The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Gulf FX. Fraudsters are using the details of firms, authorised by the FCA, to try to convince people that they work for a genuine, authorised firm. Fraudsters are using or giving out the following details as part of their tactics to…
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UBS (NYSE:UBS) has agreed to pay $15 million total fine to FINRA, SEC and FinCEN. The financial services company failed to implement anti-money laundering programs. Susan Schroeder, FINRA’s Executive Vice President, Department of Enforcement, commented on the news: AML systems must be reasonably designed to monitor transactions for potentially suspicious activity. When firms are part of…
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Australian regulator ASIC has announced that it has cancelled Evermore Money Management Pty Ltd's AFS license. According to the regulator, the company did not meet the license conditions. The complete text of the regulator’s decision can be seen below: ASIC has cancelled the Australian financial services (AFS) licence of Evermore Money Management Pty Ltd (Evermore) for…
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The financial services industry has never been as exciting as other technology-driven genres. Things, however, changed a few years back, when blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies seized the imagination of the public, and more importantly, the imagination of entrepreneurs, investors, and the venture funding establishment. The new buzzword around town became “FinTech”, a bit sexier than…
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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has just announced that it has filed a complaint against Dro Kholamian and his company, Blue Star Trading, LLC. Blue Star Trading has fraudulently solicited potential clients to trade through accounts they would manage leveraged off-exchange FX currency and commodity futures contracts, but instead the company has misappropriated those funds. According to CFTC, Kholamian…
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Retail forex broker FXCM Group, LLC has just announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with The Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX). Both sides confirmed that they intend to launch new products on the DGCX Exchange. Les Male, Chief Executive Officer of DGCX, stated: It is our aim to ensure that we continue…
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has just announced that it intends to change how banks charge for overdrafts. Alongside this, the FCA will extend protections for other high-cost credit products. Andrew Bailey, Chief Executive of the FCA commented: Today we are proposing to make the biggest intervention in the overdraft market for a generation. These…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Creditstar UK Limited. Fraudsters are using the details of firms, authorised by the FCA, to try to convince people that they work for a genuine, authorised firm. Fraudsters are using or giving out the following details as part of their tactics…
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has just published its new rules and fees that will apply to all claims management companies (CMCs) from April 2019. Jonathan Davidson, Executive Director of Supervision – Retail and Authorisations at the FCA, said: We’re ready to take over regulation on 1 April 2019. The new regime aims to drive…
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Australian regulator ASIC has just issued a warning against the scam companies Luxembourg Offshore Banking and LUXOSB Limited. Scammers are claiming to be from ASIC, although they are not regulated it, nor licensed or authorised in Australia to provide financial services. Both scam companies are using the cold-calling method, and claim to offer an investment…
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