Category: Regulation

bscs warning
February 21, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Canadian regulator BCSC warns against binary options broker peakoptions24

Canadian securities regulator the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) issued a warning today against a suspicious entity named peakoptions24. Peakoptions24 is operating via the website https://www.peakoptions24.com and claims to be “one of the leading binary options brokers in the industry, with a high payout of 81% in binary options contracts”. Peakoptions24 also claims to have…

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February 12, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Canadian regulator BCSC warns against Capital World Market

Canadian securities regulator the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) issued another warning today against a suspicious entity named Capital World Market. Capital World Market (CWM) operates via the website https://capitalworldmarkets.com/ and claims to be an online binary options, Forex and Contracts for Difference trading platform provider. CWM had accepted funds from a British Columbia (BC)…

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February 12, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Canadian regulator BCSC warns against WorldWide CapitalFX

Canadian securities regulator the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) has just announced that it has become aware of a suspicious entity named WorldWide CapitalFX. WorldWide CapitalFX (CapitalFX) claims to be an online binary options, cryptocurrencies, Forex and Contracts for Difference trading platform provider. The company is operating via the website www.worldwidecapitalfx.com/. The regulator has recently…

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fca warning
December 20, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Bex Options firm

UK financial regulator Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued its latest warning against an unregulated financial services provider targeting UK consumers. The FCA’s latest warning is against the company Bex Options. Bex Options is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated activities which…

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cysec cif license
December 17, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

CySEC warns against Ace Trade Options and Binary Trade Plus websites

Cyprus financial regulator CySEC has become aware that the websites acetradeoptions.com and binarytradeplus.com, do not belong to an entity which has been granted an authorization for the provision of investment services. acetradeoptions.com and binarytradeplus.com are performing investment activities without the authorization to do so. Both websites illegally use the name and license number of the…

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FCA warning
November 27, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against AG Capitals binary options company

UK financial regulator Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued its latest warning against an unregulated financial services provider targeting UK consumers. The FCA’s latest warning is against the binary options company AG Capitals. AG Capitals is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated…

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binary options ban eu
November 09, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

ESMA re-extends binary options trading ban to April 2019

For the second time since first introducing a three-month ban on offering binary options trading to retail clients in the EU in July 2018, European financial regulator ESMA has extended the ban for a further three months. The current ban is set to lapse on January 1, 2019. The three month extension takes the ban…

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UN report says North Korea laundered $2 billion theft via Hong Kong firm
October 12, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Court enters $14 million judgment against options trader for fraudulent options scheme

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has announced that Judge John Robert Blakey of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois entered a Consent Order for Permanent Injunction (Consent Order), which resolves charges against Defendant Thomas C. Lindstrom, of Winnetka, Illinois, for engaging in fraud in connection with his trading of…

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