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FXTIME: FSCA licence recorded for FXTIME

Issuing authority
Financial Sector Conduct Authority
Jurisdiction
South Africa
Licence type
Financial Service Corporate

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RecordModified Sep 7, 2026

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Financial Sector Conduct Authority No number on the register

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

Holder
FXTIME
Issuing authority
Financial Sector Conduct Authority
Jurisdiction
South Africa
Licence type
Financial Service Corporate

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Our check

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
Never

Nobody at Wikilix has looked this licence up on the official register yet. Everything above comes from the record as supplied; treat it as a claim until you have checked it yourself.

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The register

What the authority publishes

Printed as the register prints it. A field that is missing here is one nobody has recorded, not one the register leaves blank.

Licence type (Wikilix classification)
Financial Service Corporate
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 FXTIME applies it.
The holder

Who holds this licence

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

Broker
FXTIME
Based in
Cyprus
Wikilix score
65.0the firm’s overall score, not a rating of this licence
Provenance

Where this record came from

Every date below has already happened. We do not publish a promised next-update date, because we do not schedule per-licence re-checks.

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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Also on record

Other licences FXTIME holds

8 other licences are on record for FXTIME.

Frequently Asked Questions

Questions about this licence

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

Most Popular Questions
FXTIME supports deposits and withdrawals via credit/debit cards, bank wire transfers, e-wallets like Skrill and Neteller, local/regional payment solutions, and cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Tether. Processing times and fees vary depending on the method and region.
The minimum deposit at FXTIME is 250 USD. Withdrawal fees vary by method; for example, credit/debit card withdrawals incur a 3 USD fee and bank wire withdrawals typically have a 30 USD fee. Processing times range from instant for e-wallets to several business days for bank wire transfers.
FXTIME provides access to MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5 platforms. Both platforms are available on desktop, iOS, Android, and web trader versions, supporting a wide range of devices and offering advanced charting and trading tools.
FXTIME is regulated by multiple authorities including the FCA in the UK, CySEC in Cyprus, and FSCA in South Africa. Client funds are insured up to £85,000 in the UK and up to €20,000 in other jurisdictions like Cyprus and Malta. The broker operates under high transparency and has complaint mechanisms through respective financial ombudsman services.
FXTIME holds this FSCA 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 FSCA 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 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.
FXTIME has 8 other licences on record with Wikilix, across 8 jurisdictions. They are listed further down this page.
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