#1
Ebury Partners Markets Ltd
RegulatedUnited KingdomEst. 2009FCA
Regulation
License
Spread
84.8Score
Twelve brokers in the WIKILIX database carry an authorisation from the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), and only one of them, ProRealTime SAS, is actually headquartered in France. The other eleven reach French traders the way most regulated firms do across the EU: they hold a licence somewhere in the European Economic Area and passport it into France under MiFID. This page lists all twelve, ranked by WIKILIX score, and marks the three that carry a warning label rather than dropping them.
The scores run from a top of 84.8 down to 40.5, with a median of 58.5. Ebury Partners Markets Ltd sits first: it opened in 2009 and holds six authorities at once, the FCA, ASIC, SFC, FINTRAC, DFSA and the AMF. The longest-established entry is Société Générale, with a recorded opening date of 1864, which lists the AMF alongside three United States authorities. Six of the twelve opened before 2010, so this is not a list of new arrivals. Five also hold a UK FCA licence, and that repetition is the pattern here. An AMF line rarely travels alone.
What an AMF authorisation actually means for a French trader
The AMF is France's financial markets regulator. A firm shown here as AMF-authorised is cleared to offer services in France, directly or through an EEA passport, and that brings the MiFID conduct rules, client-money segregation, and a place on the AMF's public REGAFI register. What it does not tell you is which legal entity you would open an account with. Admirals appears here as Admirals SC Ltd, a Seychelles company holding nine authorities including the AMF, yet the entity a French client signs with may be a different one in the same group. Confirm the company named on your agreement before you fund it.
| Broker | Score | Authorities held | Opened | Max leverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ebury | 84.8 | 6 | 2009 | 1:1 |
| FXTIME | 65.0 | 9 | 2011 | 1:500 |
| Numisma | 61.7 | 6 | 2015 | 1:1 |
| Société Générale | 59.6 | 6 | 1864 | n/a |
| Admirals SC | 51.3 | 9 | 2019 | 1:1000 |
| ProRealTime SAS | 49.3 | 1 | 2007 | n/a |
The three entries we have flagged
Not every firm citing an AMF connection is one to treat as safe. Three of the twelve carry a WIKILIX status warning: NSBroker is recorded as a scam, while Triomarkets and WH Selfinvest are marked as suspicious clones, meaning the branding appears to imitate an authorised firm. NSBroker scores 67 on our scale despite that label, which is exactly why a score on its own is never the whole picture. Read the status before the number.
Before you open an account with any AMF-listed broker
- Search the exact company name on REGAFI, the AMF's official register, and check the AMF blacklist for the trading name and website.
- Confirm which group entity your contract names; an AMF line on the parent does not extend to a Seychelles or Vanuatu subsidiary.
- Ask whether you are onboarded under the French or EEA licence or under an offshore one, because the leverage cap and compensation cover differ sharply between them.
- Treat a headline figure like Admirals' 1:1000 as an offshore entity's number; the EEA retail cap is far lower.
This reflects the AMF entries recorded in the WIKILIX database as of today. It does not measure spreads, execution quality, deposit methods, or whether a given firm currently accepts clients from your country. Confirm any authorisation on the AMF's own register before you deposit.
14brokers on this list
Researched & ranked by the Wikilix team
- #2
Griffin Markets
RegulatedUnited KingdomEst. 2011AMF
RegulationLicenseSpread82.1Score - #3
Triomarkets Capital Ltd
Suspicious CloneMauritiusEst. 2014CySEC
RegulationLicenseSpread69.4Score - #4
NSBroker
ScamMaltaEst. 2011MFSA
RegulationLicenseSpread67.0Score - #5
FXTIME
RegulatedCyprusEst. 2011FSCA
RegulationLicenseSpread66.0Score - #6
Numisma
RegulatedCyprusEst. 2015FCARegulationLicenseSpread61.7Score - #7
SOCIETE GENERALE
RegulatedChinaEst. 1864AMFRegulationLicenseSpread59.9Score - #8
AUREL BGC
No RegulationFranceEst. 1965ACPRRegulationLicenseSpread58.0Score - #9
BenchMark
BulgariaEst. 2003AMFRegulationLicenseSpread57.3Score - #10
WH Selfinvest
Suspicious CloneGermanyEst. 1998FINMA
RegulationLicenseSpread55.4Score - #11
Admirals SC Ltd
RegulatedSeychellesEst. 2019CySECRegulationLicenseSpread53.0Score - #12
Alchemy Markets Ltd.
