Is FBS safe?

Safety summary

The available evidence supports a cautious assessment. Positive factors include segregated client money, negative balance protection, audited accounts (Not prominently disclosed) and 17 years of operating history. Risk factors include licences only from offshore or light-touch jurisdictions and no compensation scheme. Regulation can improve oversight and complaint options, but it does not prevent trading losses or guarantee that every dispute will be resolved.

Client money is held separately from the firm's own money, at Multiple Tier-1 banks; individual banks not disclosed. That separation is what makes your balance recoverable if the company fails, rather than part of the pool its creditors divide up.

Negative balance protection applies, so a losing position cannot take the account below zero and leave you owing the broker money.

No compensation scheme covers this entity. If the firm fails owing you money there is no statutory fund to claim against, and what you get back depends entirely on what administrators recover.

Regulatory coverage

FBS is connected with 1 recorded licence: FSC (Belize) (tier three).

View every licence

Client protections

Protections may include segregated client money and negative balance protection. They apply only where the account and client are eligible under the relevant entity and jurisdiction.

Official warnings

Licence concerns

Website verification

The recorded broker website is fbs.com. Verify the domain through an official regulator register where possible and do not rely on links received through unsolicited messages.

Company history

FBS was established in 2009. No material change has yet been recorded on this profile.

Complaints and responses

View the complaints tab

The available evidence supports a cautious risk assessment for FBS. This assessment can change if licences, entities, warnings or broker operations change.