The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) has evidence indicating that Walnut Planet GmbH, which has its registered office in Pfäffikon (Schwyz), Switzerland, is offering a capital investment that falls within the definition of “other investments” under section 1 (2) no. 7 of the German Capital Investment Act (Vermögensanlagengesetz - VermAnlG) to the public in Germany. The investment on offer consists of combined lease and service agreements relating to the cultivation of walnuts i...
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The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) warns consumers about the services offered on the websites renvio(.)icu and renvio(.)pro. BaFin has information that these websites are being used to offer financial, investment and cryptoasset services without the required authorisation.
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On 10 March 2026, BaFin imposed an administrative fine amounting to €1,650,000 on Barclays PLC. The reason for this fine was a breach of supervisory duties in connection with contraventions of the German Securities Trading Act (Wertpapierhandelsgesetz - WpHG). Between June 2022 and March 2023, Barclays PLC failed in 26 cases to submit voting rights notifications regarding a single issuer within the prescribed period.
BaFin imposed a €1.65 million administrative fine on Barclays PLC on March 10, 2026, for failing to submit 26 voting rights notifications within the required four-trading-day deadline between June 2022 and March 2023. This enforcement action demonstrates BaFin's commitment to enforcing transparency requirements under the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG) and highlights the critical importance of robust internal controls for voting rights notification compliance.
What Changed
The enforcement action does not introduce new regulatory requirements but rather clarifies BaFin's enforcement posture regarding existing obligations under sections 33 et seq. of the WpHG. The key regulatory framework remains:
Notification thresholds: Shareholders must notify when voting rights reach, exceed, or fall below 3%, 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 30%, 50%, or 75%
Notification timeline: Notifications must be submitted to both the issuer and BaFin within four trading days of the threshold event
Scope expansion: Notifications apply to direct share holdings and certain financial instruments...
What You Need To Do
- *Audit existing processes
- *Strengthen monitoring systems
- *Enhance organizational controls
- *Verify submission records
- *Train relevant personnel
Key Dates
June 2022 – March 2023 Period during which Barclays failed to submit 26 notifications
Four trading days Maximum period to submit notifications after threshold event occurs
March 10, 2026 Date BaFin imposed the €1.65 million fine
March 27, 2026 Publication date of BaFin enforcement announcement
Compliance Impact
Urgency: HIGH
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The German Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) warns about offers from the website festgeldplan(.)com. According to information available to BaFin, the unknown operators of the website are offering financial services without the required authorisation. They give the impression that their offers originate from WPV Advisory & Asset Management GmbH & Co. KG, which is supervised by BaFin. It is a case of identity fraud. WPV Advisory & Asset Management GmbH & Co. KG has no connection with the ...
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The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) warns consumers about the services offered on the websites wertede(.)com and wertede(.)cc. According to information available to BaFin, the operator is providing financial and investment services on this website without the required authorisation.
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The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) warns consumers about the services offered on the website tradealles(.)com. BaFin has information that this website is being used to offer financial, investment and cryptoasset services without the required authorisation.
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The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) warns consumers about the services offered on the website panthera-gmbh(.)com. BaFin suspects the unknown operators of the website of offering consumers financial and investment services without the required authorisation.
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The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) warns consumers about the services offered on the website gfi-hold(.)com. BaFin has information that this website is being used to offer financial, investment and cryptoasset services without the required authorisation.
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The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) has sufficient grounds to suspect that High Performance Battery Holding AG, Switzerland, is offering securities in the form of company shares to the public in Germany without the required prospectus. There are no indications that the conditions for exemption from the prospectus requirement are met.
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According to information available to the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin), “Fides Ventures” is using WhatsApp groups and chats to contact German investors. The company, which claims to be based in the US, also operates under the name “Fides Ventures Business School”. The unknown provider advertises by promoting a so-called “FIVS token”, claiming that the token can be obtained on the cooperating crypto exchange “Nexquant”. The crypto exchange, also operating under the name “Nex...
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The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) warns consumers about MBS Point and the services it is offering. BaFin suspects the unknown operators of the website mbspoint(.)com of offering consumers financial, investment and cryptoasset services without the required authorisation.
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The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) warns consumers about the Börsenblick A-001 WhatsApp group. In the WhatsApp group, consumers are encouraged to use the Gainorex Investment app to trade in financial instruments. BaFin suspects the unknown operators of offering consumers banking business and/or financial services without the required authorisation. The operators are not supervised by BaFin.
