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AMF Cautions French Investors on Unregulated Trading Platform BITGET
The firm has been on the AMF blacklist since Nov 7, 2023, for unauthorized services in France.
The regulator has urged caution for investors amid potential service disruptions.
Tuesday, 02/04/2024 | 14:38 GMT
by
Tareq Sikder
Retail FX
French AMF Alerts Investors to 35 Risky Firms
The big update focused on FX and crypto market companies.
This is one of the most extensive additions to the AMF’s warning list recently.
Wednesday, 10/01/2024 | 10:42 GMT
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Damian Chmiel
CryptoCurrency
Immediate Connect Scam: AMF Cautions Investors against Fraudulent Trading Scheme
Deceptive online content and an article from a national daily led investors to discover the trading service.
Attempting to withdraw their gains, investors were required to prepay a capital gains tax.
Thursday, 23/11/2023 | 12:38 GMT
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Tareq Sikder
Retail FX
French Regulator Fines and Bans CFDs Tied Agent
The company and its manager have been banned for ten years.
The regulator found multiple discrepancies in the operations of the company.
Thursday, 23/11/2023 | 09:33 GMT
by
Arnab Shome
CryptoCurrency
French Authorities Issue Warning on Alleged Crypto Deception
AMF and the Paris Prosecutor have warned against Immediate Connect's fraudulent crypto offers.
The platform allegedly uses fake articles and personalities to lure investors.
Friday, 17/11/2023 | 16:38 GMT
by
Jared Kirui
Retail FX
Retail Traders Struggle with Trading Fees: Regulator Aims for Simplification
French investors suggest that information about trading commissions and fees is often too complicated.
Therefore, the AMF wants companies to use simpler and standardized language.
Thursday, 19/10/2023 | 10:32 GMT
by
Damian Chmiel
Retail FX
French Regulator Updates FX Blacklist, Adds 22 Websites
AMF and ACPR identified unauthorized Forex websites during Q3.
AMF's dedicated savers area focuses on safeguarding savings.
Friday, 29/09/2023 | 11:42 GMT
by
Tareq Sikder
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CryptoCurrency
East Meets West: Hong Kong's Hex Trust Secures French Crypto License
Hong Kong-based company enters the French crypto market.
France has some of the more favorable crypto regulations in Europe.
Wednesday, 02/08/2023 | 08:46 GMT
by
Damian Chmiel
Retail FX
French Regulators Blacklist 14 Illegal Forex Trading Platforms
The AMF recently warned investors against illegal automated trading robots.
The UK's financial regulator flagged a clone of Interactive Brokers on Friday.
Friday, 07/07/2023 | 17:53 GMT
by
Solomon Oladipupo
Retail FX
France’s AMF Cautions against Automated FX, Crypto Trading Scheme
Popular personalities and websites promoted it as a 'get rich quick' scheme.
The regulator received complaints from dozens of victims.
Friday, 23/06/2023 | 10:33 GMT
by
Arnab Shome
Retail FX
Growing Number of French Women Wants to Trade, AMF Study Shows
French female investors accept a lower level of risk than their male counterparts.
AMF released its report on International Women's Day.
Wednesday, 08/03/2023 | 12:09 GMT
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Damian Chmiel
Retail FX
French Regulator Warns against FX Trading Robots
The regulator received several reports against these platforms.
These illegal platforms offered unrealistic returns of up to 400 percent per year.
Thursday, 02/03/2023 | 11:17 GMT
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Arnab Shome
Institutional FX
Regulators Slapped Industry with Record Fines in 2022, SEC in the Lead
WhatsApp crackdown amounted to fines of $1.1 billion.
Also, European regulators imposed high penalties although visibly lower than the SEC.
Tuesday, 31/01/2023 | 12:17 GMT
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Damian Chmiel
Retail FX
France Had Over 1.5 Million Active Stock Market Investors in 2022: AMF
The French market added about 195,000 new investors last year.
Equities were the most preferred investment instruments among investors.
Monday, 23/01/2023 | 12:03 GMT
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Arnab Shome
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Retail FX
French Regulator Unfolds Action Plan and Supervisory Themes for 2023
The action plan covers investor education and supervisory cooperation, among others.
The regulator's supervisory themes focus on various categories of market participants.
Monday, 09/01/2023 | 21:18 GMT
by
Solomon Oladipupo
Retail FX
French Regulators Uncover 15 Illegal Forex Platforms
The number of blacklisted forex sites dropped 30% to 49 in 2022.
The number of French retail investors declined by 35% during Q3 2022.
Wednesday, 21/12/2022 | 18:01 GMT
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Solomon Oladipupo
FinTech
Neobroker BUX Gets French DASP Registration, to Offer Crypto in 2023
French users will be able to trade over 58 cryptocurrencies on BUX Zero.
The firm recently acquired the Spanish neobroker, Ninety Nine.
Tuesday, 20/12/2022 | 22:11 GMT
by
Solomon Oladipupo
Retail FX
New French Investors Are Skeptical about Equities Investments: AMF Survey
The survey received input from a sample of about 2,000 French people.
However, most believe that stock market investments have been profitable in the last five years.
Tuesday, 20/12/2022 | 12:09 GMT
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Arnab Shome
Executive Moves
France’s AMF Names Marie-Anne Barbat-Layan as New Chair
She spent 20 years of her career in the civil service.
She is the permanent replacement for Robert Ophèle, who stepped down in July.
Thursday, 27/10/2022 | 10:52 GMT
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Arnab Shome
Retail FX
The Number of French Retail Investors Declined by 35% in Q3: AMF
The number of both equities buyers and sellers declined significantly in the period.
8.8 million equities transactions were executed in Q3 2022.
Friday, 21/10/2022 | 11:23 GMT
by
Arnab Shome
Retail FX
France’s AMF Launches Consultation on ‘End of Life’ of Private Equity Funds
Board Member Muriel Faure chaired the AMF-initiated working group.
Acceptance of contribution to end on October 14, 2022.
Thursday, 28/07/2022 | 14:05 GMT
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Solomon Oladipupo
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Retail FX
AMF Fines 123 Investment Managers EUR 200,000
The Committee accused the firm of breaching its professional obligations.
It was related to procedures concerning the disclosure of information to third parties.
Monday, 18/07/2022 | 21:26 GMT
by
Felipe Erazo
Retail FX
French Regulators Blacklist 20 Unauthorized Forex Trading Platforms
28 FX platforms and one crypto platform which are operating illegally were added in 2022.
The list now adds hundreds of illegal platforms offering forex and crypto derivatives services.
Tuesday, 28/06/2022 | 09:21 GMT
by
Arnab Shome
Institutional FX
French Regulator AMF Toughens Criteria for Authorizing DASPs
The action is part of the AMF's policy update on Position DOC-2020-O7.
DASPs are to use language understood by all French customers.
Friday, 10/06/2022 | 21:44 GMT
by
Solomon Oladipupo
CryptoCurrency
After France's Nod, Binance Faces Germany to Deepen Ties in Europe
Binance is seeking an operating license from BaFin.
The exchange received France's AMF DASP registration last month.
Friday, 20/05/2022 | 15:25 GMT
by
Solomon Oladipupo
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