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FSCA licence 52497

Holder
Ultima 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 52497

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

Issuing authority
Financial Sector Conduct Authority
Holder
Ultima Markets Ltd
Jurisdiction
South Africa
Licence type
Financial Service Corporate

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Open Ultima MarketsAbout FSCA
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

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Licence number
52497
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 Ultima Markets applies it.
The holder

Who holds this licence

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

Broker
Ultima Markets Ltd
Based in
United Kingdom
Wikilix score
56.7the 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.

  • HUAPRIME EU LTDCyprus · Reg. HE423188 · Jul 25, 2024
  • ULTIMA MARKETS PTY LTDAustralia · Reg. 650301241 · May 18, 2021
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 Ultima Markets holds

One other licence is on record for Ultima Markets.

Frequently Asked Questions

Questions about this licence

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

Most Popular Questions
Ultima Markets offers customer support via live chat during business hours and email support. The primary supported language for customer service is English. Contact details include email addresses and social media channels such as Facebook and LinkedIn.
Ultima Markets offers a maximum leverage of up to 2000:1. This is significantly higher than the leverage limits imposed by some regulators but may vary depending on the account and jurisdiction.
Clients can deposit and withdraw funds using Visa, MasterCard, bank wire transfers, Bitcoin, Tether, and PayPal. Deposits typically process within hours, while bank wire withdrawals may take up to two days. Withdrawal fees vary, with some methods charging a percentage or fixed amount.
Ultima Markets provides the MetaTrader 5 platform, a multi-asset trading software supporting Forex, stocks, and futures. This platform is available for desktop and supports advanced analytics, faster execution, and algorithmic trading tools.
Ultima Markets Ltd is regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the South African Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA). Client funds are protected up to £85,000 under the UK FSCS scheme and up to ZAR 500,000 under South African protection. The broker operates under high transparency and government regulation standards.
Licence 52497 was issued by Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA), the financial authority for South Africa.
Ultima 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.
Ultima Markets has one other licence on record with Wikilix, across one jurisdiction. They are listed further down this page.
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