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The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) has evidence indicating that Equity Research Ventures PTE. LTD., purportedly domiciled in Singapore, is offering capital investments under the name “Co-Investment AlleAktien Wealth x SpaceX” to the public in Germany without the required prospectus. These capital investments are being offered in the form of “other capital investments” within the meaning of section 1 (2) no. 7 of the German Capital Investment Act (Vermögensanlagengesetz - Verm...
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The German Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) warns against offers made by Prometheus Investment Alliance (PIA), which claims to be based in the United States of America and Frankfurt am Main, on the website prometheus-alliance(.)de and in various WhatsApp groups. In the WhatsApp groups run by the alleged Achim Falkenberg and his assistant Bertha, consumers are tricked into trading financial products via the QVTcoinese-Pro app using the ‘Genialer Intelligenter Roboter 5.0’ trading system.
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The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority BaFin warns against offers in WhatsApp groups, which are operated by alleged company VYNEX Trade. According to information available to BaFin, recommendations for the purchase of financial instruments and cryptocurrencies are offered in various WhatsApp groups, which can allegedly be traded via Lirunex Trading app and the following platforms:
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The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) has evidence indicating that TGI AG, domiciled in Vaduz, Principality of Liechtenstein, is offering capital investments to the public in Germany called “discounted gold purchases” (Goldkauf mit Rabatt). In return for the temporary provision of money, these investments grant interest and the physical delivery of gold. In contravention of section 6 of the German Capital Investment Act (Vermögensanlagengesetz - VermAnlG), no prospectus has been...
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The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) warns consumers about a series of almost identical websites. According to information available to BaFin, this website is being used to offer financial, investment and cryptoasset services without the required authorisation. The operators of the website are not supervised by BaFin.
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The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority BaFin warns against offers on the website mexassetexchange(.)com. According to information available to BaFin, the operator MEX Eychange, allegedly based in Eschborn, Germany, is providing financial, investment and crypto asset services without the required authorisation. The operator falsely claims to be regulated by BaFin. There is no link to an authorised investment firm from Eschborn, Germany.
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The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) warns consumers about the services offered on the website exomarkets(.)pro. According to information available to BaFin, this website is being used to offer financial, investment and cryptoasset services without the required authorisation.
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The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) warns consumers about the website aurenbridge(.)com and WhatsApp groups operated under the company name Aurenbridge Alliance (e.g. “Aurenbridge Alliance (ABA)”). In these WhatsApp groups, consumers are encouraged to use an app called Cryplus to trade in financial instruments and cryptoassets. BaFin suspects the unknown operators of offering consumers financial, investment and cryptoasset services without the required authorisation.
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The German Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) warns about offers from the websites watchvestvermittlung(.)com and wv-vermittlung(.)com. According to information available to BaFin, the unknown operators of the website are offering banking services, in particular fixed-term deposits, and financial services without the required authorisation. They give the impression that their offers originate from Watchvest GmbH. It is a case of identity fraud. Watchvest GmbH has no connection with the w...
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The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority BaFin warns against offers on the website capitalfm(.)io. According to information available to BaFin, the operator is providing financial and investment services without the required authorisation.
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The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) warns consumers about the services offered on the website goldingfx(.)com. BaFin suspects the unknown operators of the website of offering consumers financial and investment services without the required authorisation. Contrary to the claims on the website, the services offered do not originate from Golding Capital Partners GmbH, which has its registered office in Munich. This is a case of identity fraud.
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The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) warns consumers about the services offered on the website viforex(.)com. BaFin has information that this website is being used to offer financial, investment and cryptoasset services without the required authorisation.
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The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority BaFin warns against offers on the website axoria(.)ai. According to information available to BaFin, the operator is providing financial and investment services without the required authorisation.
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The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority BaFin warns customers about online trading platforms that use the name “Sofortiger Aimex/ Sofortiger Saimex”. According to information available to BaFin, operators are providing financial and investment services without the required authorisation.
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The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority BaFin warns against offers on the website midv-lim(.)com. According to information available to BaFin, the operator Midvest Limited from Manchester, UK, is providing financial and investment services without the required authorisation.
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The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) has evidence indicating that Smart IT Global Limited, Hong Kong, is offering several capital investments to the public in Germany. This includes two forms of profit participation loans, which are being offered under the names “smart it World” and “smart it Sprint”. Furthermore, another investment is currently being marketed that offers the prospect of assets in the form of a cash settlement in return for the temporary provision of money (“sm...
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According to information available to the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin), unknown persons purporting to work for Adams Street Partners LLC or its Munich-based subsidiary Adams Street (Europe) GmbH are using WhatsApp groups and chats to contact investors. The groups are purportedly run by a partner of the firm who is described as the “Project Manager of ASP Investment Management Company”. There is no connection whatsoever between these groups and Adams Street Partners LLC, Ada...
