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RMS TRADE: BaFin licence 151148

Issuing authority
Federal Financial Supervisory Authority
Jurisdiction
Germany
Licence type
Financial Service
Last checked
Aug 17, 2026

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Federal Financial Supervisory Authority 151148

Wikilix read the BaFin register on Aug 17, 2026. This is what it said.

Holder
Pepperstone Group Limited
Issuing authority
Federal Financial Supervisory Authority
Jurisdiction
Germany
Licence type
Financial Service
Register status
Clone-firm claim, not held by this operator
Not found on register

Checked Aug 17, 2026

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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This licence is no longer in force, or the register did not carry it when we looked.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 1
Jurisdiction
Germany
Last checked
Aug 17, 2026
Register says
Clone-firm claim, not held by this operator

Finding

This German registration number belongs to an unrelated, genuinely authorised firm. WIKILIX found no evidence that the operator behind this brand holds any German authorisation.

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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
151148
Licence type (Wikilix classification)
Financial Service
Register status
Clone-firm claim, not held by this operator
The authority

About BaFin

Federal Financial Supervisory Authority is the authority that issued this licence, and the jurisdiction it applies in is Germany.

Full name
Federal Financial Supervisory Authority
Jurisdiction
Germany
Strength
Tier 1The strictest regimes: high capital requirements, segregated client money and a compensation scheme.
Established
2002
Oversight
A government or statutory body
Firms we track under it
174 firms
Regulates
Stocks, Options, Futures, CFD
Licences it issues
KWG Investment Firm Licence
Typical cost of a licence
€100000-150000+
Public register
Searchable by the public
Transparency
High
Protection

What this licence protects

BaFin's own rules for the firms it authorises.

  • Compensation schemeUp to €20000
  • Client money kept separate
  • Negative balance protection
  • Complaints routeBaFin Complaints Unit
  • Maximum leverage1:30
This licence is not in force, so these protections do not apply to it. They describe BaFin's regime for the firms it currently authorises.
The holder

Who holds this licence

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

Broker
Pepperstone Group Limited
Based in
Australia
Wikilix score
79.9the firm’s overall score, not a rating of this licence

Wikilix has flagged RMS TRADE as a suspected clone of another firm. That is a finding about the firm, not about this licence — the register’s own wording above is what states this entry’s standing.

Recorded companies

None of these matches the name the register printed, so we do not say which one holds this licence.

  • Pepperstone Group LimitedAustralia · Reg. ACN 147 055 703 · Oct 27, 2010
Provenance

Where this record came from

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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 RMS TRADE holds

6 other licences are on record for RMS TRADE.

Frequently Asked Questions

Questions about this licence

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

Most Popular Questions
Pepperstone Group Limited offers a wide range of regulated financial instruments including Forex, stocks, options, derivatives, commodities, futures, bonds, funds, securities, and CFDs. The exact instruments available may depend on the regulatory jurisdiction and account type.
Pepperstone Group Limited offers leverage up to 30:1 depending on the regulatory jurisdiction. For example, ASIC limits leverage to 28:1, FCA and CySEC allow up to 30:1, while the Dubai Financial Services Authority permits leverage up to 150:1. Leverage availability may vary by region and instrument.
RMS TRADE supports various funding methods including credit/debit cards, bank wire transfers, e-wallets like PayPal and Skrill, local payment methods such as POLi and MPESA, cryptocurrency (USDT on TRC20, ERC20, BEP20), and mobile payments like Apple Pay and Google Pay. Deposit processing is generally instant, while withdrawals may take 1 to 3 business days depending on the method.
Pepperstone Group Limited, operating as RMS TRADE, is regulated by several authorities including ASIC in Australia and FCA in the UK. These regulators are onshore and tier 1, providing high transparency and client fund segregation. However, there is no mandatory client fund insurance under ASIC, while FCA offers protection up to £85,000.
Licence 151148 was issued by Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin), the financial authority for Germany.
RMS TRADE holds this BaFin licence. A licence on record means the authority published an entry; it is not an endorsement.
No. This licence is no longer in force, or the BaFin register did not carry it when we looked. It is kept on record because a closed registration is part of a firm’s history.
Wikilix rates BaFin tier 1 — the strictest band, with high capital requirements, segregated client money and a compensation scheme.
RMS TRADE has 6 other licences on record with Wikilix, across 6 jurisdictions. They are listed further down this page.
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