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VARIANSE: FCA licence 802012

Issuing authority
Financial Conduct Authority
Jurisdiction
United Kingdom
Licence type
Straight Through Processing(STP)

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RecordModified Aug 19, 2026

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Financial Conduct Authority 802012

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Holder
VDX Ltd
Issuing authority
Financial Conduct Authority
Jurisdiction
United Kingdom
Licence type
Straight Through Processing(STP)

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What we checked

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Wikilix check
Not checked
Authority strength
Tier 1
Jurisdiction
United Kingdom
Last checked
Never

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What the authority publishes

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Licence number
802012
Licence type (Wikilix classification)
Straight Through Processing(STP)
The authority

About FCA

Financial Conduct Authority is the authority that issued this licence, and the jurisdiction it applies in is United Kingdom.

Full name
Financial Conduct Authority
Jurisdiction
United Kingdom
Strength
Tier 1The strictest regimes: high capital requirements, segregated client money and a compensation scheme.
Established
2013
Oversight
A government or statutory body
Firms we track under it
108 firms
Regulates
Forex, Bond, Stocks, Fund, Options, Derivatives, Commodity, Loan, Retail Investment
Licences it issues
MiFID Investment Firm – Dealing on Own Account / Matched Principal (retail & market-making CFDs)
Typical cost of a licence
£100000+ (including compliance setup)
Public register
Searchable by the public
Transparency
High
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
This describes the authority's regime, not how VARIANSE applies it.
The holder

Who holds this licence

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

Broker
VDX Ltd
Based in
United Kingdom
Wikilix score
54.7the 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.

  • VDX LTDUnited Kingdom · Reg. 11050659 · Nov 7, 2017
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 VARIANSE holds

3 other licences are on record for VARIANSE.

Frequently Asked Questions

Questions about this licence

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

Most Popular Questions
VARIANSE provides customer support via phone, live chat during business hours, and email. Support is available in English, and the broker maintains active social media channels for additional contact options. The main phone number is +44 (0) 203 475 2285.
The minimum deposit amount required to open an account with VARIANSE is 500 USD. The maximum leverage offered by the broker is 500:1, allowing traders to control larger positions with a smaller amount of capital.
VARIANSE accepts deposits via credit/debit cards, e-wallets like Skrill and Neteller, cryptocurrencies, and bank wire transfers. Deposit fees vary by method, for example, credit cards incur a 1.5% fee while e-wallets have a 3.9% fee. Withdrawals have no fees but require a minimum amount of 100 USD.
VARIANSE offers access to MetaTrader 4 and cTrader platforms. Both platforms support web trading and provide advanced charting and automated trading capabilities. These platforms are widely used by professional traders for Forex and CFDs trading.
VARIANSE is regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), an onshore tier 1 regulator. Client funds are protected up to £85,000 under the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS). The broker operates under strict regulatory standards including transparency and complaint mechanisms through the Financial Ombudsman Service.
Licence 802012 was issued by Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the financial authority for United Kingdom.
VARIANSE holds this FCA 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 FCA 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 FCA tier 1 — the strictest band, with high capital requirements, segregated client money and a compensation scheme.
VARIANSE has 3 other licences on record with Wikilix, across 3 jurisdictions. They are listed further down this page.
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