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The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) warns consumers about the services offered on the website ultramarin-capital(.)com. BaFin suspects the unknown operators of the website of offering consumers financial and investment services without the required authorisation.
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The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority BaFin warns against offers on the website trade.amlin-limited(.)info. According to information available to BaFin, financial or investment services and crypto asset services are being offered on this platform without the required authorisation. According to the current state of knowledge, there is no connection to MS Amlin Investment Management Ltd., based in London, UK. This is likely to be a case of identity fraud.
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The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority BaFin warns against offers on the website personalcontrol-room(.)com and against fake investment contracts sent by alleged financial experts from Clearstream Holding AG. According to information available to BaFin, the unknown operators are providing financial or investment services and crypto asset services without the required authorisation. The offers do not originate from Clearstream Holding AG or any other legal entities of Clearstream. This is...
BankWealth ManagerFintech The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) warns consumers about the services offered on the websites weisbergadvisors(.)inc and weisbergadvisors(.)ai. According to information available to BaFin, these websites are being used to offer financial and investment services without the required authorisation.
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The German Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) warns against the WhatsApp groups „Tethys Investment Alliance 771“ and „Tethys Investment Alliance-S62“, the websites „tethys-alliance.de“ and „tethys-uberblick.com“ as well as the apps „QVTCoinese“ und „QVTCoinese Pro“, which are allegedly operated by the Baku/Boston/Dubai-based company Tethys Investment Management LLC. In the WhatsApp groups consumers are enticed to trade financial products via the respective apps. It is suspected that the ...
BankWealth ManagerFintech The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority BaFin warns against offers on the websites boamglobal.com and boamglobal-mf.com and against WhatsApp groups lead by “Dr Feldmann” and his assistant “Lina Weiss”. According to information available to BaFin, the operator BlueOcean Asset Management Ltd. is providing financial and investment services without the required authorisation.
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The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) warns consumers about the company Dukas-Global and the services it is offering. BaFin suspects the unknown operators of the website dukas-global(.)com of offering consumers financial, investment and cryptoasset services without the required authorisation.
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The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) warns consumers about the services offered on the website blue-invest(.)org. BaFin has information that the operators are offering banking business and/or financial services on this website without the required authorisation. The operators are not supervised by BaFin.
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The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority BaFin warns against offers on the website pnl-holding(.)com. According to information available to BaFin, P&L Invest Holding AG is providing financial or investment services and crypto asset services without the required authorisation. According to the current state of knowledge, there is no connection to the P&L Invest Holding GmbH. This is likely to be a case of identity fraud.
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The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority BaFin warns against offers in WhatsApp groups, which are allegedly operated by Intermediate Capital Group (ICG). According to information available to BaFin, recommendations for the purchase of financial instruments and cryptocurrencies, which can allegedly be traded via ICG GEF app, are offered in various WhatsApp groups. The offers do not originate from ICG Europe S.à.r.l. - Frankfurt Branch or any other company belonging to Intermediate Capital G...
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The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority BaFin warns against fixed-term deposit offers sent from the email address info[at]lgimeu(.)com. According to information available to BaFin, the unknown providers are conducting banking transactions without the required authorisation. The offers do not originate from LGIM Managers (Europe) Limited. This is a case of identity theft.
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The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) warns consumers about a series of similarly designed websites. According to information available to BaFin, the operators are providing banking business and/or financial services on these websites without the required authorisation. The operators of the website are not supervised by BaFin.
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The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) warns consumers about Nex (Limited) and the services it is offering. BaFin suspects the unknown operators of the website thenexcap(.)pro of offering consumers financial, investment and cryptoasset services without the required authorisation.
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The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) warns consumers about the company Volfor and the services it is offering. BaFin suspects the unknown operators of the website volfor(.)co of offering consumers financial, investment and cryptoasset services without the required authorisation.
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According to the information available to the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin), unknown persons are using WhatsApp groups and chats to contact German investors. The initiators of such WhatsApp groups claim to be Bank of America or its branch in Frankfurt am Main. This is a case of identity fraud misusing names of former employees of the institution.
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The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) warns consumers about the company Tradeshark24 and the services it is offering. BaFin suspects the unknown operators of the website tradeshark24(.)com of offering consumers financial, investment and crypto-asset services without the required authorisation. These offers are not provided by Frankfurt Financial Solutions GmbH & Co. KG, Frankfurt, which has no connection to the website tradeshark24(.)com. This is a case of identity fraud.
