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United Capital Securities in Nigeria — review, licence and costs
Score (4 of 6 axes scored)
shown, not ranked: only 55% of the weight has data, need 55%
Who actually onboards you
- Entity that onboards Nigeria residents
- United Capital Securities Limited (UCSL), subsidiary of United Capital Plc (NGX: UCAP)
- Local standing
- SEC-regulated domestic stockbroker
- Licence as the register states it
- SEC Nigeria regulated; NGX dealing member; NGX Supplemental Market Maker & Designated Adviser; registered NASD OTC dealing member
- Leverage for this entity
- no retail forex/leverage; long-only equities & fixed income
- The firm behind it
- Subsidiary of United Capital Group (investment banking, asset management, trusteeship, securities, insurance); ranked NGX #1 stockbroker by value in May 2025 (~N109.14bn, 15.56% share); NGX Supplemental Market Maker and Designated Adviser; NASD OTC dealing member
- What we hold against it
- not verified at review
Leverage by entity
The licence belongs to the firm; a leverage figure belongs to one entity. Only the entity that onboards Nigerian residents enters the score.
no retail forex/leverage; long-only equities & fixed income
Scale from 1:10 to 1:3000, logarithmic.
Client protection
- Local entity onboards youSEC-regulated domestic stockbroker
- Regulator warning on filenone found
— means the broker does not state it in any source we captured. It is not read as “no protection” and it is not scored.
Accounts
Account types the broker names for this country: Brokerage/investment account (retail & institutional) via InvestNow platform. The figures below are the broker's own and do not differ by account in any source we captured.
Swap-free account terms
Terms read from the account page on 01.10.2026. The cap on open positions is not published.
Payouts(1 method)
| Method | Deposit, h | Withdrawal, h | Fee, USD | Min, USD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bank transfer | 24 | — | 0 | 50 |
Taxes for a Nigerian resident(1 rule)
- Trading profits are taxable and must be declared to the Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS, formerly FIRS).https://unitedcapitalplcgroup.com/securities/
Not tax advice. Check with the FIRS.
Deposit and withdrawal methods (1 methods · 0 local rails)
Bank transfer;
- Bank transfer
- Account currency
- NGN
- Fee declared
- 1 of 1 methods
- Withdrawal back to
- the funding method
Where it does not serve(1 countries)
From the client agreement, clause 2.3. A country missing from a translated page is not read as “served”.
Platforms and markets(1 platform)
- InvestNow
| Class | Count | Min spread | Leverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| InvestNow | — | — | —NG |
147 further account types are named by their brokers but publish none of these figures, so they are not in the comparison: Eightcap Standard, Eightcap Raw, Fusion Markets Classic account, Pepperstone Standard, Pepperstone no minimum deposit, Trade Nation Two live tiers - lower-leverage and 141 more.
Pros and cons(3 for and 3 against, each tied to a figure on this page)
- Authorised by the Nigeria regulator in its own register
- Withdrawal in 24 h, one of 71 of 81 brokers here that publish a time
- Safety 90 of 100, its strongest of 4 scored axes
- Round-turn cost not priced: the pair of spread and commission is not published
- Platforms 15 of 100, its weakest of 4 scored axes
- Not scored on reviews, round-turn cost: the broker publishes no figure we could read
Alternatives in Nigeria(6 of 81 scored in Nigeria)
- Round turn, USD
- 4NG
- Min deposit, USD
- 20NG
- Leverage
- 200NG
- Rank in this country
- #20
- Round turn, USD
- 7NG
- Min deposit, USD
- 100 groupNG
- Leverage
- 500NG
- Rank in this country
- #31
- Round turn, USD
- 10NG
- Min deposit, USD
- 10 groupNG
- Rank in this country
- #48
- Round turn, USD
- 9NG
- Min deposit, USD
- 25 groupNG
- Leverage
- 1000 group
- Rank in this country
- #2
- Round turn, USD
- 5NG
- Min deposit, USD
- 10 groupNG
- Leverage
- 2000NG
- Rank in this country
- #5
- Round turn, USD
- 6NG
- Min deposit, USD
- 0 groupNG
- Leverage
- 500NG
- Rank in this country
- #17
"group" marks a figure the broker publishes for the group rather than for this country. It is shown because the broker states it, and it is not ranked, averaged or used to sort.
Methodology(6 axes · formula v1.0)
Score = 2 + 3 × weighted mean of six axes scored 0–100. Range 2.0–5.0. An axis without data drops out and the remaining weights are renormalised; it is never scored zero or estimated. Group-wide figures never enter a Nigeria score. Full methodology
| Axis | Weight | What is measured | United Capital Securities |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reviews | 25% | Rating, volume and recency on one public review platform | — |
| Round-turn cost | 20% | Round turn on 1 lot EURUSD: spread plus commission, against the country median | — |
| Safety | 20% | Local authorisation, the entity that onboards you, any regulator warning | 90 |
| Payouts | 15% | Published withdrawal time, fees and the methods available in the country | 80 |
| Track record | 10% | Years since the firm was founded, from its own filings | 70 |
| Platforms | 10% | Which trading platforms the broker confirms for this country | 15 |
— the broker does not publish this figure; it is not read as a zero and it is not scored.
Where United Capital Securities sits in the Nigeria base(81 brokers)
Round-turn cost, USD (57 of 81 priced)
Median 6.5 USD · range 3-20 · 24 of 81 brokers do not publish it
Minimum deposit, USD (29 of 81 priced)
Median 20 USD · range 0-100 · 52 of 81 brokers do not publish it
Retail leverage (53 of 81 with a Nigeria figure)
Median 1:500 · range 100-3000 · 28 of 81 brokers do not publish it
Withdrawal time published (81 brokers)
FAQ
- Does United Capital Securities accept residents of Nigeria?
- Yes. SEC-regulated domestic stockbroker Onboarding entity: United Capital Securities Limited (UCSL), subsidiary of United Capital Plc (NGX: UCAP)
- Is United Capital Securities licensed to serve clients in Nigeria?
- SEC Nigeria regulated; NGX dealing member; NGX Supplemental Market Maker & Designated Adviser; registered NASD OTC dealing member
- Which trading platforms does United Capital Securities support?
- InvestNow. Instruments: NGX equities (incl. IPOs, rights issues, offers), FGN/corporate bonds, NASD OTC equity & fixed income
- How can I withdraw money from United Capital Securities in Nigeria?
- Bank transfer; other methods not verified at review
- What account types does United Capital Securities offer?
- Brokerage/investment account (retail & institutional) via InvestNow platform
- Does United Capital Securities offer a swap-free (Islamic) account?
- No. United Capital Securities publishes no swap-free (Islamic) account for Nigeria.