Category: Regulation

Good news for Bitcoin investors: Israel might cut tax on profit by half
August 03, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Criminal syndicates are behind Israel's Binary Options industry, police tells Knesset panel

Continuing our coverage of Israel's Binary Options Law, which this week is being debated in the Knesset's Reforms Committee, presentations at yesterday's meeting included riveting and quite pointed testimony from representatives of Israel's police. Israel's police, which was noticeably absent from Monday's initial debate at the committee, was indeed present on Wednesday with Police Chief…

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Canada CSA annual report binary options scams
July 31, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Canada regulator CSA highlights Binary Options scams in its 2017 annual report

Pan-Canadian financial regulator Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) has issued its 2017 annual report, highlighting the CSA's ongoing fight against Binary Options scams targeting Canadian consumers. The CSA comprises a council of securities regulators of Canada’s 10 provinces and three territories. It coordinates and harmonizes regulation for the Canadian capital markets. The CSA devoted an entire section…

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binary options fraud
July 10, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

CFTC video series on investment fraud to feature Binary Options scams

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has launched True Fraud Stories, a video series about how cunning fraudsters have lured smart investors into fraudulent investment schemes that resulted in the loss of thousands of dollars of their savings. These real-life victims tell their stories hoping others will become educated about financial fraud and avoid…

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French AMF warns against unauthorized companies proposing atypical investments
June 29, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

AMF warns against the activities of unauthorized binary options websites

The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) is publishing another warning list in just two days, this time of new websites offering binary options trading, for which no authorized investment services provider could be clearly identified. Here is the list of new websites recently identified: www.cbf-financial.com www.toro-next.com www.easygestions.com www.4u-groups.com www.luxembourg-capital-finance.com A list of all unauthorized sites…

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June 20, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

CySEC issues warning on binary options broker BuzzTrade and parent AirFinance Pro after license renounced

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) just informed investors with regards to binary options operator Airfinance Pro Ltd (the Company), that: The Company was authorised by CySEC for the provision of investment services in financial instruments (License Number: 206/13) The Company renounced its authorization on 9 November 2016 but has not yet informed CySEC…

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