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Prior to 2002, in Germany the regulation of the financial industry was undertaken by three separate agencies. In May 2002 BaFin was formed, following the passing of the Financial Services and Integration Act. The aim of the Act and the merging of the three agencies was to create one integrated financial regulator that would be able to cover all financial markets. The agencies that merged together were the Federal Banking Supervisory Office, the Federal Supervisory Office for Securities Trading, and the Federal Insurance Supervisory Office.BaFin was given further responsibility following the passing of the Banking Act in 2003 with the aim of increasing customer protection and improving the reputation of the German financial system. The extra powers included monitoring the credit-worthiness of financial institutions and collecting detailed information about them. This particular area of responsibility was shared with the Bundesbank. Currently, BaFin is experiencing a kind of transition, as the responsibility for banking supervision is being taken over by the European Central Bank.

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StakeFx

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Disclosure time 2022-11-29
Reason for punishment StakeFX Markets Ltd,untruthfully claims connection to or identifies itself as the Cypriot company Stak FX Ltd.

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STAK FX

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Stak FX Ltd, target of suspected identity fraud: BaFin issues warning against trading platform stakefx.com

29.11.2022 | Topic Unauthorised business Stak FX Ltd, target of suspected identity fraud: BaFin issues warning against trading platform stakefx.com In accordance with section 37 (4) of the German Banking Act (Kreditwesengesetz – KWG), BaFin would like to make clear that StakeFX Markets Ltd, Seychelles, does not have authorisation under the KWG to conduct banking business or provide financial services. The company is not supervised by BaFin. When presenting itself to customers, the company untruthfully claims connection to or identifies itself as the Cypriot company Stak FX Ltd, which is registered with BaFin. BaFin has no reason to believe that the claim is true; rather, it is likely that Stak FX Ltd has become the target of identity fraud. The information provided on the stakefx.com website and the information and documents available to BaFin give reasonable grounds to suspect that the platform is being used to conduct banking business and/or provide financial or investment services in Germany without the required authorisation. Companies that conduct banking business or provide financial services in Germany require authorisation under the KWG; to provide investment services in Germany, they require authorisation under the German Investment Firm Act (Wertpapierinstitutsgesetz – WpIG). However, some companies operate without the necessary authorisation. Information on whether a particular company has been authorised by BaFin can be found in BaFin’s database of companies. BaFin, the German Federal Criminal Police Office (Bundeskriminalamt – BKA) and the German state criminal police offices (Landeskriminalämter) recommend that consumers seeking to invest money online should exercise the utmost caution and do the necessary research beforehand in order to identify fraud attempts at an early stage.

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