Tag: BDS

Attention! CySEC-regulated BDSwiss continues its illegal offshore onboarding in Europe

BaFin Ben - April 11, 2022

The BDSwiss Group d/b/a BDSwiss, Swiss Markets, and BDS Trading. These are the trading names of BDSwiss Holding Ltd, regulated by the Cyprus CySEC. The offshore entity BDS Markets, regulated by FSC in Mauritius is part of this BDSwiss Group. The FCA banned BDSwiss Group in June 2021 The German BaFin launched an investigation saying that BDS Markets has no permission to offer ist regulated services in Germany. In our review, all CySEC-approved domains were redirected to the offshore broker websites. Here is another update!

Finally! German BaFin prohibits offshore activities of CySEC-regulated BDSwiss Markets!

BaFin tamir - March 2, 2022

Swiss Markets and BDSwiss are registered trademarks of BDSwiss Holding Ltd, regulated by the Cyprus CySEC with license number 199/13. BDS Markets is part of the BDSwiss Group. The company is regulated by the Financial Services Commission (FSC) in Mauritius with License Number C116016172. The German BaFin issued a statement, saying that the offshore broker BDS Markets has no permission to offer ist regulated services in Germany. Currently, CySEC-regulated BDSwiss is no longer accepting new clients.

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