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HMFS: SEC licence 027/Securities Broker/2023

Issuing authority
Securities and Exchange Commission
Jurisdiction
Pakistan
Licence type
Financial Service

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RecordModified Jul 27, 2026

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Securities and Exchange Commission 027/Securities Broker/2023

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

Holder
Habib Metropolitan Financial Services Ltd
Issuing authority
Securities and Exchange Commission
Jurisdiction
Pakistan
Licence type
Financial Service

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Our check

What we checked

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Wikilix check
Not checked
Authority strength
Tier 1
Jurisdiction
Pakistan
Last checked
Never

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The register

What the authority publishes

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Licence number
027/Securities Broker/2023
Licence type (Wikilix classification)
Financial Service
The authority

About SEC

Securities and Exchange Commission is the authority that issued this licence, and the jurisdiction it applies in is Pakistan.

Full name
Securities and Exchange Commission
Jurisdiction
Pakistan
Strength
Tier 1 (securities)The strictest regimes: high capital requirements, segregated client money and a compensation scheme.
Established
1936
Oversight
A government or statutory body
Firms we track under it
0 firms
Licences it issues
Broker-dealer; investment adviser
Typical cost of a licence
Varies; FINRA and SEC registration fees
Public register
Searchable by the public
Transparency
Medium
Protection

What this licence protects

SEC's own rules for the firms it authorises.

  • Compensation schemeSIPC insures up to $500,000 per customer (including $250,000 cash)
  • Complaints routeSEC Tips/Complaints/Referral
  • Maximum leverage1:50
This describes the authority's regime, not how HMFS applies it.
The holder

Who holds this licence

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

Broker
Habib Metropolitan Financial Services Ltd
Based in
Pakistan
Wikilix score
38.7the firm’s overall score, not a rating of this licence

Recorded companies

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

  • HABIB METROPOLITAN FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITEDPakistan · Financial Services · Reg. 0063071 · Feb 20, 2019
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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Frequently Asked Questions

Questions about this licence

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

Most Popular Questions
HMFS offers customer support in English with live chat available during business hours. Clients can also reach support via phone at +92‑21‑35364665‑68 or email at info@hmfs.com.pk and iftikhar@hmfs.com.pk. Additional contact details include fax and mobile numbers, with a physical address in Karachi, Pakistan.
HMFS supports multiple funding methods including credit/debit cards, bank wire transfers, Skrill, Neteller, mobile money services, local bank transfers, PayRedeem, cryptocurrency via BitPay, and other e-wallets like FasaPay and WebMoney. Withdrawal processing times vary from instant to up to 24 hours or longer depending on the method.
HMFS offers a maximum leverage of up to 1000.
The minimum deposit amount required by HMFS is 50,000 Pakistani Rupees (PKR). Deposit methods include credit/debit cards, bank wire transfers, and various e-wallets, with some methods having minimum deposit amounts in USD starting as low as 5 USD.
Habib Metropolitan Financial Services Ltd (HMFS) is regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of Pakistan. It holds a valid financial service license and operates under onshore regulation, providing a level of investor protection. The SEC is a tier 1 securities regulator with public license lookup and complaint mechanisms.
Licence 027/Securities Broker/2023 was issued by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the financial authority for Pakistan.
HMFS holds this SEC 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 SEC 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 SEC tier 1 — the strictest band, with high capital requirements, segregated client money and a compensation scheme.
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