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FSCA licence 51891

Holder
vestrado
Jurisdiction
South Africa

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RecordModified Sep 10, 2026

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Financial Sector Conduct Authority 51891

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

Issuing authority
Financial Sector Conduct Authority
Holder
Vestrado Ltd
Jurisdiction
South Africa

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wikilix.com/licenses/financial-sector-conduct-authority/vestrado/51891Fields on file 1 / 11

Open vestradoAbout 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

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The register

What the authority publishes

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Licence number
51891
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 vestrado applies it.
The holder

Who holds this licence

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

Broker
Vestrado Ltd
Based in
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Wikilix score
38.7the firm’s overall score, not a rating of this licence

Wikilix records vestrado as operating beyond the scope of its authorisation. 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
Vestrado Ltd offers trading in various regulated financial instruments including Forex, bonds, stocks, funds, derivatives, and CFDs. These instruments provide a range of options for different trading strategies.
Yes, withdrawals at Vestrado Ltd are restricted to the same account used for deposits to comply with anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing regulations. This implies that KYC verification is part of their compliance process.
On Vestrado Ltd, the broker offers a maximum leverage of 1000. This high leverage level allows traders to control larger positions with a smaller amount of capital.
Vestrado Ltd accepts deposits and withdrawals via credit/debit cards, bank transfers, e-wallets, cryptocurrencies, and local payment gateways. Minimum deposits start at 10 USD, and withdrawals generally require a minimum of 100 USD, with some methods charging fees such as a 50 USD withdrawal fee for bank transfers.
Vestrado Ltd supports the MetaTrader 5 platform, which is a multi-asset platform for trading Forex, stocks, and futures. It offers advanced analytics, faster execution, and algorithmic trading tools available on desktop and other device types.
Vestrado Ltd is regulated by the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) of South Africa. The broker offers client fund insurance up to ZAR 500,000 and operates under a high transparency level with a complaint mechanism through FSCA Dispute Resolution.
Licence 51891 was issued by Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA), the financial authority for South Africa.
vestrado 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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