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UniCredit: SFC licence recorded for UniCredit

Issuing authority
Securities and Futures Commission
Jurisdiction
Hong Kong
Licence type
Financial Service

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RecordModified Sep 7, 2026

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Holder
UniCredit Bank GmbH
Issuing authority
Securities and Futures Commission
Jurisdiction
Hong Kong
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 1
Jurisdiction
Hong Kong
Last checked
Never

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The register

What the authority publishes

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Licence type (Wikilix classification)
Financial Service
The authority

About SFC

Securities and Futures Commission is the authority that issued this licence, and the jurisdiction it applies in is Hong Kong.

Full name
Securities and Futures Commission
Jurisdiction
Hong Kong
Strength
Tier 1The strictest regimes: high capital requirements, segregated client money and a compensation scheme.
Established
1989
Oversight
A government or statutory body
Firms we track under it
189 firms
Regulates
forex, Stocks, Derivatives, Securities, Futures
Licences it issues
Type 3 Leveraged FX, Type 1 Dealing in Securities
Typical cost of a licence
HKD 500000+
Public register
Searchable by the public
Transparency
High
Protection

What this licence protects

SFC's own rules for the firms it authorises.

  • No compensation schemeNo mandatory insurance (but strict fund segregation)
  • Client money kept separate
  • Negative balance protection
  • Complaints routeSFC Complaints / FDRC
  • Maximum leverage1:13
This describes the authority's regime, not how UniCredit applies it.
The holder

Who holds this licence

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

Broker
UniCredit Bank GmbH
Based in
France
Wikilix score
71.8the 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.

  • UNICREDIT BANK GMBHFrance · Reg. 389505975 · Jul 15, 2020
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 UniCredit holds

6 other licences are on record for UniCredit.

Frequently Asked Questions

Questions about this licence

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

Most Popular Questions
Leverage limits vary by jurisdiction for UniCredit clients, with maximum leverage up to 30:1 in Germany and Italy, 30:1 in the UK, 25:1 in Japan, and 20:1 in Singapore. These limits comply with local regulatory requirements and are designed to manage trading risk.
UniCredit supports several funding methods including domestic and SEPA bank transfers, international wire transfers, cash deposits at branches, ATM cash withdrawals, and card payments. Fees and processing times vary by method and country, with some transfers being free in certain countries. Third-party e-wallets and cryptocurrency are not supported.
UniCredit provides access to the cTrader platform, which is designed for professional traders. cTrader supports desktop, web, and mobile trading with advanced charting, automated trading capabilities, and fast execution. It is developed by Spotware Systems Ltd and is actively supported.
UniCredit Bank GmbH is regulated by multiple tier-1 financial authorities including BaFin in Germany and the FCA in the UK. It operates under onshore licenses with high transparency and client fund insurance up to €20,000 in some jurisdictions. The broker complies with strict regulatory standards and has mechanisms for complaints through official regulators.
UniCredit holds this SFC 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 SFC 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 SFC tier 1 — the strictest band, with high capital requirements, segregated client money and a compensation scheme.
UniCredit has 6 other licences on record with Wikilix, across 6 jurisdictions. They are listed further down this page.
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