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Erscheinung:19.09.2024 | Topic Digitalisierung “Let­ting go of fa­mil­iar ways”

(BaFinJournal) The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht – BaFin) is assisting financial entities on their path to DORA compliance. A supervisory statement sets out the differences between the DORA requirements and the current rules. Ira Kosche-Steinbrecher from BaFin’s IT Supervision provides the background.

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Erscheinung:19.09.2024 | Topic Digitalisierung BaFin pub­lish­es guid­ance notes on the im­ple­men­ta­tion of DO­RA

In future, most supervised financial entities will be obliged to comply with DORA. What does this mean for banks and insurers? A supervisory statement from BaFin on IT risk management and IT third-party risk management provides detailed information.

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Warnings and notes for consumers

Erscheinung:19.09.2024 | Topic Unauthorised business, Consumer protection BaFin warns con­sumers about the web­site spar-in­vest­ment.com

The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) warns consumers about the services offered on the website spar-investment.com. The website operators offer to broker term deposits with international banks. However, the operators do not have authorisation under the German Banking Act (Kreditwesengesetz – KWG) or the German Investment Firm Act (Wertpapierinstitutsgesetz – WpIG).

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Erscheinung:19.09.2024 | Topic Unauthorised business, Consumer protection Iden­ti­ty theft: BaFin warns against fixed-term de­posit of­fers from the e-mail ad­dress­es an­lagekon­to@c24.cen­ter and markus.specht@check24.email

The financial supervisory authority BaFin warns against alleged fixed-term deposit offers sent from the email address anlagekonto@c24.center purporting to be from markus.specht@check24.email. The offers do not originate from CHECK24 Vergleichsportal Geldanlage GmbH. This is a case of identity theft.

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