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Plus500 SCB licence SIA-F250

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Ended
Issuing authority
The Securities Commission of The Bahamas
Jurisdiction
Bahamas
Last checked
Nov 12, 2026

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The Securities Commission of The Bahamas SIA-F250

Wikilix read the SCB register on Nov 12, 2026. This is what it said.

Issuing authority
The Securities Commission of The Bahamas logoThe Securities Commission of The Bahamas
Name on the register
PLUS500BHS Ltd
Jurisdiction
Bahamas flagBahamas
Register status
Registered firm
Permissions
1. Dealing in Capital Market Instruments as Agent or Principal and trading CFD's
No longer in force

Checked Nov 12, 2026

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wikilix.com/brokers/plus500/licenses/the-securities-commission-of-the-bahamas/sia-f250Fields on file 8 / 11

Our check
Checked

What we checked

This licence is no longer in force, or the register did not carry it when we looked.

Wikilix check
Ended
Authority strength
Tier 3
Jurisdiction
Bahamas
Last checked
Nov 12, 2026
Register says
Registered firm

Finding

Registration of Plus500BHS Ltd as a firm dealing in securities as agent or principal (SIA-F250), an offshore entity. Client protection: Weak: offshore supervision and no investor compensation scheme.

Verification note

Confirmed on the SCB register as PLUS500BHS Ltd (1. Dealing in Capital Market Instruments as Agent or Principal and trading CFD's. The CFD SUPERVISORY OFFICER cell is filled: Anthony Ferguson.). The SCB SIA Registrants list dated 31 October 2026 prints the licensee name PLUS500BHS Ltd on page 11. The broker's registered corporate entity Plus500BHS Ltd is incorporated in The Bahamas, and the 2 names match apart from capital letters. The same SCB row gives the address Bayside Executive Park, No. 3, West Bay Street & Blake Road, Nassau, Bahamas. The row names Anthony Ferguson as CFD supervisory officer. SCB publishes no live register, only a periodically refreshed list showing the position as at the end of the previous month. The list read here shows the position as at 31 October 2026, so this finding is current only as at that date.

In detail
Updated

About this SCB licence

What this authorisation is, what it establishes, and what it leaves open.

The Securities Commission of The Bahamas (SCB) lists PLUS500BHS Ltd on the SCB Securities Industry Act list dated 31 October 2026. PLUS500BHS Ltd is a Bahamas company and one of the Plus500 group companies. Plus500 gives the number SIA-F250 for the registration, but the SCB list prints no registration numbers.

SCB is a securities regulator that registers firms under the Securities Industry Act, 2024. SCB can bring criminal or administrative proceedings. The Securities Industry Act list covers firms that deal in, arrange, manage or advise on capital market instruments. The row for PLUS500BHS Ltd shows 1 category: "1. Dealing in Capital Market Instruments as Agent or Principal and trading CFD's". A CFD, or contract for difference, is a contract on a price change; the holder does not own the asset.

The SCB list shows the position on 31 October 2026, not today. SCB tells readers to contact the Commission for more current information. A place on the list says nothing about the company's finances or conduct. The registration covers PLUS500BHS Ltd, not every Plus500 company or website.

The SCB row gives the address Bayside Executive Park, No. 3, West Bay Street & Blake Road, Nassau, Bahamas. The P.O. Box cell is empty. The row names Prescott Edvardo Adderley as CEO, Sherella Vernetta Gibson-Sturrup as compliance officer and Anthony Ferguson as CFD supervisory officer. The list has no column for a registration number, status, dates, telephone or website.

To check the registration, open the Registrant Licensee Status Search page on scb.gov.bs. Under the Securities Industry Act, 2024 tab, open the SIA Registrants list. PLUS500BHS Ltd is on page 11 of the list dated 31 October 2026. The answer changes if a later list drops PLUS500BHS Ltd or shows a new name, or if SCB publishes a notice about the company.

Written from what the issuing authority's own register published when we last read it. It describes a record, not the firm's conduct, and it is not advice.
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
SIA-F250
Issued to
PLUS500BHS Ltd
Register status
Registered firm
Permissions
1. Dealing in Capital Market Instruments as Agent or Principal and trading CFD's
Registered address
Bayside Executive Park, No. 3, West Bay Street & Blake Road, Nassau, Bahamas
The authority

About SCB

The Securities Commission of The Bahamas is the authority that issued this licence, and the jurisdiction it applies in is Bahamas.

Full name
The Securities Commission of The Bahamas
Jurisdiction
Bahamas
Strength
Tier 3Lighter-touch supervision; protections vary and are often limited.
Established
1995
Oversight
A government or statutory body
Firms we track under it
10 firms
Regulates
Forex, Stocks, Fund, Options, Securities, Futures
Licences it issues
SIA Broker‑Dealer (Class II – Principal & Agency CFDs)
Typical cost of a licence
USD 30000-50000
Public register
Searchable by the public
Transparency
Medium

SCB 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

SCB's own rules for the firms it authorises.

  • No compensation scheme
  • Client money kept separate
  • Negative balance protection
  • Complaints routeSCB Complaints Unit
  • Maximum leverage1:200
This licence is not in force, so these protections do not apply to it. They describe SCB's regime for the firms it currently authorises.
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.

Plus500 logo
Broker
Plus500 Ltd
Named on the register
PLUS500BHS Ltd
Based in
Israel
Wikilix score
38.0the firm’s overall score, not a rating of this licence

Recorded companies

The name this register printed matches Plus500BHS Ltd below.

  • 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 LtdMatches the registerBahamas
  • Plus500CA LtdCanada
  • Plus500 Ltd
Provenance

Where this record came from

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Official source
The issuing authority’s registerPublished by the authority, not by Wikilix.
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 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 SIA-F250 was issued by The Securities Commission of The Bahamas (SCB), the financial authority for Bahamas.
Plus500 holds this SCB licence. A licence on record means the authority published an entry; it is not an endorsement.
We located this entry on the SCB 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.
The SCB register prints it under PLUS500BHS Ltd, not Plus500. Licences are often held by a subsidiary rather than the trading brand, which is why searching a register for the brand alone can return nothing.
Wikilix rates SCB tier 3. Supervision is lighter-touch and client protections vary.
Yes, SCB 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.
This page links straight to the SCB register. Search it for SIA-F250, and for the name PLUS500BHS Ltd rather than the trading brand.
Plus500 has 15 other licences on record with Wikilix, across 14 jurisdictions. They are listed further down this page.
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