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Topic Consumer protection, Unauthorised businessCrime scene – the internet: how BaFin works to combat illegal financial transactions
Last year, Germany’s financial supervisor BaFin took action against dubious financial services providers more often than ever before. Criminals are forever coming up with new tricks.
Topic Consumer protection, Unauthorised business“We’ll use force if necessary”: a BaFin staff member reports
The work to combat illegal financial transactions is one of BaFin’s core concerns. This also includes carrying out searches, and sometimes these can be quite exciting.
Topic Consumer protectionFinancial knowledge – room for improvement
Interest rates, returns, cryptos: particularly among women and older people, there are those who show a need to strengthen their financial knowledge. But there is one topic about which people in Germany are well-informed, as a recent study shows.
Topic Consumer protectionBaFin adapts requirements to the crisis
In order to allow companies in the financial sector to focus on their core business during the coronavirus crisis, BaFin has made temporary changes to its supervisory practice in some areas. This article provides an overview of these changes.
Topic Consumer protectionFinancial dispute resolution: Elaboration of statutory provisions for dispute resolution entities
The new German Regulation on Financial Dispute Resolution Entities (Finanzschlichtungsstellenverordnung – FinSV) was published in the Federal Law Gazette on 16 September 2016. It governs how private and public dispute resolution entities which deal with disputes relating to banking and investment services are to be organised and what procedures they must follow. For the dispute resolution entities …
Consumer protection: New department established at BaFin
Numerous aspects of consumer protection have already been part of BaFin's range of tasks for years. For example, the market transparency which BaFin monitors is an essential facet of investor protection.
Topic Consumer protection Authorisation Requirement: BaFin’s Regulatory Powers and Guidelines for Consumers
Allegations that BaFin has failed to take action against dubious business practices and the providers thereof despite knowledge of them appear time and again in the media. Whenever investors undergo losses in such business dealings we see headlines like: "Supervisory Authority stands by and does nothing", "How BaFin almost protected investors" or "S&K investment scandal - was BaFin …
Topic Consumer protection Crowdfunding: Supervisory requirements and investor responsibility
Crowdfunding projects are emerging as an increasingly popular option for investors. Crowdfunding is a way in which a large number of backers provide financial support for a specific project. Funds are usually raised via an online crowdfunding platform.
Dispute resolution
Beginning in summer 2013, the EU will be introducing new legislation on dispute resolution in order to support the internal market and improve legal protection for consumers.
