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FSCA licence 49769

Holder
FBK MARKETS
Jurisdiction
South Africa
Licence type
Financial Service Corporate

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RecordModified Sep 7, 2026

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Financial Sector Conduct Authority 49769

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

Issuing authority
Financial Sector Conduct Authority
Holder
FBK MARKETS
Jurisdiction
South Africa
Licence type
Financial Service Corporate

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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 number
49769
Licence type (Wikilix classification)
Financial Service Corporate
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 FBK MARKETS applies it.
The holder

Who holds this licence

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

Broker
FBK MARKETS
Based in
South Africa
Wikilix score
40.8the firm’s overall score, not a rating of this licence

Wikilix has flagged FBK MARKETS as a suspected clone of another firm. That is a finding about the firm, not about this licence — the register’s own wording above is what states this entry’s standing.

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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Frequently Asked Questions

Questions about this licence

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

Most Popular Questions
FBK MARKETS is regulated in South Africa and prohibits clients from North Korea and other UN-sanctioned countries. The broker primarily serves South Africa and many emerging markets globally.
FBK MARKETS provides customer support via live chat during business hours, email at support@fbkmarkets.com, and multiple phone numbers. Support is available in English and includes social media contacts such as Twitter and Instagram.
FBK MARKETS offers a maximum leverage of up to 1000. This is significantly higher than the leverage limit set by its regulator FSCA, which is 30, indicating possible discrepancies.
The minimum deposit amount required by FBK MARKETS is 20 ZAR. No additional details about deposit methods or withdrawal processes are specified in the provided context.
FBK MARKETS supports the MetaTrader 4 trading platform, which is available for desktop users. MetaTrader 4 is known for advanced charting, automated trading via Expert Advisors, and reliable execution.
FBK MARKETS is regulated by the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) in South Africa. The broker holds a Financial Service Corporate license and offers client fund insurance up to ZAR 500,000. However, it is marked as a suspicious clone by WIKILIX, which suggests caution.
Licence 49769 was issued by Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA), the financial authority for South Africa.
FBK MARKETS 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.
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