Erscheinung:14.11.2024 | Topic Unauthorised business, Consumer protection GrunCall: BaFin warns against website gruncal-markt.com
The Financial Supervisory Authority BaFin warns against offers on the website gruncal-markt.com (previously: gruncall.com). It is suspected that the operators of the website are providing banking transactions and financial or investment services without the required authorisation. Consumers can allegedly trade currencies, indices, crypto-assets, stocks and commodities.
Anyone conducting banking business or providing financial or investment services in Germany may do so only with authorisation from BaFin. However, some companies offer these services without the required authorisation. Information on whether companies have been authorised by BaFin can be found in BaFin’s database of companies.
Theinformation 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.
