSCA register. Search it for 48564, and for the name F-wise Capital rather than the trading brand.
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