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SFC licence BHT974

Holder
Straits Financial
Jurisdiction
Hong Kong
Licence type
Dealing in futures contracts
Last checked
Aug 3, 2026

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RecordModified Sep 7, 2026

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Securities and Futures Commission BHT974

Wikilix read the SFC register on Aug 3, 2026. This is what it said.

Issuing authority
Securities and Futures Commission
Holder
Straits Financial Group
Jurisdiction
Hong Kong
Licence type
Dealing in futures contracts
Effective
Feb 28, 2017
Expires
Sep 6, 2018
Register status
Ceased
Not found on register

Checked Aug 3, 2026

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wikilix.com/licenses/securities-and-futures-commission/straits-financial/bht974Fields on file 9 / 11

Open Straits FinancialAbout SFC
Our check
Checked

What we checked

This licence is no longer in force, or the register did not carry it when we looked.

Wikilix check
Ended
Authority strength
Tier 1
Jurisdiction
Hong Kong
Last checked
Aug 3, 2026
Register says
Ceased

Finding

Straits Financial (Hong Kong) Limited was a licensed corporation for dealing in futures contracts under central entity number BHT974, but only between 28 February 2017 and 6 September 2018. The SFC register now states there is no active licence for this corporation. The group does not advertise a Hong Kong licence and lists no Hong Kong office, so this is a historic licence that still appears in third party databases rather than a claim the broker is making. Any profile showing a live Hong Kong tier one licence for this group is out of date. Client protection: None today. The licence ended in 2018 and provides no protection to clients now.. Effective: 28 Feb 2017. Expires: 06 Sep 2018.

Exhibit

Register screenshot, captured Aug 3, 2026
The register

What the authority publishes

Printed as the register prints it. A field that is missing here is one nobody has recorded, not one the register leaves blank.

Licence number
BHT974
Licence type (Wikilix classification)
Dealing in futures contracts
Register status
Ceased
Effective from
Expires
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 licence is not in force, so these protections do not apply to it. They describe SFC's regime for the firms it currently authorises.
The holder

Who holds this licence

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

Broker
Straits Financial Group
Based in
Hong Kong
Wikilix score
80.9the firm’s overall score, not a rating of this licence

Wikilix has flagged Straits Financial as a scam. That is a finding about the firm, not about this licence — the register’s own wording above is what states this entry’s standing.

Recorded companies

None of these matches the name the register printed, so we do not say which one holds this licence.

  • STRAITS FINANCIAL GROUP PTE. LTD.Singapore · Reg. 201011823M · Mar 21, 2017
  • STRAITS FINANCIAL SERVICES PTE. LTD.Singapore · Reg. 201023452M · Nov 3, 2010
  • STRAITS FINANCIAL (HONG KONG) LIMITEDHong Kong · Reg. 2004396
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.

Official source
The issuing authority’s registerPublished by the authority, not by Wikilix.
Last checked by Wikilix
Record last edited
When this entry was last changed in our database, which may be a correction rather than a change at the register.
Evidence held
A screenshot of the register entry is on file.
Wikilix records what an authority published. It does not issue or endorse authorisations.
Also on record

Other licences Straits Financial holds

3 other licences are on record for Straits Financial.

Frequently Asked Questions

Questions about this licence

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

Most Popular Questions
Yes, Straits Financial offers customer support in English, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese. Live chat is available during business hours, and contact can also be made via phone or email.
According to WIKILIX data, Straits Financial offers a maximum leverage of up to 20:1 under the regulation of MAS in Singapore and up to 13:1 under the SFC in Hong Kong, depending on the jurisdiction and instrument.
The minimum deposit amount to open an account with Straits Financial is USD 100. This applies across most funding methods including credit cards and e-wallets.
Straits Financial supports deposits and withdrawals via bank transfer, credit cards, e-wallets, other licensed brokers, CME, and cash deposits. Bank transfers typically take 2-3 business days for deposits and up to 5 business days for withdrawals, with a withdrawal fee of USD 40.
Straits Financial Group is regulated by the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) in Hong Kong and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). Both regulators are tier 1 and government-authorized, ensuring high transparency and strict fund segregation, although there is no mandatory client fund insurance.
Licence BHT974 was issued by Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), the financial authority for Hong Kong.
Straits Financial holds this SFC licence. A licence on record means the authority published an entry; it is not an endorsement.
No. This licence is no longer in force, or the SFC register did not carry it when we looked. It is kept on record because a closed registration is part of a firm’s history.
Wikilix rates SFC tier 1 — the strictest band, with high capital requirements, segregated client money and a compensation scheme.
This page links straight to the SFC register. Search it for BHT974, and for the name Straits Financial rather than the trading brand.
Straits Financial has 3 other licences on record with Wikilix, across 3 jurisdictions. They are listed further down this page.
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