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FSA licence Kanto Local Finance Bureau Director (Kinsho) No. 490

Holder
MCP
Jurisdiction
Japan
Licence type
Retail Forex License

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Financial Services Agency Kanto Local Finance Bureau Director (Kinsho) No. 490

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Issuing authority
Financial Services Agency
Holder
MCP Asset Management (Japan), Inc.
Jurisdiction
Japan
Licence type
Retail Forex License

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Wikilix check
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Authority strength
Tier 1
Jurisdiction
Japan
Last checked
Never

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Licence number
Kanto Local Finance Bureau Director (Kinsho) No. 490
Licence type (Wikilix classification)
Retail Forex License
The authority

About FSA

Financial Services Agency is the authority that issued this licence, and the jurisdiction it applies in is Japan.

Full name
Financial Services Agency
Jurisdiction
Japan
Strength
Tier 1The strictest regimes: high capital requirements, segregated client money and a compensation scheme.
Established
2000
Oversight
A government or statutory body
Firms we track under it
141 firms
Regulates
Forex, Bond, Stocks, Fund, Derivatives, Commodity
Licences it issues
Type I Financial Instruments Business
Typical cost of a licence
JPY 50000000+
Public register
Searchable by the public
Transparency
High
Protection

What this licence protects

FSA's own rules for the firms it authorises.

  • No compensation schemeNo mandatory insurance (but strict fund segregation)
  • Client money kept separate
  • Negative balance protection
  • Complaints routeFINMAC
  • Maximum leverage1:25
This describes the authority's regime, not how MCP applies it.
The holder

Who holds this licence

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

Broker
MCP Asset Management (Japan), Inc.
Based in
Japan
Wikilix score
58.1the 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.

  • MCP Asset Management Co., Ltd.Japan · Reg. 3010001136277 · Jan 1, 2007
Provenance

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Last checked by Wikilix
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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
MCP is authorized to offer trading in various regulated financial instruments including Forex, bonds, stocks, funds, derivatives, and commodities. These instruments fall under the broker's Type I Financial Instruments Business license issued by the Japanese regulator.
MCP's customer support is primarily available in Japanese. There is no indication of English language support or live chat availability outside business hours. Contact details include a Japanese phone number and a physical address in Tokyo.
MCP offers a maximum leverage of 100:1 for its trading accounts. This leverage level is consistent with the broker's regulatory framework under the Japanese Financial Services Agency. Specific leverage conditions may vary depending on the instrument or account type.
According to WIKILIX data, MCP requires a minimum deposit of 100 USD for trading accounts. Wholesale clients can fund accounts via bank transfer or credit card through GMO Payment Gateway, with a minimum subscription amount of 50,000 AUD. Processing times vary from instant for credit cards to 1-3 business days for bank transfers.
MCP Asset Management (Japan), Inc. is regulated by the Financial Services Agency (FSA) of Japan under the license Kanto Local Finance Bureau Director (Kinsho) No. 490. It operates as an onshore broker with strict fund segregation but no mandatory client fund insurance. The broker complies with Japanese financial regulations and is considered to have a high transparency level.
Licence Kanto Local Finance Bureau Director (Kinsho) No. 490 was issued by Financial Services Agency (FSA), the financial authority for Japan.
MCP holds this FSA 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 FSA 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 FSA tier 1 — the strictest band, with high capital requirements, segregated client money and a compensation scheme.
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