Security & regulation
Company overview and regulatory information:
Lighthouse FX Ltd is a company registered in England and Wales (Registration Number 11450998). Registered address: 50 Liverpool Street, London, EC2M 7PY, United Kingdom.
Lighthouse FX is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority for the provision of payment services (Firm Reference Number 931618) and His Majesty’s Revenue & Customs as a licenced Money Services Business under the Money Laundering Regulations (Supervised Business Registration Number XKML00000160284).
Lighthouse FX is registered with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) under the UK Data Protection Act (Registration Number ZA569393). The ICO is designed to protect customers from the misuse of personal data.
Lighthouse FX safeguards relevant client funds with reputable UK banks for the services provided solely by Lighthouse FX. Where payment services are provided by strategic partners (as laid out in the website footer), they are responsible for safeguarding client funds, which means that the funds shown in your payment account or e-wallet are held at reputable banks or covered by an insurance policy, and most importantly, are protected for you in the event of our partner e-money/payment institutions’, or our, insolvency. Safeguarding requirements stop when the money has been paid out of your account to your beneficiary’s account. If you require a breakdown of the exact amount of funds you have safeguarded at a particular point in time, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Safeguarding, the Financial Conduct Authority and key requirements:
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) regulates the financial services industry in the UK and sets out to protect consumers and keep the industry stable. Money remittance firms are subject to extensive scrutiny and ongoing supervision, ensuring that they are operating diligently and safely.
Safeguarding bank accounts with UK credit institutions are used to protect relevant client funds by keeping them separate from non-client funds as per the Financial Conduct Authority's regulations (see Chapter 10 of the FCA's Payment Service Regulations Approach Document).
Safeguarding accounts are subject to strict rules and regulations. Funds held in safeguarding accounts cannot be claimed by the bank or any third party creditor and in the event of liquidation of the firm funds must be returned to clients as a priority.
Among an array of other key stipulations, an authorised firm must at all times maintain capital resources equal to or in excess of its relevant capital adequacy requirement stipulated by the FCA, ensuring that it always has sufficient reserves to meet its obligations and remain financially stable.
Principally matched trades:
We act in a riskless capacity, only executing trades on behalf of our clients when instructed and instantaneously matching positions at one of the firm’s institutional counterparties. We do not aggregate trades or engage in speculative activities. We never use our own funds for speculation and do not allow our clients to do so.
