Category: Regulation

fca warning
July 17, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against 2dots Limited trading as 8infx

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 2dots Limited t/a 8infx. 2dots 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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fca warning
July 17, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Talbot Review Centre 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 Talbot Review Centre. Talbot Review Centre is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated…

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clone firm FCA warning
July 16, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against My-PersonalLoan clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm My-PersonalLoan. 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 scam…

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fca warning
July 16, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Fieldbase Investments 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 Fieldbase Investments Limited. Fieldbase Investments 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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bscs warning
July 16, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

OSC warns against forex company HQBroker

The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has just warned investors that HQBroker is not registered to sell securities in Ontario. HQBroker manages the website hqbroker.com, where it claims to offer a variety of trading solutions to retail and institutional investors through contracts for difference, derivatives and forex currency pairs. The Securities and Futures Commission of Hong…

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fca warning clone firm
July 16, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Equiniti Financial Services clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Equiniti Financial Services. 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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FCA to improve competition in the investment platform market
July 16, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA to improve competition in the investment platform market

Competition is working well for most consumers using investment platforms, according to interim findings of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)'s market study into investment platforms, published today. However, the FCA's interim findings reveal concerns about how platforms compete for particular groups of consumers. Given the rapid growth in this market, the FCA has proposed measures…

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FINRA's 2018 volume tops 2017 activity by 87%
July 13, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FINRA handles record volume of market activity through 1H 2018

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has informed the public that it has processed an unprecedented amount of market activity through the first six months of 2018, averaging a record 57.9 billion electronic records per day during the period — a 62% increase over the average daily volume in 2017. FINRA’s pioneering cloud strategy has…

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fca warning
July 13, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against LS Traders 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 LS Traders. LS Traders 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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