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Fx-k: FSCA licence 54827

Issuing authority
Financial Sector Conduct Authority
Jurisdiction
South Africa
Last checked
Aug 15, 2026

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Financial Sector Conduct Authority 54827

Wikilix read the FSCA register on Aug 15, 2026. This is what it said.

Holder
TRADEQUOMARKETS LTD
Issuing authority
Financial Sector Conduct Authority
Jurisdiction
South Africa
Register status
Licence held by a South African sister entity; not the deposit-taking entity
Checked

Checked Aug 15, 2026

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wikilix.com/brokers/fx-k/licenses/financial-sector-conduct-authority/54827Fields on file 5 / 11

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Our check
Checked

What we checked

Nobody has adjudicated this licence yet. It is recorded here as claimed, not as confirmed.

Wikilix check
Not checked
Authority strength
Tier 2
Jurisdiction
South Africa
Last checked
Aug 15, 2026
Register says
Licence held by a South African sister entity; not the deposit-taking entity

Finding

FSP licence No 54827 held by sister entity Tradequo (PTY) Ltd; a South African authorisation that does not cover the offshore entity taking quomarkets.com deposits. Client protection: Covers South African conduct of a sister entity only.

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The register

What the authority publishes

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Licence number
54827
Register status
Licence held by a South African sister entity; not the deposit-taking entity
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 Fx-k applies it.
The holder

Who holds this licence

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

Broker
TRADEQUOMARKETS LTD
Based in
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Wikilix score
37.5the firm’s overall score, not a rating of this licence

Wikilix records Fx-k as having no regulation on file. 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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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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Also on record

Other licences Fx-k holds

2 other licences are on record for Fx-k.

Frequently Asked Questions

Questions about this licence

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

Most Popular Questions
Fx-k does not charge commissions on trades, and it does not offer no-swap (Islamic) accounts based on the available information.
Fx-k offers customer support via live chat during business hours and email at hello@fx-k.com. Support is available in English according to the provided data.
Fx-k offers a maximum leverage of 1:420. This allows traders to control larger positions relative to their account balance.
The minimum deposit amount for opening an account with Fx-k is 10 USD. This information is based on the trading conditions provided by WIKILIX.
Fx-k provides access to the MetaTrader 5 platform, a multi-asset trading software known for advanced analytics and algorithmic trading tools. It supports desktop use and is developed by MetaQuotes Software Corp.
TRADEQUOMARKETS LTD, operating as Fx-k, does not hold any regulatory licenses. It is registered in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines but is classified as having no regulation.
Licence 54827 was issued by Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA), the financial authority for South Africa.
Fx-k 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.
Fx-k has 2 other licences on record with Wikilix, across 2 jurisdictions. They are listed further down this page.
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