Erscheinung:06.10.2023 | Topic Consumer protection, Unauthorised business uptos.com: BaFin investigates the company Uptos LTD
The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) warns consumers about the company Uptos LTD and the services it is offering. BaFin has information that the company is offering financial services on its website uptos.com without the required authorisation.
Financial services may only be offered in Germany if the company providing these services has the necessary authorisation from BaFin to do this. However, some companies offer these services without the required authorisation. Information on whether a particular company has been granted authorisation by BaFin can be found in BaFin’s database of companies.
The information provided by BaFin is based on section 37 (4) of the German Banking Act (Kreditwesengesetz – KWG).
Please be aware:
BaFin, the German Federal Criminal Police Office (Bundeskriminalamt – BKA) and the German state criminal police offices (Landeskriminalämter) recommend that consumers seeking to invest money online should exercise the utmost caution and do the necessary research beforehand in order to identify fraud attempts at an early stage.
