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IB: Regulation, Licence Numbers & Tier Breakdown

Complete primary licence audit for IB (Interactive Brokers Hong Kong Limited), including regulatory certificate numbers, tier classifications, contracting legal entities, and our 3-step official registry verification playbook.

Coverage: Stock brokers, investment platforms and wealth managers

6D Overall Score
8.0
Regulated Licences
5 / 5
Tier-1 Filings
0
Warning Exposure
0

IB Regulatory Licence & Certificate Registry

Each certificate number links to our cryptographic verification dossier (/verify/license/[num]).

Supervising AuthorityTierCertificate NumberSupervisory StatusContracting Legal EntityEffective Date
IIROC
Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada
unknownNot suppliedRegulatedInteractive Brokers Canada Inc.—
Financial Conduct Authority
Financial Conduct Authority
unknown208159RegulatedInteractive Brokers (UK) Ltd2002-02-06
ASIC
Australian Securities and Investments Commission
unknown453554RegulatedINTERACTIVE BROKERS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD2016-07-28
MAS
Monetary Authority of Singapore
unknownCMS100917RegulatedINTERACTIVE BROKERS SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.—
FSA
Financial Services Agency
unknownKanto Local Finance Bureau (FIBO) No. 187RegulatedInteractive Brokers Securities Co., Ltd.2007-09-30

Supervisory Tier Distribution & Prudential Breakdown

Categorisation of recorded authorisations by statutory capital, segregation, and compensation rigor.

TIER-1 ONSHORE

0

Major statutory regimes (FCA, ASIC, MAS, SEC/NFA, BaFin, FINMA, JFSA, SFC) with strict daily trust reconciliation and statutory compensation.

TIER-2 SUPERVISORY

0

Recognised regional regulators (CySEC, FMA, FSCA, DFSA) enforcing MiFID II or equivalent prudential reporting and negative balance protection.

OFFSHORE / TIER-3

0

International business company (IBC) or offshore registrations with flexible leverage schedules and no statutory investor compensation fund.

RESTRICTED / ALERT

0

Filings marked exceeded scope, revoked, unauthorised, or suspected clone in the imported supervisory dataset.

3-Step Official Register Verification Playbook

How to independently verify IB's supervisory standing before wiring funds.

STEP 01 • LICENCE STRING

Cross-Check Certificate Number

Take each licence number listed for IB and query it directly on the issuing authority's official public register (and via our /verify/license/ oracle) to confirm active standing.

STEP 02 • ENTITY CONTRACT

Audit Onboarding Subsidiary

Multi-entity brokerages often market a Tier-1 licence on their homepage while onboarding international clients under an offshore entity. Confirm your client agreement names Interactive Brokers Hong Kong Limited.

STEP 03 • DOMAIN BINDING

Verify Approved Website Host

Confirm that the website domain you use to log in (interactivebrokers.co.uk) matches the approved domain recorded on the regulator's register entry.

IB — Regulation & Licences Architecture Exhibit

Deterministic vector diagram generated from supervisory filings and 6D telemetry.

IB — Regulation & Licences Architecture (ETFYield Lab)
Exhibit: IB regulation & licences verification workflow and quantitative KPI strip.

IB Regulation & Licences: Frequently Asked Questions

Four intent-specific due diligence questions answered from primary dataset records.

Which financial regulators authorise and supervise IB?

IB (Interactive Brokers Hong Kong Limited) holds 5 recorded supervisory filing(s) in our dataset across IIROC, Financial Conduct Authority, ASIC, MAS, FSA. Of these, 5 carry an active "Regulated" status and 0 are classified under Tier-1 statutory supervisors.

What are IB's official regulatory licence numbers?

Recorded certificate numbers for IB include: IIROC #Not supplied (Regulated); Financial Conduct Authority #208159 (Regulated); ASIC #453554 (Regulated); MAS #CMS100917 (Regulated); FSA #Kanto Local Finance Bureau (FIBO) No. 187 (Regulated). Click any certificate number in the table above to open its SHA-256 verification dossier.

Does IB hold Tier-1 onshore regulatory authorisation?

No active Tier-1 regulated filing is recorded for IB in our current snapshot (5 total filings across IIROC, Financial Conduct Authority, ASIC, MAS, FSA).

How do I verify IB's contracting legal entity before funding an account?

Follow our 3-step verification protocol: (1) locate the exact corporate name in your client agreement and compare it against "Interactive Brokers Hong Kong Limited"; (2) click the certificate number link in our licence table to verify the registration string; and (3) confirm on the regulator's own domain that interactivebrokers.co.uk is the authorised web portal.

Structured against supervisory register snapshots and public regulatory filings. Verify your contracting legal entity and current authorisation status directly on the issuing regulator’s official register before transacting.

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