Financial Services Authority (FSA) Seychelles
FSA Seychelles · Seychelles · Established 2013
Financial Services Authority (FSA) Seychelles (FSA Seychelles) is the financial register of the Seychelles, established 2013. It caps retail leverage at 1:2000 and runs no compensation scheme.
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What this licence gets you
The rules a firm has to follow to keep this licence. A dash means we hold no answer on file, which is not the same as a no.
- Maximum leverage, retail
- 1:2000
- Maximum leverage, professional
- 1:2000
- Compensation if the firm fails
- No scheme
- Negative balance protection
- Not required
- Client funds held separately
- Not required
- Hedging
- Permitted
- FIFO order closing
- Not mandatory
- Supervision covers
- Non-bank financial services (forex, securities dealers, insurance, fiduciary services, collective investment schemes, gambling)
- Body type
- Autonomous government regulatory authority
This is an offshore register. A firm licensed here is registered in the Seychelles, not supervised by the country it advertises to, and the protections above are what that registration actually carries.
About FSA Seychelles
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) Seychelles is an autonomous body regulating non-bank financial services, including forex brokers, to promote transparency and combat money laundering. It licenses entities under a flexible framework that attracts international firms but offers limited investor protections compared to top-tier regulators. The FSA monitors compliance through audits and reporting but lacks strong enforcement mechanisms like compensation funds.