Plus500 CySEC Licence 250/14: Status & Register Check

Our check

Checked Nov 12, 2026

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: Cyprus
Last checked: Nov 12, 2026
Register says: Authorised

Finding

Cyprus investment firm licence of Plus500CY Ltd (250/14) to execute client orders and deal on own account, passported to EEA countries. CySEC approves www.plus500.com as a Plus500CY domain. Client protection: Moderate to strong: EU MiFID rules, segregated client funds, negative balance protection for retail clients and the Cyprus Investor Compensation Fund. Effective: 10 Oct 2014.

Register screenshot, captured Nov 12, 2026

Verification note

Confirmed on the CySEC register as Plus500CY Ltd. The register entry carries our licence number 250/14. The register records the licence as effective from 10 October 2014.

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 number: 250/14
Licence type (Wikilix classification): Investment Advisory License
Register status: Authorised
Effective from: Oct 10, 2014
Expires: No expiry shown

The authority

About CySEC

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

Full name: Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission
Jurisdiction: Cyprus
Strength: Tier 2Well-established regimes with real supervision, usually with lower compensation limits than tier 1.
Established: 2001
Oversight: A government or statutory body
Firms we track under it: 216 firms
Regulates: Forex, Stocks, Options, Derivatives, Commodity, Securities, Futures, CFD
Licences it issues: CIF – Own Account / Matched Principal (CFDs)
Typical cost of a licence: €50000-100000
Public register: Searchable by the public
Transparency: High

Protection

What this licence protects

CySEC's own rules for the firms it authorises.

Compensation schemeUp to €20000 (ICF)
Client money kept separate
Negative balance protection
Complaints routeCyprus Financial Ombudsman
Maximum leverage1:30

The holder

Who holds this licence

The licence above is recorded against Plus500. A licence is issued to a legal company, so the companies below are what you would search a corporate register for.

Broker: Plus500 Ltd
Based in: Israel
Wikilix score: 38.0the 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.

PLUS500US FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLCUnited States · Financial Services · Reg. LLC_01626426 · Feb 6, 2025
PLUS500SG PTE. LTD.Singapore · Reg. 201422211Z · Dec 31, 2016
PLUS500CY LTDCyprus · Reg. HE333382 · Jun 16, 2014
PLUS500AU PTY. LTD.Australia · Reg. 153301681 · Sep 19, 2011
PLUS500UK LTDUnited Kingdom · Reg. 07024970 · Sep 21, 2009
Plus500JP証券株式会社Japan · Reg. 2010001092422 · Mar 15, 2005
Plus500SEY LtdSeychelles
Plus500EE ASEstonia
Plus500AE LtdUnited Arab Emirates
Plus500BHS LtdBahamas
Plus500CA LtdCanada
Plus500 Ltd

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.

Official source: The issuing authority’s registerPublished by the authority, not by Wikilix.
Last checked by Wikilix: Nov 12, 2026
Record last edited: Nov 12, 2026When this entry was last changed in our database, which may be a correction rather than a change at the register.
Evidence held: A screenshot of the register entry is on file.