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Unmasking the Cyprus Connection: The trade1.payments.shop Shadow Rail

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Despite widespread regulatory warnings across the EU, offshore brokers are still seamlessly processing retail deposits using stealth payment architecture....

Cyprus-Supervised Card Infrastructure Identified in EU-Facing Offshore Broker Deposits Despite Multiple Regulatory Warnings

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A February 2026 compliance review confirms that offshore brokers PU Prime, Vantage Markets, and RoboForex continue onboarding EU retail clients and processing card deposits despite repeated regulatory warnings across the EU. Technical analysis of the payment flows identifies Cyprus-supervised payment infrastructure facilitating these transactions, raising supervisory questions under PSD2 and AMLD frameworks.

Whistleblower Request: Please Provide Information About Cyprus-Based Payment Agent Finzero Cap!

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FinTelegram systematically screens the market for payment processors and payment agents that make payment transactions for illegal or unauthorized businesses. This concerns both the online trading sector, where offshore brokers such as PU Prime offer their financial products in various jurisdictions without regulatory authorization, and illegal gambling. One of these payment agents is the Cypriot company Finzero Cap Ltd. We would like to know more.

Attention: UK FCA Updated Warning Against Offshore Broker PU Prime. Red Compliance Rating Confirmed!

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FinTelegram published an initial review of offshore broker PU Prime in April 2022. This offshore broker offers its financial products to clients in the UK and EEA without the required regulatory authorizations. In addition to the UK FCA, which updated its warning on November 10, 2023, the Danish FSA has also issued a warning against PU Prime, mentioning that the offshore broker is advertised via financial influencers.

Correction: CySEC-Regulated Pacific Union Group Ltd Is Not Part Of the PU Prime Scheme!

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In April 2022, FinTelegram recently updated its review of PU Prime, an offshore broker regulated by the FSA Seychelles. We included the broker in our Red Compliance list. Despite lacking the necessary regulatory authorizations, this broker offers financial products to clients in the UK and EEA. On May 10, 2023, the UK regulator FCA issued a warning regarding PU Prime. The CySEC-regulated Pacific Union Group Ltd informed that it would not be part of the offshore broker scheme.

UK FCA Follows FinTelegram And Warns Against Offshore Broker PU Prime!

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FinTelegram published an initial review of offshore broker PU Prime in April 2022. This offshore broker, regulated by the FSA Seychelles, offers its financial products to clients in the UK and EEA without the required regulatory authorizations. We have placed the broker on our Red Compliance List. The UK FCA also shares this assessment. On May 10, 2023, the UK regulator warned against PU Prime. You should avoid the broker.

Whistleblower Request: Anonymous Payment Gateway Operator ShinePays

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Most recently, we uncovered the anonymously operating payment gateway ShinePays in the Portrades broker scam. However, in recent years, we have discovered ShinePays as a facilitating payment gateway in many other broker scams. There is no official website. We suspect that the gateway is associated with another payment processor. It connects to the high-risk payment processor and merchant service provider Pacific Pay. We would like to know more about the background of ShinePays.

New on the offshore radar: Seychelles-base PU Prime!

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For regular readers of FinTelegram, it is no secret that we put a special focus on offshore broker activities in our market monitoring. An efficient way to detect unauthorized offshore brokers is to follow fraudulent marketing campaigns and fake review sites. A fake review site led us to Pacific Union Group a/k/a PU PRIME which acquires clients worldwide. While we do not deem PU Prime as a scam, we established that they offer their regulated financial services unauthorized in Europe and most other regulatory regim

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