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FSCA licence 48896

Holder
Global GT
Jurisdiction
South Africa
Licence type
Financial Service

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RecordModified Sep 7, 2026

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Financial Sector Conduct Authority 48896

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

Issuing authority
Financial Sector Conduct Authority
Holder
GT IO MARKETS (PTY) LTD
Jurisdiction
South Africa
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 2
Jurisdiction
South Africa
Last checked
Never

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The register

What the authority publishes

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Licence number
48896
Licence type (Wikilix classification)
Financial Service
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 Global GT applies it.
The holder

Who holds this licence

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

Broker
GT IO MARKETS (PTY) LTD
Based in
South Africa
Wikilix score
48.9the firm’s overall score, not a rating of this licence
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 Global GT holds

3 other licences are on record for Global GT.

Frequently Asked Questions

Questions about this licence

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

Most Popular Questions
Global GT prohibits clients from North Korea and other UN-sanctioned countries. Other restrictions may apply based on the regulatory jurisdiction and local laws. Verification and KYC procedures are required for account opening and transactions.
Global GT offers a maximum leverage of up to 1000, though this can vary depending on the regulatory jurisdiction. For example, regulators like FSCA and CySEC limit leverage to 30, while offshore regulators such as VFSC and FSA allow higher leverage levels.
Global GT supports various funding methods including bank transfers, Visa and Mastercard credit cards, PayPal, Skrill, Neteller, cryptocurrency, local bank rails, and debit cards. Processing times vary from instant for cards and e-wallets to 1-3 business days for bank transfers, with fees and limits depending on the method and broker policies.
Global GT offers the MetaTrader 5 platform, which is a multi-asset trading platform supporting desktop, web, and mobile versions. MetaTrader 5 provides advanced analytics, faster execution, and algorithmic trading tools for forex, stocks, and futures trading.
Global GT is regulated by multiple authorities including the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) in South Africa, the Seychelles Financial Services Authority (FSA), the Vanuatu Financial Services Commission (VFSC), and the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC). These regulators ensure compliance with financial service standards and client fund protection varies by jurisdiction.
Licence 48896 was issued by Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA), the financial authority for South Africa.
Global GT 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.
Global GT has 3 other licences on record with Wikilix, across 3 jurisdictions. They are listed further down this page.
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