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UFXMarkets Slapped with OSC Warning, Splits Its Regulation
2014-07-23T13:42:30.000+02:00
The broker who has recently rebranded to the valuable UFX.com domain was added to the Warning List by the Ontario Securities Commission, while segmenting regulatory profile on its site with Cysec and Belize credentials.
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Is Cyprus Getting Too Strict? New Companies' Licensing Slashed by One-Third in Q2
2014-07-15T11:03:59.000+02:00
The total number of new investment firms licensed by the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission In the second quarter of 2014 went down to only eight firms, a decrease of over 27% Year-Over-Year.
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CySEC Tightens Reporting Regime in Compliance with European Standard
2014-06-23T10:40:02.000+02:00
The Cypriot watchdog has announced a new capital adequacy and exposure, demanding Investment Firms who hold clients’ money or financial instruments to have an initial capital of at least €200,000.
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CySEC Replies to Forex Magnates' Questions about Employees Certification Exams 2014
2014-05-22T22:38:28.000+02:00
Many employees working in a Cyprus Investment Firm are required to get certified by CySEC in order to practice their working duties diligently, our reporters have obtained useful commentary to the parties concerned.
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CySEC Fines AFX Capital Markets Ltd €10,000 on a Number of Violations
2014-05-14T16:44:03.000+02:00
The company operating the AFX Capital brand, based in Cyprus, and with multiple entities regulated in several jurisdictions, got fined a total of ten thousand Euros today, by the Cyprus Securities & Exchange Commission.
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CySEC Warns about Binary Options Firm CallandPut.com as Not Authorized in Cyprus
2014-05-08T15:41:14.000+02:00
The Cyprus Securities & Exchange Commission has warned of an unauthorized firm within the Republic that lists its transactions between its clients as taking place in Cyprus where its servers are principally located.
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Executive Interview: Amana Capital CEO Ahmad Khatib on FCA License Value in the Middle East
2014-04-26T21:33:01.000+02:00
Subsidiary Amana Financial Services UK Ltd. has been authorised by the FCA, making it one of the first middle eastern brokers to strengthen its brand position in a market where client awareness is growing rapidly.
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Ontario Securities Commission Adds a CySEC-Regulated CIF to its Warning List
2014-04-08T22:50:31.000+02:00
The OSC has warned Ontario residents that the company operating binary options brands including 24option.com, 24fx.com, zoneoptions.com, grandoption.com, and binaryoption-affiliate.com, is not regulated in Canada.
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CySec Issues Its Own Warning About Bitcoins After Parliament Discussion
2014-03-20T17:27:08.000+02:00
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Binary Options Specialist 24option Now Offers Forex
2014-03-19T11:09:21.000+02:00
Binary broker 24options has become one of the first options providers to successfully transition to forex, offering a comprehensive list of forex services and trading instruments with the launch of 24fx.com.
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Maltese Regulator MFSA Warns Against FrontierForex
2014-03-18T10:51:34.000+02:00
An unknown entity has been operating the website since the start of 2013, claiming to be regulated under virtually all EU financial regulators. Consultation with EU registers reveals the entity is a scam.
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CySEC Warns Against Imposter Websites Silicon Valley Markets and FXTTCM
2014-03-14T17:50:26.000+02:00
CySEC has issued a press release warning against two imposter websites, one of which has copied regulated Liquid Markets’ design, replacing the logo with its own branding, the other one in Chinese.
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CySEC Fines DC Digital Processing 2 Ltd €5,000 for Its Optionbit.com Website
2014-03-07T20:46:42.000+02:00
The petty administrative fine was delved out by the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) after it determined the company had offered its services online before being officially CySEC-regulated.
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Exclusive: Colombian Regulator Temporarily Suspends IronFX Operations in the Country
2014-03-07T11:27:52.000+02:00
IronFX, a provider of fx services, has been accused of operating and promoting its products without proper authorization in Columbia, raising allegations from the Financial Supervisory Authority of Columbia.
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CySEC Issues Warning about the Risks of CFD Trading
2014-03-06T17:02:03.000+02:00
CFDs are considered by the financial supervisory authority as being suitable only for professional clients or highly experienced retail investors who can understand how they work and the risks they entail.
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The Lies FX Sales People Tell and How Brokers Can Avoid Getting into Trouble
2014-02-21T10:04:55.000+02:00
Forex Magnates interviewed the co founders of a consulting firm specializing in the training of Forex and Binary Options sales personal, Karinza, and they exposed the problems specific to the industries.
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XM.com Gains ASIC Authorization Under a Subsidiary in Its Parent Company Structure
2014-02-19T16:44:59.000+02:00
The trading name XM.COM, belonging to Trading Point Holdings Ltd, which wholly owns several regulated entities offering online retail brokerage services around the world, just added an ASIC-approved entity to its list.
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CySEC Addresses FX Inconsistencies with EMIR Reporting, Temporary Lapses
2014-02-18T20:39:57.000+02:00
CySec has released a statement to Cyprus Investment Firms and UCITS Management Companies regarding the inconsistencies of EMIR regulatory matters with regards to fx, coupled with trade repository lapses.
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FIBO Group Announces License with British Virgin Islands' Financial Services Commission
2014-02-07T16:50:22.000+02:00
The latest entity added to the Moscow-headquartered FIBO Group, under the name FIBO Group Ltd, gets licensed with BVI's FSC, adding to the firms CySEC and ASIC regulated firms, totaling 3 regulated firms within the group.
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CySEC Warns Investors about Bitcoins While Hello Binary Launches Them
2014-02-06T12:39:48.000+02:00
CySEC has become the latest financial regulator to issue a warning about virtual currencies. In a document published today, the regulator referenced a 2013 report from the European Banking Authority on the matter.
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Cypriot CySEC is Latest Regulator to Warn about Virtual Currencies - But Still Legal
2014-02-06T11:19:41.000+02:00
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CySEC Warns Brokers: Clients' Tax Avoidance Is a Serious Criminal Offence
2014-02-03T19:18:00.000+02:00
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission explained the legal reasoning behind the criminal definition and listed the steps all regulated companies have to take in order to comply with the law.
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CySEC Asks CIFs for Customer Data as New Risk-Based Supervision in Development
2014-01-29T20:10:18.000+02:00
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission has today requested Cypriot Investment Firms (CIFs) to provide certain customer metrics, as the regulator announces a new risk-based supervisory framework underway.
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Exclusive: Depaho Ltd Soaks Up FXGM as Cypriot M&A Activity Follows the Big Boys
2014-01-23T16:11:22.000+02:00
CySec has today announced that FXGM has renounced its CIF license, with FXGM stating that it has completed a merger with Depaho Ltd, resulting in the transfer of all staff, including CEO Gil Farhang.
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CySec Outlines Obligatory CIF Conduct, Highlights Illegality of Withholding Withdrawals
2014-01-23T07:37:31.000+02:00
Cypriot watchdog organization, has released a regulatory statement on the trading benefits to clients of CIFs rendering account opening and deposit bonuses useless as they can be withdrawn without trading.
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