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IronX: FSCA licence 45276

Issuing authority
Financial Sector Conduct Authority
Jurisdiction
South Africa
Last checked
Aug 24, 2026

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Financial Sector Conduct Authority 45276

Wikilix read the FSCA register on Aug 24, 2026. This is what it said.

Holder
IronX Exchange
Issuing authority
Financial Sector Conduct Authority
Jurisdiction
South Africa
Effective
Jul 15, 2014
Register status
Authorized

Checked Aug 24, 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 24, 2026
Register says
Authorized

Finding

South African conduct authority; Notesco (SA) Pty Ltd is an authorised Category I FSP covering derivative instruments (advice and intermediary), trading as IronFX SA. Confirmed by us on the FSCA register. Client protection: Moderate: conduct supervision; a Category I advice and intermediary licence, not a full over-the-counter derivatives provider licence. Effective: 15 Jul 2014.

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The register

What the authority publishes

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Licence number
45276
Register status
Authorized
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 IronX applies it.
The holder

Who holds this licence

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

Broker
IronX Exchange
Based in
United Kingdom
Wikilix score
56.7the firm’s overall score, not a rating of this licence

Wikilix records IronX 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 IronX holds

3 other licences are on record for IronX.

Frequently Asked Questions

Questions about this licence

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

Most Popular Questions
IronX provides a maximum leverage of up to 1000.
IronX supports deposits and withdrawals via credit/debit cards, bank transfers, e-wallets like Skrill and Neteller, China UnionPay, cryptocurrencies, and an IronFX prepaid card. Processing times vary from instant to several business days depending on the method.
IronX offers the MetaTrader 5 platform, available as desktop and web trader versions. MetaTrader 5 is a multi-asset platform known for advanced analytics and algorithmic trading tools.
IronX Exchange currently operates without regulation and does not hold any official licenses. Users should consider this lack of regulation when assessing safety and risk.
Licence 45276 was issued by Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA), the financial authority for South Africa.
IronX 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.
IronX has 3 other licences on record with Wikilix, across 3 jurisdictions. They are listed further down this page.
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