Prudential / Capital Requirements regulatory updates from Germany.
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.
The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) has issued its “Guidance on ICT Risks in the Use of Artificial Intelligence at Financial Entities”. The guidance will help entities manage ICT risks in accordance with the requirements under DORA.
BaFin's "Guidance on ICT Risks in the Use of Artificial Intelligence at Financial Entities," published December 18, 2025, provides non-mandatory advice to help financial entities manage ICT risks from AI under DORA across the AI lifecycle. It matters because it integrates AI explicitly into existing ICT risk frameworks, emphasizing security, resilience, and third-party risks for supervised institutions, aligning with RTS on ICT risk management (EU 2024/1774) and subcontracting (EU 2025/532). This clarifies supervisory expectations amid growing AI adoption in finance, reducing ambiguity in DORA compliance.
Opening Statement by Mark Branson
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.
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...