RegulatedMaltaEst. 2011MFSARegulationLicenseSpread51.9Score
This register is rebuilt from the WIKILIX licence records, so it changes on its own as AMF entries are added, updated or withdrawn. The scores that set the order are recomputed on the same data, which means the ranking reflects the day you read it rather than a fixed table. A firm that loses its AMF line, or picks up a warning label, moves without anyone editing this page.
If you are comparing European regulators, the closest neighbours are the firms holding a BaFin licence in Germany, a CONSOB licence in Italy, a CNMV licence in Spain and an MFSA licence in Malta. Many of the same names recur across all of them, because one EEA authorisation passports across the bloc. For a UK view, the FCA regulated brokers list overlaps heavily with this one. To narrow to the strongest records across every top-tier authority, see the tier-1 regulated brokers scoring 70 or higher.
Wherever you go next, confirm the licence on the regulator's own register before you deposit. A ranking is a starting point for research, not a substitute for it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently asked questions
Answers from the Wikilix research team about this ranking.
Most Popular Questions
An AMF authorisation covers conduct and client-money rules, but it says nothing about a broker's spreads, execution speed, or the platforms it offers, none of which this page measures. It also does not follow you to an offshore entity: if you are onboarded under a non-EEA licence, the French protections and leverage caps may not apply. Verify the entity before depositing.
Five of the twelve. Ebury, FXTIME, Numisma, BenchMark and Admirals hold a UK Financial Conduct Authority licence alongside their AMF entry, which is common among firms that operated across the EEA before and after Brexit. Multi-licensing like this is the norm here: eleven of the twelve hold at least two authorities.
Because this is the complete register of AMF entries in our database, not a curated shortlist. NSBroker holds an AMF line in our records but is flagged as a scam, so it stays on the list with that label attached rather than being quietly dropped. The label is the point: it shows which firms citing the AMF we would not treat as safe.
Search the firm's exact legal name on REGAFI, the AMF's official register of authorised providers, and check the AMF blacklist for its trading name and website. A genuine authorisation will show the entity, its status and the services it may offer. If a broker cites the AMF but does not appear on REGAFI, treat that as a serious warning.
This list is built from where each broker is licensed and domiciled, not from where it accepts clients. An AMF authorisation means a firm may serve French residents, but it does not confirm it will onboard you specifically, and several of these firms run separate offshore entities for non-EEA clients. Check the individual broker's own terms and the entity named on your agreement.
No. Only one, ProRealTime SAS, is headquartered in France. The other eleven are domiciled elsewhere, from the United Kingdom and Cyprus to Malta and Canada, and reach French clients by passporting an EEA licence into France under MiFID. An AMF line tells you a broker is cleared to operate in France, not that it is a French company.
Société Générale, with a recorded opening date of 1864, is by far the longest-established entry and the only one predating the modern regulatory era. After it, the oldest firms are MTFX from 1996 and WH Selfinvest from 1998. Six of the twelve opened before 2010, so most of this list has a long operating history behind it.
Twelve. Every firm on this page carries an Autorité des Marchés Financiers authorisation recorded in the WIKILIX database, and the list is generated from those records rather than hand-curated, so a broker that gains or loses an AMF entry appears or drops off without anyone editing the page. Three of the twelve also carry a warning label, which we mark rather than remove.