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The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) suspects the unknown operators of offering consumers financial, investment and cryptoasset services without the required authorisation. Verto is currently offering its services via the website ajadetrpe(.)life.
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In the WhatsApp groups, investors are recommended by “Harrison T Blake” and “Francesca Müller” to invest in financial instruments that can then be traded via the aforementioned app or the platform pc-asset-management[.]com.
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BankFintechCrypto Exchange The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) warns consumers about the services offered in WhatsApp groups operated by Leading Asset Management, Denver, USA. BaFin suspects the operators of offering consumers financial, investment and cryptoasset services in these groups without the required authorisation.
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The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) warns consumers about the services offered by Aureus Trade. BaFin suspects the unknown operators of the website aureus-trade(.)com of offering consumers financial, investment and cryptoasset services without the required authorisation.
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The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) warns consumers about the services offered on the website bxforex(.)com. According to information available to BaFin, this website is being used to offer financial, investment and cryptoasset services without the required authorisation.
BankBroker DealerWealth Manager The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) warns consumers about the company Rostock24 Limited and the services it is offering. BaFin suspects the unknown operators of the website rostock24(.)com of offering consumers financial, investment and cryptoasset services without the required authorisation. Rostock24 Limited, which purportedly has its head office in Nuremberg, claims to be registered with the British Companies House. This is not the case.
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The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority BaFin warns against fixed-term deposit offers sent from the email address info[at]vcgmanagement.de. According to information available to BaFin, the unknown providers are conducting banking transactions without the required authorisation. The offers do not originate from VC Germany Management GmbH. This is a case of identity theft.
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The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) warns consumers about the services offered on the website bb-consults(.)com. BaFin has information that this website is being used to offer financial, investment and cryptoasset services without the required authorisation.
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The German Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) warns about offers from the website two-five-management(.)com. According to information available to BaFin, the unknown operators of the website are offering banking services, in particular fixed-term deposits, and financial services without the required authorisation. They give the impression that their offers originate from TwoFive Management GmbH, which is registered with BaFin as an AIF asset management company, Section 2 (4) of the Germa...
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The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority BaFin warns against offers on the website whiterock-financial(.)eu and against the alleged operator White Rock Financial Consultancy Limited from London, United Kingdom. According to information available to BaFin, the operator is providing financial and investment services without the required authorisation.
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The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority BaFin warns against offers on website fragfinanz(.)com. According to information available to BaFin, banking transactions, especially fixed-term deposits, financial or investment services are being provided by FragFinanz without the required authorisation.
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Alleged employees of Brookfield Asset Management GmbH are contacting investors unsolicited by telephone and email without the necessary permission to offer them alleged fixed-term deposits and alleged pre-IPO shares. In the past, they have also used the website deu-brookfield(.)com, which is no longer accessible. They give the impression that they are cooperating with licensed banks and issuers of pre-IPO shares. This is not the case.
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The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority BaFin warns against offers on the websites ubpmanagement(.)co, commerzglobal(.)com, longsharks(.)com and paribasgroup(.)net. According to information available to BaFin, the companies UBP Management and Commerz Global, allegedly based in Frankfurt, and Longsharks Capital and Paribas Group, allegedly based in London, are offering financial or investment services and crypto asset services without the required authorisation. The offers do not originate...
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The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority BaFin warns against offers on the website fidelity-ag(.)com. According to information available to BaFin, banking transactions, especially fixed-term deposits, financial or investment services are being provided on this website without the required authorisation. The fixed-term deposit offers are sent, among others, from the email address festgeld[at]fidelity-ag(.)com. The offers do not originate from the Swiss company Fidelity Treuhand und Verwaltu...
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According to information available to the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin), unknown persons are using Telegram groups and chats to contact German investors. The initiators of these messenger groups purport to be the US company “MacKay Shields”. This is a case of identity fraud.
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In the WhatsApp groups, investors are recommended to invest in financial instruments that can then be traded via the platform h5.bluealphasystem(.)net or the aforementioned app.
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The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority BaFin warns against offers in WhatsApp groups, which are allegedly operated by Cantor Fitzgerald and led by Leopold Schneider. BaFin is not aware of the existence of this person. According to information available to BaFin, recommendations for the purchase of financial instruments and cryptocurrencies, which can allegedly be traded via CDAfin app, are offered in various WhatsApp groups. According to the current state of knowledge, there is no connec...
