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FSA licence SD186

Holder
IFA
Jurisdiction
Seychelles
Licence type
Dealing in securities

This is Wikilix's record of a licence issued by The Seychelles Financial Services 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 Seychelles Financial Services Authority SD186

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

Issuing authority
The Seychelles Financial Services Authority
Holder
IFA
Jurisdiction
Seychelles
Licence type
Dealing in securities

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Our check

What we checked

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Wikilix check
Not checked
Authority strength
Tier 3
Jurisdiction
Seychelles
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 number
SD186
Licence type (Wikilix classification)
Dealing in securities
The authority

About FSA

The Seychelles Financial Services Authority is the authority that issued this licence, and the jurisdiction it applies in is Seychelles.

Full name
The Seychelles Financial Services Authority
Jurisdiction
Seychelles
Strength
Tier 3Lighter-touch supervision; protections vary and are often limited.
Established
2013
Oversight
A government or statutory body
Firms we track under it
143 firms
Regulates
Stocks, Fund
Licences it issues
Securities Dealer – Principal & Agency
Typical cost of a licence
USD 10000-20000
Public register
Searchable by the public
Transparency
Low

FSA 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

FSA's own rules for the firms it authorises.

  • No compensation scheme
  • Complaints routeFSA Enquiries
  • Maximum leverage1:1000
This describes the authority's regime, not how IFA applies it.
The holder

Who holds this licence

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

Broker
IFA
Based in
Malaysia
Wikilix score
34.0the 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.

  • INTERNATIONAL FINANCE ASIA PTY LTDAustralia
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 IFA holds

One other licence is on record for IFA.

Frequently Asked Questions

Questions about this licence

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

Most Popular Questions
IFA provides customer support via live chat during business hours and email at account@internationalfinanceasia.com. Their support is available in English, and their office is located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Withdrawals via wire transfer typically incur a fixed fee of around 25 USD. For foreign currency wire transfers, there may be an additional fee of up to 3% of the principal amount due to currency conversion. Custodian trading fees may also apply when liquidating assets for withdrawal.
The minimum deposit amount at IFA is 100 USD. The broker offers a maximum leverage of up to 1000, which is relatively high and typical for offshore brokers.
IFA supports MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5 platforms, both available on desktop, web, iOS, and Android devices. These platforms provide access to multi-asset trading including Forex, stocks, and futures with advanced charting and algorithmic trading tools.
IFA is regulated by the Australia Securities & Investment Commission (ASIC), a tier 1 onshore regulator known for high transparency and strict fund segregation. It also holds a license from the Seychelles Financial Services Authority (FSA), an offshore regulator with lower regulatory ratings.
Licence SD186 was issued by The Seychelles Financial Services Authority (FSA), the financial authority for Seychelles.
IFA holds this FSA 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 FSA 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 FSA tier 3. Supervision is lighter-touch and client protections vary.
Yes, FSA 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.
IFA has one other licence on record with Wikilix, across one jurisdiction. They are listed further down this page.
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