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SFC licence BIY679

Holder
CMBC
Jurisdiction
Hong Kong
Licence type
Dealing in securities

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RecordModified Sep 7, 2026

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Securities and Futures Commission BIY679

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Issuing authority
Securities and Futures Commission
Holder
CMBC CAPITAL HOLDINGS LIMITED
Jurisdiction
Hong Kong
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
Hong Kong
Last checked
Never

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The register

What the authority publishes

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Licence number
BIY679
Licence type (Wikilix classification)
Dealing in securities
The authority

About SFC

Securities and Futures Commission is the authority that issued this licence, and the jurisdiction it applies in is Hong Kong.

Full name
Securities and Futures Commission
Jurisdiction
Hong Kong
Strength
Tier 1The strictest regimes: high capital requirements, segregated client money and a compensation scheme.
Established
1989
Oversight
A government or statutory body
Firms we track under it
189 firms
Regulates
forex, Stocks, Derivatives, Securities, Futures
Licences it issues
Type 3 Leveraged FX, Type 1 Dealing in Securities
Typical cost of a licence
HKD 500000+
Public register
Searchable by the public
Transparency
High
Protection

What this licence protects

SFC'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 routeSFC Complaints / FDRC
  • Maximum leverage1:13
This describes the authority's regime, not how CMBC applies it.
The holder

Who holds this licence

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

Broker
CMBC CAPITAL HOLDINGS LIMITED
Based in
Hong Kong
Wikilix score
73.6the 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.

  • CMBC International Capital LimitedHong Kong · Reg. 1882301 · Mar 27, 2013
  • MLC Advance LimitedHong Kong · Reg. 1413961 · Aug 20, 2010
  • CMBC INTERNATIONAL FUTURES COMPANY LIMITEDHong Kong · Reg. 1437067 · Mar 29, 2010
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 CMBC holds

One other licence is on record for CMBC.

Frequently Asked Questions

Questions about this licence

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

Most Popular Questions
CMBC prohibits clients from the USA, North Korea, Iran, and other sanctioned countries from trading. The broker primarily serves clients in Hong Kong, Asia-Pacific, and some global clients under strict regulatory compliance.
CMBC provides customer support in English via phone and live chat during business hours. Contact numbers include +852 3728 8000 and email support is available at legal_compliance@cmbcint.com. The broker also lists multiple phone numbers for customer inquiries.
CMBC offers a maximum leverage of 1 according to the provided trading conditions. The broker is regulated by the SFC, which imposes leverage limits to protect investors.
CMBC offers trading in regulated financial instruments including forex, stocks, derivatives, securities, and futures. The broker holds licenses for dealing in securities and futures contracts under Hong Kong regulation.
CMBC requires a minimum deposit of 5000 USD to open an account. Deposits via bank transfers through partner banks like ICBC Asia and Bank of China (Hong Kong) are generally free of deposit fees and processed instantly or near-instantly. However, some withdrawal methods, such as SWIFT, incur fees up to 150 HKD per transaction.
CMBC CAPITAL HOLDINGS LIMITED is regulated by the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) of Hong Kong, a tier 1 onshore regulator. The broker follows strict fund segregation rules but does not have mandatory client fund insurance. According to WIKILIX, CMBC maintains a high transparency level and offers complaint mechanisms through the SFC.
Licence BIY679 was issued by Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), the financial authority for Hong Kong.
CMBC holds this SFC 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 SFC 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 SFC tier 1 — the strictest band, with high capital requirements, segregated client money and a compensation scheme.
CMBC has one other licence on record with Wikilix, across one jurisdiction. They are listed further down this page.
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