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Standard Bank: FSCA licence recorded for Standard Bank

Issuing authority
Financial Sector Conduct Authority
Jurisdiction
South Africa
Licence type
Financial Service

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RecordModified Sep 10, 2026

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Financial Sector Conduct Authority No number on the register

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Holder
Standard Bank
Issuing authority
Financial Sector Conduct Authority
Jurisdiction
South Africa
Licence type
Financial Service

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Our check

What we checked

Nobody has adjudicated this licence yet. It is recorded here as claimed, not as confirmed.

Wikilix check
Not checked
Authority strength
Tier 2
Jurisdiction
South Africa
Last checked
Never

Nobody at Wikilix has looked this licence up on the official register yet. Everything above comes from the record as supplied; treat it as a claim until you have checked it yourself.

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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 type (Wikilix classification)
Financial Service
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 Standard Bank applies it.
The holder

Who holds this licence

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

Broker
Standard Bank
Based in
South Africa
Wikilix score
47.1the 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.

  • STANDARD BANK GROUP LIMITEDSouth Africa
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.

Last checked by Wikilix
Never — nobody has looked this entry up yet
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 Standard Bank holds

2 other licences are on record for Standard Bank.

Frequently Asked Questions

Questions about this licence

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

Most Popular Questions
Standard Bank offers Standard Bank Webtrader – Online proprietary trading platform for shares, CFDs, FX, ETFs, etc., accessible via web browser with advanced charting and order tools.
The minimum deposit amount to open an account with Standard Bank is 0.05 USD. Other specific account opening details are not specified in the provided context.
Standard Bank offers customer support via phone, live chat during business hours, and email at securities@standardbank.co.za. Support is available in English, and additional contact options include WhatsApp and social media channels such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube.
Deposits via Visa Debit Card are processed instantly with no specified deposit fees. Withdrawals incur a fee of 1.75% with a minimum charge of £2.00, US$3.00, €3.00, or AU$3.50. There are also annual fees ranging from £15.00 to AU$25.00 depending on the currency.
Standard Bank is regulated by the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) in South Africa and holds a Financial Service license. It offers client fund insurance up to ZAR 500,000. The FSCA provides a complaint mechanism through its Dispute Resolution service.
Standard Bank holds this FSCA licence. A licence on record means the authority published an entry; it is not an endorsement.
Nobody at Wikilix has looked this entry up on the FSCA register yet, so treat it as claimed rather than confirmed. That is a gap in our coverage, not a finding against the licence.
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.
Standard Bank has 2 other licences on record with Wikilix, across 2 jurisdictions. They are listed further down this page.
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