Category: Financial Services

FCA warning
March 20, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Euro Ventures Group (London) Limited 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 Euro Ventures Group (London) Limited. Euro Ventures Group (London) Limited is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is…

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MOEX
March 20, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

MOEX Russia Index renamed IMOEX

Moscow Exchange has informed that from March 26, 2018 the ticker for the MOEX Russia Index will be changed across all Moscow Exchange data and trading systems. The new ticker - IMOEX - will replace MICEXINDEXCF. The ticker IMOEX will be used on the Exchange’s website, in bulletins, in the Securities and Derivatives Markets trading…

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clone firm FCA warning
March 20, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against DENMAN-BRYS GROUP clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm DENMAN-BRYS GROUP. 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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Belize regulator IFSC warning
March 20, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Belize regulator IFSC warns against Zenith Loan Company

Belize financial regulator IFSC has issued a Warning Notice regarding a company called Zenith Loan Company. The entity is not licensed under the IFSC Act to provide, carry on, transact, or hold himself out as providing, carrying on, or transacting any of the international financial services as set out in the Schedule of the IFSC…

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March 19, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Electronic Transaction Clearing settles charges of misusing client funds

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today announced that Electronic Transaction Clearing (ETC), a registered broker-dealer headquartered in Los Angeles, has agreed to settle charges that it illegally placed more than $25 million of customers’ securities at risk in order to fund its own operations. Among other things, the SEC found that ETC violated the…

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FCA warning
March 19, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Gainmax Capital Limited 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 Gainmax Capital Limited. Gainmax Capital Limited is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated…

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Hong Kong SFC
March 19, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

SFC’s regulatory action halts ICO to Hong Kong public

ICO issuer Black Cell Technology Limited (Black Cell) announced that it has halted its initial coin offering (ICO) to the Hong Kong public and agreed to unwind ICO transactions for Hong Kong investors by returning them the relevant tokens following regulatory action by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) over concerns that Black…

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clone firm FCA warning
March 19, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Firefly Finance clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Firefly Finance. 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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