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SCB licence recorded for BTGPactual

Holder
BTGPactual
Jurisdiction
Bahamas
Licence type
Dealing in securities

This is Wikilix's record of a licence issued by The Securities Commission of The Bahamas. 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 Securities Commission of The Bahamas No number on the register

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

Issuing authority
The Securities Commission of The Bahamas
Holder
BTGPactual
Jurisdiction
Bahamas
Licence type
Dealing in securities

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Open BTGPactualAbout SCB
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
Bahamas
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

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

Licence type (Wikilix classification)
Dealing in securities
The authority

About SCB

The Securities Commission of The Bahamas is the authority that issued this licence, and the jurisdiction it applies in is Bahamas.

Full name
The Securities Commission of The Bahamas
Jurisdiction
Bahamas
Strength
Tier 3Lighter-touch supervision; protections vary and are often limited.
Established
1995
Oversight
A government or statutory body
Firms we track under it
10 firms
Regulates
Forex, Stocks, Fund, Options, Securities, Futures
Licences it issues
SIA Broker‑Dealer (Class II – Principal & Agency CFDs)
Typical cost of a licence
USD 30000-50000
Public register
Searchable by the public
Transparency
Medium

SCB is classed as an offshore regime. An offshore registration can be entirely legitimate, but it typically means lower capital requirements, no compensation scheme, and a complaint route that is harder to use from abroad.

Protection

What this licence protects

SCB's own rules for the firms it authorises.

  • No compensation scheme
  • Client money kept separate
  • Negative balance protection
  • Complaints routeSCB Complaints Unit
  • Maximum leverage1:200
This describes the authority's regime, not how BTGPactual applies it.
The holder

Who holds this licence

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

Broker
BTGPactual
Based in
Brazil
Wikilix score
61.3the 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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Also on record

Other licences BTGPactual holds

7 other licences are on record for BTGPactual.

Frequently Asked Questions

Questions about this licence

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

Most Popular Questions
BTGPactual provides customer support in English via phone and live chat during business hours. The support email is sac@btgpactual.com, and the broker maintains active social media profiles on Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube. Their main office is located in São Paulo, Brazil.
BTGPactual offers trading in a variety of regulated financial instruments including forex, stocks, bonds, options, derivatives, commodities, futures, and CFDs. The availability of specific instruments may vary depending on the regulatory jurisdiction.
BTGPactual supports deposits and withdrawals primarily via bank transfers (TED/DOC and wire transfers) and cheque deposits. These methods are available to clients with Brazilian bank accounts and do not incur fees. Processing times depend on the banking system, and funds from cheque deposits are available after clearance.
BTGPactual is regulated by multiple tier-1 authorities including FINRA in the United States and the FCA in the United Kingdom. It holds licenses for dealing in securities and investment advisory, with client fund insurance up to USD 500,000 (SIPC) in the US and £85,000 (FSCS) in the UK. The broker operates with high transparency and has established complaint mechanisms through these regulators.
BTGPactual holds this SCB 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 SCB 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 SCB tier 3. Supervision is lighter-touch and client protections vary.
Yes, SCB is classed as an offshore regime. That can be a legitimate registration, but it usually means lower capital requirements, no compensation scheme, and a complaint route that is harder to use from abroad.
BTGPactual has 7 other licences on record with Wikilix, across 7 jurisdictions. They are listed further down this page.
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