Tag: CySEC

January 23, 2014 BY Gerald Segal

CySEC bans Bonuses tied to trading

Bonuses will only be allowed if funds are free to withdraw whenever the client wishes This could totally change the retail forex industry, and the way client acquisition and retention is done. It’s been only a day since CySEC outlined its priorities for 2014 and today we have the first steps taken in the direction…

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January 22, 2014 BY Gerald Segal

CySEC outlines its priorities for 2014

Renewal of investor confidence in Cyprus, investor training and modernization highlight CySEC’s plans for 2014 Cypriot financial regulator CySEC has assembled briefing with local media yesterday outlining future goals for the Commission and some review of the challenging year already behind us. The press release issued on the matter details the Commission’s priorities for the…

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January 20, 2014 BY Gerald Segal

CySEC issues a warning against Trident FX

Apparently the company’s website vanished since December, no sign of clients’ funds Cypriot regulator CySEC has issued a warning against FX Trident 365 LTD which is the company behind Trident FX, stating that the entity has never been regulated by the Commission. According to the press release they have never been authorized to provide investment…

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January 13, 2014 BY Gerald Segal

CySEC rejects binary options broker ShortOption’s CIF license application due to questionable shareholder

Apparently the company failed to provide evidence of professional qualifications of the main shareholder as the law requires Last Friday the CySEC has issued a statement clarifying that it has rejected the application of ShortOption for a CIF license due to a questionable shareholder within Stardor Limited, which is the company behind the binary options…

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January 10, 2014 BY Gerald Segal

CySEC warns investors about Live Binary

The company has never been regulated under the jurisdiction and doesn’t claim to be In its usual vague tone the Cypriot regulator has added another name to the list of binary options companies it issued a warning against. The brokerage is LBinary.com and according to the website the company operating it - Live Binary Ltd…

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December 20, 2013 BY Gerald Segal

Cedar Finance binary options CIF license suspended by CySEC

Cedar was late in filing paperwork with CySEC, and in any event is focusing on Asia. Seems as though CySEC licensing isn't all its cracked up to be for binary options brokers. Cedar Finance, one of a handful of binary options brokers to receive CySEC licensing in the past few months, has now seen its…

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December 09, 2013 BY Gerald Segal

CySEC fines unregulated binary options broker Zoompartners

The company has been spared a huge fine in return for a commitment to get regulated Cypriot regulatory authority CySEC is on the move once again. The regulator has announced in a statement on its website that it is administrating a fine totaling 15,000 Euros on the company Zoompartners Ltd, which is behind the Zoomtrader…

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November 28, 2013 BY Gerald Segal

Cyprus warns against Sycamore Options – a second time?

It looks like CySEC’s earlier warning against TraderXP was for the same company The Cypriot regulatory authority CySEC has issued another warning against dealing with a binary options broker called Sycamore Options. Just as in previous cases there was no detailed information in the announcement on CySEC’s website as to whether or not the company…

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September 22, 2013 BY Gerald Segal

CySEC withdraws CIF license of MT4 forex broker Sama Brokers

Forex broker focused on Arab world seems to have scaled back most of its operations since early summer. Cyprus financial regulator CySEC has issued a warning that it has withdrawn the CIF license of Sama Brokers. Sama is a Limassol-based MT4 forex broker, which has traditionally focused on serving the Middle East and Arabic speaking…

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