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Consob Blocked 855 Illegal Trading Platforms in 3 Years, Ads 5 More
Italy's Consob has been effectively blocking illegal trading websites since 2019.
To date, the supervisor has been able to halt 855 of them.
Monday, 20/03/2023 | 12:50 GMT
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Damian Chmiel
Retail FX
Rakuten Securities Hong Kong Warns Investors of Fraudulent Impersonators
Fraudulent actors are impersonating Rakuten Securities HK.
The number of clone companies increased in 2022 and the beginning of 2023.
Monday, 06/03/2023 | 11:53 GMT
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Damian Chmiel
Retail FX
FSMA Warns against Webull Clone and 20 Other Unlicensed Platforms
According to Belgium's FSMA, listed platforms may extort money from investors.
A Clone of the WeBull trading brand is one of them.
Thursday, 23/02/2023 | 10:47 GMT
by
Damian Chmiel
Retail FX
CySEC Warns against Licensed Broker Clone
IMS Crypto uses the CIF license number of IMS Markets.
The latter is CySEC's authorized investment firm, the first is just a clone.
Thursday, 09/02/2023 | 13:41 GMT
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Damian Chmiel
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Retail FX
ESMA Sees High Market Risks and Warns of Further Declines
ESMA just presented its newest TRV Report for 2023.
The institution warns retailers of further possible market declines.
Thursday, 09/02/2023 | 12:32 GMT
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Damian Chmiel
Retail FX
CySEC Warns against 5 Unregulated FX/CFDs Platforms
Four websites are still operating and offering trading services.
The regulator recently warned against other fraudsters and rogue platforms.
Wednesday, 25/01/2023 | 09:32 GMT
by
Damian Chmiel
Retail FX
FCA Adds 1,000 Employees in 2022 as Scrutiny Increases
Since the beginning of 2022, the FCA has warned of 1,800 potential financial frauds.
The regulator is stepping up its protection efforts as part of a 3-year strategy.
Wednesday, 21/12/2022 | 12:21 GMT
by
Damian Chmiel
Retail FX
FMA Warns against Crypto Fraudsters and Impersonators
Bay Exchange was providing crypto services without proper authorization.
Krypto Security was trying to impersonate the FMA's officials and extort consumer funds.
Monday, 12/12/2022 | 09:24 GMT
by
Damian Chmiel
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Retail FX
FCA Warns Brokers against CFDs 'Poor Practices'
80% of retail traders are losing money when investing in CFDs.
Some CFD providers are still using practices the FCA disagrees with.
Thursday, 01/12/2022 | 12:31 GMT
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Damian Chmiel
Retail FX
FSMA Warns against Clone of CoinDesk and 30 Fraudulent Trading Platforms
A clone of CoinDesk was among 30 other fraudulent trading platforms flagged by the FSMA.
According to the Belgian market watchdog, financial scams are rising significantly.
Wednesday, 23/11/2022 | 12:30 GMT
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Damian Chmiel
Retail FX
FCA Warns Trading App Operators to Stop the Trading Gamification
The UK’s market watchdog wants trading app creators to review the main design features.
According to a recent study, gamification may lead to gambling-like behavior.
Monday, 21/11/2022 | 09:48 GMT
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Damian Chmiel
Retail FX
ASIC Warns Against Fake IPO Investment Frauds
The regulator uses case studies of Porshe's IPO and Care A2's Pre-IPO.
ASIC reminds that investing at the Pre-IPO stage involves higher risks.
Wednesday, 09/11/2022 | 11:41 GMT
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Damian Chmiel
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Retail FX
CySEC Expands Warning List, Adds Five Unlicensed Trading Platforms
Some of them pretended to be licensed entities.
One broker turned out to be a clone of an authorized trading company.
Thursday, 03/11/2022 | 15:56 GMT
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Damian Chmiel
Retail FX
FMA Warns against Fraudster Impersonating the Regulator
Scammer tries tricking consumers and investors into pretending to be a regulatory clerk.
The FMA warned of impostors four times in October 2022.
Tuesday, 25/10/2022 | 08:58 GMT
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Damian Chmiel
CryptoCurrency
ASIC Warns against Cryptcurrency Scam Appasiccoin.org
The watchdog states it never gives permission to use its logo to promote financial services.
Due to the cryptocurrency scams, investors lost $1 billion in 15 months.
Tuesday, 18/10/2022 | 11:30 GMT
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Damian Chmiel
FinTech
LiquiTrade Is Operating ‘Illegal Banking Services’ in Germany, BaFin Says
BaFin said content of latoken.com justifies the conclusion.
It added that LiquiTrade Ltd is not licensed under the German Banking Act.
Friday, 12/08/2022 | 16:39 GMT
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Solomon Oladipupo
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CySEC Issues Warning against Illegal Entities
The authority has added goldenshare.io and finatics.io to its warning list.
CySEC has also urged investors to consult its website before conducting business with investment firms.
Tuesday, 24/05/2022 | 08:04 GMT
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Bilal Jafar
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Dukascopy Issues Warning on Fraudulent Crypto Website Clone
The domain www.dukascoin.holds-coins.com 'does not belong' to Dukascopy.
The bogus site is cloning the template from Dukascoin.com.
Monday, 23/05/2022 | 21:19 GMT
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Felipe Erazo
Retail FX
UK’s FCA Raises Alarm on US Crypto Trading Firm
The FCA says Crypto Vault Traders is operating in the UK without a permit.
It urged traders to check its register to verify firms before entering deals.
Friday, 22/04/2022 | 23:13 GMT
by
Solomon Oladipupo
Regulation
UK FCA Warns on XTB Broker Clone
The firm is offering crypto services without FCA's authorization.
The watchdog recently issued a warning about an unlicensed crypto provider.
Monday, 21/03/2022 | 21:41 GMT
by
Felipe Erazo
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Regulation
UK FCA Warns on Alpha Crypto Trade FX Ltd
The company is reportedly targeting UK-based customers.
The British regulator said they're not authorized to provide financial services.
Wednesday, 16/03/2022 | 19:16 GMT
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Felipe Erazo
FinTech
FCA Warns against Falcon Financial Solutions and Thestral Financial Services
Cavendish Incorporated Ltd. carried investment activities with traders without permission.
Falcon Financial Solutions Ltd. has been linked to Cavendish Incorporated Ltd.
Monday, 31/01/2022 | 16:20 GMT
by
Matti Williamson
News
Nova Scotia Securities Commission Warns about CoinRise
The authority mentioned that CoinRise is not registered to offer services in the region.
The crypto trading platform claims to be located in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Wednesday, 12/01/2022 | 06:12 GMT
by
Bilal Jafar
Brokers
Ontario OSC Adds Status Markets to Its Warning List
Status Markets is the most recent broker to be added to the OSC warning list.
Monday, 29/11/2021 | 19:32 GMT
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Felipe Erazo
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Retail FX
SEC Issues Warning against Impersonators Faking to Be Regulator
These impersonators are approaching investors through multiple communication channels.
Monday, 22/11/2021 | 07:27 GMT
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Arnab Shome
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