The broker M4Markets and the group behind it, the Oryx Group, announced that they have purchased the CySEC-regulated CIF ICC Intercertus Capital Ltd, which did business as Axiance. The CIF will now operate under the legal name of Harindale Ltd and do business with the trading name M4Markets Europe. After completing a capital raising round earlier in the year, they secured the approval of the Cyprus regulator, Finance Magnates reports.
The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) has fined ICC Intercertus Capital (Cayman) Ltd d/b/a EverFX $116,680 for breaches of the Anti-Money Laundering Regulations. The regulator said the company had failed to apply enhanced customer due diligence, had not conducted adequate risk assessments, nor scrutinized transactions, and failed “to verify customer’s identity using reliable, independent source documents.” The EverFX offshore entity is part of Axios Holding like the CySEC-regulated axiance.
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) announced a €200,000 settlement with Cyprus investment firm (CIF) Zemblanco Investments Ltd doing business as Zemblanco (www.zemblanco.com). In August, the Cyprus regulator announced a €100,000 settlement with ICC Intercertus Capital Limited operating the brands Axiance (www.axianceeu.com) and Inflyx (www.inflyx.com). In July, CySEC reached settlements with BCM Begin Capital Markets CY Limited (here) and ForexTB Ltd (here).