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Plus500 FSCA licence 47546

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Confirmed on the register
Issuing authority
Financial Sector Conduct Authority
Jurisdiction
South Africa
Last checked
Nov 12, 2026

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Financial Sector Conduct Authority 47546

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Holder
Plus500 Ltd logoPlus500 Ltd
Issuing authority
Financial Sector Conduct Authority logoFinancial Sector Conduct Authority
Jurisdiction
South Africa flagSouth Africa
Register status
Authorized; search FSP number 47546 on the FSCA FAIS search

Checked Nov 12, 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
Nov 12, 2026
Register says
Authorized; search FSP number 47546 on the FSCA FAIS search

Finding

Authorisation of Plus500AU Pty Ltd as financial services provider 47546 under South Africa's FAIS Act. Client protection: Moderate: FAIS conduct rules and the FAIS Ombud for complaints; no compensation fund.

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The register

What the authority publishes

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Licence number
47546
Register status
Authorized; search FSP number 47546 on the FSCA FAIS search
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 Plus500 applies it.
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.

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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

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Record last edited
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Also on record

Other licences Plus500 holds

15 other licences are on record for Plus500.

Frequently Asked Questions

Questions about this licence

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

Most Popular Questions
Licence 47546 was issued by Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA), the financial authority for South Africa.
Plus500 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.
Plus500 has 15 other licences on record with Wikilix, across 14 jurisdictions. They are listed further down this page.
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