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FCA licence 621564

Holder
BenchMark
Jurisdiction
United Kingdom

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RecordModified Aug 25, 2026

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Financial Conduct Authority 621564

Recorded from the firm's own disclosure. Not yet checked against the register.

Issuing authority
Financial Conduct Authority
Holder
BenchMark
Jurisdiction
United Kingdom

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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
United Kingdom
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

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Licence number
621564
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 BenchMark applies it.
The holder

Who holds this licence

The licence above is recorded against BenchMark. Wikilix holds no separate company records for this holder, so we cannot say which legal company the register issued it to.

Broker
BenchMark
Based in
Bulgaria
Wikilix score
57.3the firm’s overall score, not a rating of this licence
Provenance

Where this record came from

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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 BenchMark holds

3 other licences are on record for BenchMark.

Frequently Asked Questions

Questions about this licence

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

Most Popular Questions
Yes, BenchMark prohibits clients from the USA, North Korea, Iran, and other sanctioned countries. This restriction aligns with regulatory compliance and international sanctions.
Clients can contact BenchMark customer support via phone at +359 2 962 54 05, +359 2 491 26 82, or +359 2 491 26 88. Support is also available through live chat during business hours and by email at markets@benchmark.bg.
BenchMark offers a maximum leverage of up to 400. This leverage level allows traders to control larger positions with a smaller amount of capital, subject to regulatory limits.
The minimum deposit amount required to open an account with BenchMark is 100 USD. This information is based on the broker's trading conditions as provided.
BenchMark offers MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5 as its trading platforms. Both platforms are available on desktop and support various operating systems, providing advanced charting, automated trading, and multi-asset trading capabilities.
BenchMark is regulated by several onshore authorities including the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) in France, BaFin in Germany, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in the UK, and the Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV) in Spain. These regulators ensure compliance with retail forex and investment firm licenses, providing client fund insurance and high transparency levels.
Licence 621564 was issued by Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the financial authority for United Kingdom.
BenchMark 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.
BenchMark has 3 other licences on record with Wikilix, across 3 jurisdictions. They are listed further down this page.
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