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The German Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) warns about offers on the website capitalholdings(.)icu. According to information available to BaFin, the unknown operators of the websites are offering banking transactions and financial services without the required authorisation.
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The German Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) warns about fixed-term deposit offers from the website sicherangelegt(.)de. According to information available to BaFin, the unknown operators of the website are offering banking services, in particular fixed-term deposits, without the required authorisation.
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The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority BaFin warns against offers in WhatsApp groups, which are allegedly operated by Baird Capital and led by a Thomas Becker. BaFin is not aware of the existence of this person. According to information available to BaFin, recommendations for the purchase of financial instruments and cryptocurrencies are offered in WhatsApp groups and the so-called Baird Capital Investment Program III is being promoted. According to the current state of knowledge, there ...
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The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) has sufficient grounds to suspect that TPK Vermögensverwaltungs KG is offering securities to the public in Germany in the form of shares in AuA 24 AG without the required prospectus. There are no indications that the conditions for exemption from the prospectus requirement are met.
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The German Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) warns against WhatsApp groups such as „S373 Robeco Kernmitgliedergruppe“, “M2 Robeco Value Investing Kreis“ and „999 Robeco Investment Strategiezentrum - Blockhandel“, which are allegedly operated by the Frankfurt a.M.-based company Robeco Deutschland, Zweigniederlassung der Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. („Robeco“). In the WhatsApp groups consumers are enticed to trade financial products via the app „RBC NL“. It is suspected that...
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The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) warns consumers about “bearer bonds” being offered for subscription by Marketplace24-7 GmbH on the website non-dom(.)group. BaFin suspects the company of conducting banking business without the required authorisation. The company is furthermore suspected of making an unauthorised public offer of securities without a prospectus. Under the German Securities Prospectus Act (Wertpapierprospektgesetz - WpPG), a prospectus is required for an offer...
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On 16 December 2025, BaFin imposed two administrative fines amounting to €560,000 on flatexDEGIRO Bank AG. The company had contravened obligations under the German Securities Trading Act (Wertpapierhandelsgesetz - WpHG). At the beginning of 2022, flatexDEGIRO Bank AG advertised free investment services on two of its websites without clearly indicating that a processing fee would be charged on a regular basis. flatexDEGIRO Bank AG adapted its practices to comply with the legal requirements in ...
BaFin imposed €560,000 in administrative fines on flatexDEGIRO Bank AG on December 16, 2025, for misleading marketing of investment services that advertised free offerings without clearly disclosing mandatory processing fees. This enforcement action underscores BaFin's strict interpretation of fair and transparent marketing requirements under the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG) and demonstrates that even corrective action taken by firms does not eliminate regulatory penalties for past violations.
What Changed
The enforcement action clarifies BaFin's expectations regarding fair and clear marketing communications for investment services:
Investment services providers must explicitly and unambiguously disclose all material costs, including processing fees, when advertising services as "free"
Marketing materials must present both benefits and risks of services in a balanced manner, with relevant risks highlighted alongside advantages
These obligations apply across all marketing channels, including company websites
The requirements are grounded in the WpHG and further specified in EU regulations and...
What You Need To Do
- *For flatexDEGIRO Bank AG (already completed)
- Modify marketing materials to clearly and explicitly disclose all material costs and fees
- Ensure balanced presentation of benefits and risks across all marketing channels
- *For all investment services providers (preventive compliance):
- *Implement clear disclosure protocols requiring that:
Key Dates
Beginning of 2022 – flatexDEGIRO Bank AG violated WpHG requirements by advertising free services without disclosing processing fees
2022 – flatexDEGIRO adapted its practices to comply with legal requirements
December 16, 2025 – BaFin imposed two administrative fines totaling €560,000
December 22, 2025 – BaFin publicly announced the enforcement action
Compliance Impact
Urgency: HIGH
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The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority BaFin warns against offers, in particular offers to purchase shares and alleged pre-IPO shares, which are purportedly brokered by Ambassador. According to information available to BaFin, Ambassador Management GmbH, supposedly based in Frankfurt am Main, Ambassador Financial Group Ltd. and Ambassador Global Systems LLC are providing financial or investment services without the required authorisation. According to the current state of knowledge, there...
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The Financial Supervisory Authority BaFin has issued warnings regarding offerings found on websites maxfuledge(.)com and trading-area.maxfuledge-v2(.)com/auth/register. Based on its investigations, the purportedly London or Singapore-based trading platform MaxFulEdge offers unauthorised financial services, securities transactions, and cryptocurrency-related services. The platform promotes its offerings through supposed customer service representatives (maja.weis(at)maxfuledge.team and sophia....
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