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FSA licence recorded for Rakuten Bank

Holder
Rakuten Bank
Jurisdiction
Japan
Licence type
Financial Service

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RecordModified Aug 11, 2026

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Financial Services Agency No number on the register

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

Issuing authority
Financial Services Agency
Holder
Rakuten Bank
Jurisdiction
Japan
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 1
Jurisdiction
Japan
Last checked
Never

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The register

What the authority publishes

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Licence type (Wikilix classification)
Financial Service
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 Rakuten Bank applies it.
The holder

Who holds this licence

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

Broker
Rakuten Bank
Based in
Japan
Wikilix score
39.7the 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 We do not publish a promised next-update date, because we do not schedule per-licence re-checks.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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Frequently Asked Questions

Questions about this licence

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

Most Popular Questions
Rakuten Bank prohibits clients from the USA, North Korea, Iran, and other sanctioned countries. Its services primarily cover Japan and parts of Asia, with limited global client access.
Yes, Rakuten Bank offers customer support with live chat available during business hours. Support is provided in English, and the broker's contact address is located in Tokyo, Japan.
Rakuten Bank offers a maximum leverage of 1:1. This means clients can trade without leverage, which may reflect regulatory restrictions or the broker's trading policies.
Rakuten Bank supports deposits and withdrawals via bank transfers, credit/debit cards, e-wallets, ATM deposits, and international bank transfers. Fees vary by method, with some options like domestic bank transfers having no fees, while ATM deposits incur fixed fees. Processing times range from instant to several business days for international transfers.
Rakuten Bank is regulated by Japan's Financial Services Agency (FSA), a tier 1 onshore regulator. The broker operates under strict fund segregation rules but does not have mandatory client fund insurance. It complies with high transparency standards and is subject to complaint mechanisms such as FINMAC.
Rakuten Bank 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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