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Belgium’s FSMA warns “cryptocurrency trading platforms” may be fraud

By Henry Hughes

March 6, 2018

Belgium’s financial services and markets regulator FSMA, has published a document warning the public of the risks of trading in cryptocurrencies. “In recent weeks, a large number of ...

AvaTrade pays €175,000 for offering CFDs in Belgium without prospectus

By Jeffery Armstrong

August 23, 2017

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The Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) made an announcement on its website on Wednesday informing the public it has reached a settlement with Irish forex brokerage AvaTrade for EUR ...

Belgian financial regulator warns against several boiler room scams

By Jeffery Armstrong

August 18, 2017

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Belgium’s Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) makes continuous efforts to keep the public inform of unregulated companies and to protect local investors from frauds. The regulator issued ...

FSMA still fighting unregulated binary options brokers

By Jeffery Armstrong

August 16, 2017

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The Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) issued an official notice on Wednesday, warning the public against several binary options brokers illegally operating on the Belgian market. Obviously, ...

FSMA: Plus500 did not provide prospectus, hence the €550 000 settlement

By Henry Hughes

April 26, 2017

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Following the Plus500 announcement that it has agreed to pay a €550 000 settlement, the Belgian financial markets and services regulator Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA), has ...

Plus500 to pay €550 000 to FSMA in settlement, does not admit guilt

By Henry Hughes

April 25, 2017

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Plus500 (LON:PLUS), one of the major forex and CFD brokers, said it has reached a €550 000 settlement agreement with Belgium’s regulator, the Financial Services Markets Authority (FSMA). The ...

Belgium’s FSMA issues warning list of forex, CFDs, binary option brokers

By Juana Wells

March 24, 2017

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Belgium’s Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) has issued a long list of entities offering trading in forex, contracts for difference (CFDs) and binary options that are operating ...

Largest fines imposed on binary options brokers in 2016

By Henry Hughes

October 18, 2016

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Binary options brokers are usually operating in a shady regulation environment and often walk the thin line of lawlessness. They are advertised as a fast way of earning ...

Operator of 24option.com, GrandOption.com, 24FX.com to pay €140K in settlement to Belgium’s FSMA for noncompliance

By Juana Wells

August 15, 2016

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Belgium’s Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) has agreed on a settlement with Rodeler Ltd. (operating under the forex and binary options brands 24Option, QuickOption, 24FX and GrandOption), under which ...

Belgium bans forex and binary options trading

By Jeffery Armstrong

August 11, 2016

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Update: As we reviewed the original French version of FSMA’s communiqué, we found out that that the exact wording is “interdiction de commercialisation auprès du public”, which in ...

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