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CMA licence 20200000232

Holder
Plus500
Jurisdiction
United Arab Emirates

This is Wikilix's record of a licence issued by The Capital Markets Authority. It sets out what the register says, what we checked, and what the authority's own rules protect.

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RecordModified Sep 7, 2026

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The Capital Markets Authority 20200000232

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

Issuing authority
The Capital Markets Authority
Holder
Plus500 Ltd
Jurisdiction
United Arab Emirates

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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 3
Jurisdiction
United Arab Emirates
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
20200000232
The authority

About CMA

The Capital Markets Authority is the authority that issued this licence, and the jurisdiction it applies in is United Arab Emirates.

Full name
The Capital Markets Authority
Jurisdiction
United Arab Emirates
Strength
Tier 3Lighter-touch supervision; protections vary and are often limited.
Established
1989
Oversight
A government or statutory body
Firms we track under it
1 firm
Licences it issues
Online Forex Broker (Dealing/Non-Dealing) licence
Typical cost of a licence
Minimum capital requirement KSh 50 million
Public register
Searchable by the public
Transparency
Medium
Protection

What this licence protects

CMA's own rules for the firms it authorises.

  • Compensation schemeInvestor Compensation Fund covers up to KSh 50,000 per investor
  • Complaints routeCMA complaints
  • Maximum leverageVaries by firm
This describes the authority's regime, not how Plus500 applies it.
The holder

Who holds this licence

The licence above is recorded against Plus500. A licence is issued to a legal company, so the companies below are what you would search a corporate register for.

Broker
Plus500 Ltd
Based in
Israel
Wikilix score
57.2the 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.

  • PLUS500US FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLCUnited States · Financial Services · Reg. LLC_01626426 · Feb 6, 2025
  • PLUS500SG PTE. LTD.Singapore · Reg. 201422211Z · Dec 31, 2016
  • PLUS500CY LTDCyprus · Reg. HE333382 · Jun 16, 2014
  • PLUS500AU PTY. LTD.Australia · Reg. 153301681 · Sep 19, 2011
  • PLUS500UK LTDUnited Kingdom · Reg. 07024970 · Sep 21, 2009
  • Plus500JP証券株式会社Japan · Reg. 2010001092422 · Mar 15, 2005
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 Plus500 holds

10 other licences are on record for Plus500.

Frequently Asked Questions

Questions about this licence

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

Most Popular Questions
Plus500 complies with KYC requirements as mandated by its regulators, including client identity verification and fund segregation. While mandatory client fund insurance is not provided in all jurisdictions, strict segregation of client funds is enforced to protect traders' money.
Plus500 offers a variety of regulated financial instruments including Forex, Stocks, Options, Derivatives, Commodities, Bonds, Funds, and CFDs. The exact instruments available may vary by regulatory jurisdiction.
Plus500 offers leverage up to 30:1 depending on the regulatory jurisdiction. For example, the UK FCA-regulated entity allows a maximum leverage of 30, while other regulators may have different limits.
The minimum deposit amount to open an account with Plus500 is 100 USD. Some payment methods like PayPal and Skrill allow deposits as low as 50 USD. These minimums apply across supported deposit methods.
Plus500 supports deposits and withdrawals via Visa, MasterCard, Bank Transfer, PayPal, and Skrill. Deposits are usually instant for cards and e-wallets, while bank transfers take 2-5 business days. Withdrawals typically process within 1-7 business days depending on the method, with no fees charged by Plus500 but possible fees from banks or card issuers.
Plus500 Ltd is regulated by multiple tier-1 onshore regulators including ASIC in Australia, FCA in the UK, and MAS in Singapore. It operates under strict fund segregation rules but does not have mandatory client fund insurance in most jurisdictions. The broker is prohibited from serving clients in the USA, North Korea, Iran, and other sanctioned countries.
Licence 20200000232 was issued by The Capital Markets Authority (CMA), the financial authority for United Arab Emirates.
Plus500 holds this CMA 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 CMA 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 CMA tier 3. Supervision is lighter-touch and client protections vary.
Plus500 has 10 other licences on record with Wikilix, across 10 jurisdictions. They are listed further down this page.
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