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Financial Services Agency

Year 2000Regulated by Government

The Financial Services Agency (FSA) oversees all financial services providers, including Forex brokers, in Japan. The ultimate aim of Japan's FSA is to maintain the country’s financial system and ensure its stability. It is also responsible for protecting security investors, insurance policyholders, and depositors. It achieves its aims in a number of different ways including planning and policy making, supervising financial services providers, overseeing securities transactions, and inspecting financial institutions in the private sector. When the FSA was first created it was merely an administrative body. However, its responsibilities were widened in 2001 when it became the external representative of the Cabinet Office of Japan. It took over the responsibilities of the Financial Reconstruction Committee, and also took over responsibility for failed financial institutions.Today, the FSA Japan is held accountable to the Japanese Minister of Finance and enjoys a wide scope of responsibility.

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Disclosure time 2017-07-28
Reason for punishment Insufficient points were recognized in the security management system for customer information protection

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Regarding administrative action against Money Square Japan Co., Ltd.

Administrative action against Money Square Japan Co., Ltd. July 28, 2017 Kanto Local Finance Bureau When we requested a report based on the provisions of Article 56-2, Paragraph 1 of the Commodity Exchange Law (Law No. 25 of 1948), we found that the security management system for protecting customer information was inadequate. Therefore, today, the following administrative actions were taken against our company based on the provisions of Article 51 of the same law. [Business Improvement Order] (1) Regarding the incident that occurred this time, we will immediately take all possible measures from the perspective of customer information protection, such as suspending the opening of new accounts for the time being and comprehensively verifying the risk of further leakage of customer information. Expect. (2) Respond as quickly as possible to prevent the spread of damage such as unauthorized use of leaked customer information. (3) Appropriately inform customers about the incident that occurred this time, and take all possible measures in case of inquiries from customers. (4) Regarding (1) to (3) above, we will report the response and implementation status in writing by August 16, 2017 (Wednesday). to be reported in writing each time.

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