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PBFX: FMA licence 551686

Issuing authority
Financial Markets Authority
Jurisdiction
New Zealand

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RecordModified Sep 7, 2026

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Financial Markets Authority 551686

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

Holder
Prime Business Co., Ltd
Issuing authority
Financial Markets Authority
Jurisdiction
New Zealand

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Our check

What we checked

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Wikilix check
Not checked
Authority strength
Tier 2
Jurisdiction
New Zealand
Last checked
Never

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The register

What the authority publishes

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Licence number
551686
The authority

About FMA

Financial Markets Authority is the authority that issued this licence, and the jurisdiction it applies in is New Zealand.

Full name
Financial Markets Authority
Jurisdiction
New Zealand
Strength
Tier 2Well-established regimes with real supervision, usually with lower compensation limits than tier 1.
Established
2011
Oversight
A government or statutory body
Firms we track under it
9 firms
Regulates
Forex, Fund, Options, Derivatives, Binary option, CFD
Licences it issues
Derivatives Issuer Licence
Typical cost of a licence
NZD 50000-100000
Public register
Searchable by the public
Transparency
High
Protection

What this licence protects

FMA's own rules for the firms it authorises.

  • No compensation schemeNo mandatory insurance (but strict fund segregation)
  • Negative balance protection
  • Complaints routeFSCL
  • Maximum leverage1:500
This describes the authority's regime, not how PBFX applies it.
The holder

Who holds this licence

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

Broker
Prime Business Co., Ltd
Based in
Cayman Islands
Wikilix score
28.9the firm’s overall score, not a rating of this licence

Wikilix records PBFX 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
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 PBFX holds

One other licence is on record for PBFX.

Frequently Asked Questions

Questions about this licence

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

Most Popular Questions
PBFX provides customer support via phone, live chat during business hours, and email. The support is available in English, and contact details include a Hong Kong phone number and email addresses for general support and customer service.
PBFX offers trading in various regulated financial instruments including Forex, Funds, Options, Derivatives, Binary options, and CFDs. This range provides diverse opportunities for traders across different markets.
The broker offers a maximum leverage of up to 1000:1. This high leverage level allows traders to control larger positions with a smaller amount of capital.
PBFX supports multiple funding methods including bank wire transfers (SWIFT), UnionPay, Tether (USDT), PayTrust88, IDA, MyPay, and MTPAY. Deposits and withdrawals generally have no fees and processing times range from hours to a few days depending on the method. Minimum deposits start as low as $10 depending on the account type.
PBFX offers the MetaTrader 4 platform, which is available for desktop and supports various operating systems including Windows, iOS, Android, and web. MetaTrader 4 is known for advanced charting, automated trading via Expert Advisors, and reliable execution.
Prime Business Co., Ltd (PBFX) holds an onshore license from the Financial Markets Authority (FMA) in New Zealand, which is a tier 2 global regulator. The broker follows strict fund segregation but does not have mandatory client fund insurance. PBFX is prohibited from serving clients in the USA, North Korea, Iran, and other sanctioned countries.
Licence 551686 was issued by Financial Markets Authority (FMA), the financial authority for New Zealand.
PBFX holds this FMA 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 FMA 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 FMA tier 2: a well-established regime with real supervision, usually with lower compensation limits than a tier-1 authority.
PBFX has one other licence on record with Wikilix, across one jurisdiction. They are listed further down this page.
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