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Alert! Beware of companies offering financial services without the required license
December 14th, 2018
The supervisory authorities of the United Kingdom (Financial Conduct Authority – FCA), Switzerland (Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority – FINMA), China (Financial Supervisory Commission Chinese Taipei – FSC), Holland (Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets – AFM), Sweden (Finansinspektionen), ...
Beware of unauthorised companies and websites offering investment services
November 29th, 2018
Financial Regulators around the world issued warnings for companies and websites that are offering investment, financial and insurance services without the required authorisation. In accordance the warnings issued, the supervisory authorities of the United Kingdom (Financial Conduct Authority – ...
CySEC: Be aware of fraudulent representation of CySEC officers
November 26th, 2018
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC), has issued today an announcement to warn about fraudulent representation of CySEC officers. In accordance CySEC’s announcement, a number of market participants have informed the CySEC about the fraudulent representation of CySEC ...
Cryptocurrency fraud: Don’t be taken in! How to determine that an offer is a fraud
October 30th, 2018
FSMA Belgium published a new warning against cryptocurrency fraud and updated the list of cryptocurrency trading platforms for which it has detected indications of fraud, adding 21 new suspect sites. This list now comprises a total of 99 websites. ...
Beware of unauthorised companies offering financial services
October 26th, 2018
The supervisory authorities of the United Kingdom (Financial Conduct Authority – FCA), Ireland (Central Bank of Ireland), Austria (Financial Market Authority – FMA) and Italy (Consob) report the companies and websites offering investment, financial and insurance services without the ...
What to watch in European stocks
October 23rd, 2018
Here what investors watch ahead of the market open in Europe: Unprecedented Steps Italy continues to hog attention in European markets, and there’s no reason Tuesday should be any different. After the government continued a staunch defense of its ...
Alert: Beware of unauthorised companies providing investment services
October 18th, 2018
The supervisory authorities of the United Kingdom (Financial Conduct Authority – FCA), Austria (Financial Market Authority – FMA), Switzerland (Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority – FINMA), Quebec (Autorité des Marchés Financiers), Hong Kong (Securities and Futures Commission – SFC) ...
‘Wild West’ Bitcoin ‘should be regulated’
September 19th, 2018
Bitcoin and other digital currencies are a “Wild West industry” and need to be regulated to protect investors, a committee of MPs has urged. Problems include volatile prices, minimal consumer protection and risks of hacking and money-laundering, says the ...
Bitcoin crash: This man lost his savings when cryptocurrencies plunged
September 12th, 2018
An estimated $400 billion has been wiped off the value of major cryptocurrencies since January. Sean Russell’s life savings were among them. Russell rarely played the stock market and had little investing experience when he put around $120,000 into ...
Invest in Cryptocurrencies: Beware of fraudsters using cryptocurrencies to swindle consumers
September 5th, 2018
The Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA), a public institution that supervises the Belgian financial sector, has issued a warning to inform public and investors about cryptocurrency trading platforms with identified signs of fraud. In accordance the warning, the ...
