Alert: Beware of unauthorised companies providing investment services
The supervisory authorities of the United Kingdom (Financial Conduct Authority – FCA), Austria (Financial Market Authority – FMA), Switzerland (Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority – FINMA), Quebec (Autorité des Marchés Financiers), Hong Kong (Securities and Futures Commission – SFC) and Italy (Consob) report the companies and websites offering investment, financial and insurance services without the required authorisation.
The supervisory authorities reported the below companies and websites:
Reported by the FCA:
- WiseBanc (https://wisebanc.com), with registered address in Sofia (Bulgaria);
- Josef -Zeman Financial Solutions (www.josef-zeman.com), with registered address in London, clone of the authorised company Josef Zeman, registered in the Czech Republic (ref. 444129).
Reported by the FMA:
- Box Finance , with registered addresses in New York, Canada, Luxembourg and Denmark;
- www.shinseisecurities.com .
Reported by the Central Bank of Ireland:
- Cathay DuPont, with registered addresses in Japan, Thailand and Luxembourg;
- Wisebanc and Orion Service Eood (https://wisebanc.com), with registered address in Bulgaria.
Reported by the Autorité des Marchés Financiers:
- Hollis Kookmin Financial.
Reported by the SFC:
- 博林國際 (Chinese name only);
- www .096n.com;
- Pegasus Agriculture (Asia) Limited / Pegasus Food Solutions (Asia) Limited (www.pegasusagriculture.com, www.pegasusfoodfutures.com), with registered address in Hong Kong.
Reported by the Consob:
- Strategic Future Investment Ltd, through the website www.master4x.com;
- Sigma Cfd Ltd , through the website www.sigmacfd.com.
Source: Consob