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November 27, 2022

Introducing The New Giftcard Platform Giftbull In The Ozan Ozerk Environment!

According to their website, Giftbull is a brand new UK-based e-gift card and voucher platform providing access to hundreds of e-gift cards and vouchers from popular brands worldwide. Giftbull is operated through Giftbull UK Limited, where Ferdi Ozkurnaz, a Cypriot, is a director. The company is connected to Ozan Ozerk through Secure Processing Holding Ltd, registered in Cyprus. In both companies, his confidant Ferdi Ozkurnaz, a/k/a Ferdi Özkurnaz, serves as a director.

November 25, 2022

Ozan Ozerk’s Eurotrader Acquired Itself An FCA License To Continue Expansion-Spree!

Ozan Ozerk is a FinTech entrepreneur with many interests. He is the founder of the European Merchant Bank (EMBank) in Lithuania and FCA-regulated OpenPayd. On his website www.ozanozerk.com, Ozerk explains himself in epic terms. He founded the CySEC-regulated broker EuroTrader in 2018. Even before that, in 2016, he was involved in establishing the offshore broker LDQFX, which, at least until some time ago, was connected with EuroTrader, which has now secured an FCA license.

November 24, 2022

Regulatory Warning Against Offshore Broker Scheme LQDFX!

Offshore broker LQDFX has been on our radar for about two years now. This is also because of its interesting background. The founder is the well-known fintech entrepreneur Ozan Ozerk, who founded several regulated companies in the UK, Lithuania, and other EEA jurisdictions. OpenPayd or EuroTrader are projects of Ozan Ozerk. The UK FCA has recently issued a warning against the offshore broker LQDFX, violating the EEA regimes' regulatory requirements.

November 1, 2022

Turkey-Focused Eurotrader Group Appoints Ben Swann As Chief Technology Officer

CySEC-regulated multi-asset broker Eurotrader Group has appointed Ben Swann as its new Chief Technology Officer. Before joining Eurotrader, he built and managed several retail trading platforms, including City Index, Gain Capital, and MF Global. Eurotrader was founded by Ozan Ozerk, who is also the founder of FCA-regulated Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) platform operator OpenPayd and the Lithuanian European Merchant Bank (EMBank).

September 29, 2022

Crypto Payment Processor Koinal And Its Turkish Connections!

The two crypto payment processors, Koinal and Bitpace were operated by the then FCA-regulated SG Veteris Limited until 2020. This was controlled by FinTech entrepreneur Ozan Ozerk until 2018. Since then, Ozerk's partner, Ahmet Cemal Dedeoglu, has officially been the controlling person. Today, the two crypto payment processors are currently operated by SG Veteris Europe EOOD in Bulgaria and SG Veteris Lithuania UAB in Lithuania. Most of the business is apparently likely to be done in Turkey.

September 29, 2022

Israeli Social Investment Platform eToro Partners With Ozan Ozerk’s OpenPayd!

The Israeli social investment platform eToro has partnered with OpenPayd, a banking-as-a-service (BaaS) infrastructure provider enabling eToro, to issue Euro virtual IBANs, unique to each of its customers, and gives eToro access to SEPA Instant rails for the first time. The solution is currently available in 12 countries and is being rolled out across Europe. eToro’s customers can now make deposits and withdrawals from their eToro Money accounts quickly and securely.

August 27, 2022

EuroTrader Group Appoints Marcelo Spina As CEO

The EuroTrader Group of Ozan Ozerk (LinkedIn) appointed Marcelo Spina (LinkedIn) as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). He has 20 years of experience in the financial markets and has held leadership positions in many of the larger companies focused on finance. He has experience in managing sales, business development, and operational departments focusing on both retail and institutional business on a global scale.

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December 21, 2021

CySEC Compliance! Be careful with the bonus program of offshore broker EuroTrader!

Self-proclaimed FinTech guru Dr. Ozan Ozerk controls EuroTrader Group and its twin scheme LQDFX. Eurotrade Investments RGB Ltd d/b/a EuroTrader with the approved domain www.eurotrader.eu is a CySEC-regulated investment firm (CIF) with license number 279/15. Through the license passporting scheme, EuroTrader can offer its services in other EU regulatory regimes. Eurotrade SA (Pty) Ltd, registered and regulated in South Africa, on the other hand, is not allowed to offer regulated financial services in the EU. However, it does but its bonus program is a joke!

October 9, 2021

The illegal offshore broker LQDFX and its EuroTrader connections!

This Canadian BCSC recently issued a warning against the illegally operating offshore broker LQDFX (www.lqdfx.com). LQD Limited in the Marshall Islands is the operator. This unregulated offshore broker has been co-founded and controlled by Ozan Ozerk, a director and beneficial owner of the CySEC-regulated EuroTrader Group, and his partner Soteris Georgiou. LQDFX and the offshore EuroTrader broker schemes illegally acquires investors in Europe and North America and onboard clients in deliberate violation of KYC/AML procedures!

October 9, 2021

The new EuroTrader Group of Ozan Ozerk regulated by CySEC and FSCA

EuroTrader is a forex and CFD broker brand owned and operated by the EuroTrader Group, a group of regulated companies owned by the fintech entrepreneur Ozan Ozerk. Until at least April 2021, the latter has also been one of the founders and beneficial owners behind the offshore broker LQDFX. Since we published our report about the EuroTrader Group in April 2021 and exposed the offshore activities around the Marshall Islands-registered EuroTrade Global Ltd, some significant changes have been made.

April 12, 2021

EuroTrader Update – Ozan Ozerk, Soteris Georgiou, domains, and legal entities

We have brought a first report on the activities of brokers brands EuroTrader and LQDFX some ago. The EuroTrader group is regulated by CySEC for its activities in the EU. However, besides that, the group operates offshore mutations via entities in the Marshall Islands and South Africa. The FinTech emperor Ozan Ozerk controls both EuroTrader and the unregulated LQDFX. The British accountant Soteris Georgiou is also registered as Ozerk's long-time partner and accountant as the offshore entities' beneficial owner. Here is an update.

February 19, 2021

StormGain Review – A crypto trading platform with an interesting ecosphere

StormGain (www.stormgain.com) is an unregulated crypto trading platform operated by the offshore entity Stormgain LLC in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Currently, StormGain does not hold a license in any regulatory regime as a broker, investment firm, or financial services provider. Like Kraken, BitStamp, or other crypto brokers, StormGain lets you trade a range of crypto pairs. Partners of StormGain include Israel's Bits of Gold, Koinal, or Simplex. In December 2019, the Spanish regulator CNMV issued a warning against StormGain.