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SEC licence Registered Broker-Dealer

Holder
Univest
Jurisdiction
United States
Licence type
Dealing in securities

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RecordModified Jul 27, 2026

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Securities and Exchange Commission Registered Broker-Dealer

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

Issuing authority
Securities and Exchange Commission
Holder
Univest Securities
Jurisdiction
United States
Licence type
Dealing in securities

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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
United States
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
Registered Broker-Dealer
Licence type (Wikilix classification)
Dealing in securities
The authority

About SEC

Securities and Exchange Commission is the authority that issued this licence, and the jurisdiction it applies in is United States.

Full name
Securities and Exchange Commission
Jurisdiction
United States
Strength
Tier 1 (securities)The strictest regimes: high capital requirements, segregated client money and a compensation scheme.
Established
1936
Oversight
A government or statutory body
Firms we track under it
0 firms
Licences it issues
Broker-dealer; investment adviser
Typical cost of a licence
Varies; FINRA and SEC registration fees
Public register
Searchable by the public
Transparency
Medium
Protection

What this licence protects

SEC's own rules for the firms it authorises.

  • Compensation schemeSIPC insures up to $500,000 per customer (including $250,000 cash)
  • Complaints routeSEC Tips/Complaints/Referral
  • Maximum leverage1:50
This describes the authority's regime, not how Univest applies it.
The holder

Who holds this licence

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

Broker
Univest Securities
Based in
United States
Wikilix score
73.1the firm’s overall score, not a rating of this licence

Wikilix records Univest as having no regulation on file. 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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Also on record

Other licences Univest holds

One other licence is on record for Univest.

Frequently Asked Questions

Questions about this licence

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

Most Popular Questions
Univest provides customer support via phone at +1 (212) 343-8888 and email at info@univest.us. Support is available in English during business hours. Live chat and other instant messaging channels are not available according to the provided data.
Not specified in the provided context.
Univest Securities offers a maximum leverage of 1:50. This leverage limit is consistent with regulatory requirements from FINRA and the SEC. No higher leverage options are specified in the provided context.
Univest supports deposits and withdrawals via wire transfer, checks, and securities deposits. Wire transfers typically take 1-3 business days with fees ranging from $30 to $50 for withdrawals. Check withdrawals have fees from $5 to $10, and securities withdrawals via DWAC incur a $100 fee per item.
Univest Securities is regulated by FINRA and the SEC, both onshore US regulators. It holds broker-dealer licenses and offers client fund insurance up to USD 500,000 through SIPC. According to WIKILIX, it is considered a Tier 1 regulator with high transparency and complaint mechanisms via FINRA Arbitration and SEC referrals.
Licence Registered Broker-Dealer was issued by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the financial authority for United States.
Univest holds this SEC 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 SEC 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 SEC tier 1 — the strictest band, with high capital requirements, segregated client money and a compensation scheme.
Univest has one other licence on record with Wikilix, across one jurisdiction. They are listed further down this page.
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