FCAUnited KingdomTier 1Licence number
798776
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- Held by USGFX
- Licence type and regime
- Financial Service
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At a glance
Regulation on record for USGFX
Counts of what is on record, not a rating. Each figure describes the register entries Wikilix holds and the checks it has run against them.
- Licences on record
- 2
- Issuing authorities
- 2
- From tier-1 or tier-2 authorities
- 2
- Found on an official register
- 0
USGFX has 2 licences on record with Wikilix, issued by 2 authorities across 2 jurisdictions. 2 of them were issued by tier-1 or tier-2 authorities — the regimes with the strictest capital, reporting and client-money rules. None has yet been located on an issuing authority’s own register, so every entry here should be read as claimed rather than confirmed.
Issuing authorities
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Licences on record
Every licence on record for USGFX, strongest authority first.
2 records
- FCAUnited KingdomTier 1
ASICAustraliaTier 1Licence number
302792
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- Held by USGFX
- Licence type and regime
- Financial Service
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- FCA registerOpen register
Protection
What this licence protects
FCA's own rules for the firms it authorises.
- Compensation schemeUp to £85000 (FSCS)
- Client money kept separate
- Negative balance protection
- Complaints routeFinancial Ombudsman Service
- Maximum leverage1:30
Frequently Asked Questions
Questions about the licences held by USGFX
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Most Popular Questions
Yes. The Monetary Authority of Singapore has listed Union Standard International Group Pty Ltd, the company behind USGFX, on its Investor Alert List since 3 January 2019, and the entry names the website usgfx.com. The listing is one of the records behind WIKILIX's confirmed-scam rating of USGFX, published on 6 November 2026.
According to WIKILIX's scam investigation, on 11 June 2026 the Federal Court ordered Union Standard International Group Pty Ltd, the company behind USGFX, to pay A$156.7 million in penalties for breaches between 2018 and 2020, part of A$300.2 million in total and the highest penalties ever secured in an ASIC matter. The court held it liable for the unconscionable conduct of its authorised representatives EuropeFX and TradeFred, whose customers lost more than A$83 million. It also penalised the company for marketing CFDs to customers in China when it knew, or ought to have known, that they faced liability under Chinese law.
USGFX collapsed in 2020. According to court and liquidator records cited in WIKILIX's scam investigation, administrators were appointed to Union Standard International Group Pty Ltd on 8 July 2020, when trading stopped, and on 3 September 2020 the Federal Court ordered the company wound up and appointed BRI Ferrier as liquidators. ASIC cancelled the company's financial services licence, AFSL 302792, on 14 September 2020.
USGFX was the brand of Union Standard International Group Pty Ltd, an Australian company incorporated on 21 December 2005 and listed on the ASIC company register under ACN 117 658 349, as checked on 6 November 2026. Its UK sister company, Union Standard International Group Limited, held an FCA authorisation from 2018 to 2022. The Australian company has been in liquidation since the Federal Court ordered it wound up on 3 September 2020.
WIKILIX's scam investigation, published on 6 November 2026, rates USGFX a confirmed scam, with high confidence. It rests on court, regulator and liquidator records: the company behind USGFX collapsed in 2020 and is in liquidation, ASIC cancelled its licence, and in June 2026 the Federal Court ordered it to pay A$156.7 million in penalties. The investigation also records client reports of withdrawals left unpaid for months between late 2020 and 2022. The verdict is WIKILIX's risk assessment, not a court's or a regulator's finding of fraud.
No. USGFX stopped trading in July 2020, when administrators were appointed to its company, Union Standard International Group Pty Ltd, which has been in liquidation since September 2020 and whose ASIC licence was cancelled that month. Its domain, usgfx.com, now forwards to another company's website with no USGFX registration or account pages, so there is no USGFX account to open.
USGFX publishes no phone number, email address, office address, live chat or social media account, because it no longer has a website of its own. The contact page that usgfx.com now leads to belongs to the Tokyo company that runs the destination site and is not a USGFX support channel. Claims by former clients go through the company's liquidation; the Federal Court appointed BRI Ferrier as liquidators in September 2020.
No. As of November 2026, every page of usgfx.com forwards to a Japanese-language foreign exchange information and comparison site run by a different company based in Tokyo, and that site has no pages for the USGFX broker: no accounts, platforms, funding, contact details or legal documents.
None. USGFX takes no deposits: it stopped trading in July 2020 and its company is in liquidation. The liquidators have stated that withdrawals were suspended and must be claimed in the liquidation of Union Standard International Group Pty Ltd; the Federal Court appointed BRI Ferrier as liquidators in September 2020. Former clients of the UK sister company may ask the Financial Ombudsman Service or the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) whether their case is covered.
No. USGFX holds no licence in force: WIKILIX's licence records, last checked on 6 November 2026, show that ASIC cancelled Australian Financial Services Licence 302792, held by Union Standard International Group Pty Ltd, on 14 September 2020, and that the FCA authorisation of its UK sister company, Union Standard International Group Limited (firm reference number 798776), ended on 16 December 2022. WIKILIX's scam investigation, published on 6 November 2026, rates USGFX a confirmed scam, with high confidence.
USGFX has 2 licence records with Wikilix, issued by 2 authorities across 2 jurisdictions. A licence on record means an authority published an entry; it is not an endorsement, and Wikilix does not issue authorisations.
USGFX holds licence records issued by FCA, ASIC. Each authority’s own record — its tier, jurisdiction and client-protection rules — is linked from this page.
2 of the licence records held by USGFX come from tier-1 or tier-2 authorities (2 tier-1, 0 tier-2). Those regimes set the strictest capital, reporting and client-money requirements.
Not yet. None of the 2 licence records held by USGFX has been located on an issuing authority’s register, so each should be read as claimed rather than confirmed. Every record links to the official register so you can check it yourself.
USGFX has licence records in United Kingdom, Australia. A licence applies in the jurisdiction that issued it; it does not by itself cover clients elsewhere.