Rakuten Securities Hong Kong Limited
Primary
HK
AIM232
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1 account
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Rakuten Securities HK Review: Is It Legit and Regulated?
Rakuten Securities Hong Kong Limited
HK
Operating period unverified
AKA Rakuten Securities Hong Kong
FindMyFX score
medium risk6.0/10
0
Score out of 10
10
Independent assessment
Updated 2026-07-22
Contact & regulation
- Official website
- sec.rakuten.com.hk
- Address
- Not verified
- Contact
- [email protected]
- Primary license
- SFC · Unverified
Missing values mean the information has not been verified or published yet—not that the broker does not provide it.
Quick verdict
Is Rakuten Securities HK legit and regulated?
FindMyFX has license records for Rakuten Securities HK, but none is currently presented as fully verified. Check each entity, jurisdiction, source, and verification date before depositing.
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Broker-provided company information
Rakuten Securities HK provides leveraged over-the-counter foreign-exchange trading in Hong Kong through the Rakuten FX platform. Official pages disclose 46 currency pairs, leverage of 20:1, USD or HKD account currencies, fixed spreads starting from 0.5 pips and zero commission.
Professional broker overview
FindMyFX editorial summary
Rakuten Securities Hong Kong Limited offers OTC leveraged foreign-exchange trading under SFC CE number AIM232. Its official trading rules disclose 20:1 leverage, 5% initial margin, 3% maintenance margin, 2% liquidation margin and 46 currency pairs. Historical SFC actions in 2016 and 2017 concerned conduct under the former FXCM Asia ownership and management, and the SFC stated that ownership and management had changed.
Prepared from reviewed sources for informational purposes. This is not investment advice.
Editorial note: The direct current licensee-record detail was not captured, so the Type 3 license is treated as partially verified from the broker disclosure and SFC enforcement notes. Advertised 0.5-pip spreads are minimum figures, not verified typical spreads.
- Operational status
- active
- Broker type
- unknown
- Execution model
- Over-the-counter leveraged foreign-exchange trading through Rakuten FX.
- Support hours
- Not verified
Support languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese
Documented advantages
- Official rules disclose 20:1 leverage and defined margin thresholds.
- The proprietary platform is available on desktop, mobile and web.
Documented limitations
- Losses may exceed the initial margin according to the broker's risk warning.
- The 0.5-pip figure is an advertised minimum rather than a typical spread.
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Published profile coverage
8 of 8 core information groups currently contain published data. This measures data availability, not broker quality or safety.
Company structure
Legal entities
Registered companies associated with this broker profile.
Trading access
Account types
Available account structures and their current verification state.
Rakuten FX
unverified- Deposit
- Not shown
- Leverage
- 1:20
USD 0 commission; fixed spreads depend on currency pair and transaction size.
- Spread
- From 0.50 pips
- Base currencies
- USD, HKD
- Margin call / stop-out
- 3.00% / 2.00%
- Demo / Islamic
- Yes / Unknown
- Balance protection
- Not available
- Last verified
- Not verified
Markets and instruments
46 foreign-exchange currency pairs
unverified
Deposit and withdrawal methods
Bank transfer
unverifiedDeposit: Yes · Withdrawal: Yes
Processing time not shown · Fee not shown
Cheque
unverifiedDeposit: Yes · Withdrawal: Yes
Processing time not shown · Fee not shown
eDDA
unverifiedDeposit: Yes · Withdrawal: Yes
Deposits usually within a few minutes after authorization · Fee not shown
FPS
unverifiedDeposit: Yes · Withdrawal: Yes
Processing time not shown · Fee not shown
Research sources
Licenses and regulators
SFC
AIM232
Last verified: Not shown
Type: Type 3 leveraged foreign exchange trading
Client class: retail
Compensation: Not shown
Segregated funds: Yes
Negative balance protection: No
Risk flags
Historical SFC order-execution action under former ownership
medium · draftOn 19 October 2016 the SFC reprimanded and fined the entity, then known as FXCM Asia Limited, HKD 4 million for order-execution breaches relating to 2006-2010. The SFC stated that the business had moved to new ownership and management.
Historical SFC client-money segregation action under former management
medium · draftOn 13 December 2017 the SFC reprimanded and fined the entity, formerly FXCM Asia Limited, HKD 2 million for under-segregation of client money during 2013-2015. The SFC stated that the failures were attributable to former management and that remedial actions had been taken.
Jurisdiction-specific offerings
HK · retail
unverifiedEntity not linked · Leverage 1:20
Compensation scheme not shown
Instrument trading costs
EURUSD
unverifiedTypical spread: — pips · Commission: 0.0000
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Score components
Regulation and licenses
7.5/10 · 35%The SFC CE number and Type 3 activity are disclosed by official broker and SFC sources, though the current detailed register record was not captured.
Security and track record
5.0/10 · 20%Official funding pages disclose segregated accounts, while two historical SFC actions under former management reduce the initial score.
Trading conditions
7.5/10 · 15%Leverage, margins, pair count, platforms, minimum spreads and payment routes are disclosed.
Company transparency
7.5/10 · 10%The legal entity, CE number, trading rules, platforms and funding processes are publicly documented.
Service quality
5.0/10 · 10%Official support contacts and multiple platform channels are available, but no verified service-quality dataset was used.
Verified user reviews
0.0/10 · 10%No verified user-review dataset was used.
Profile update history
Broker profile was published.
2026-07-22
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