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Feb 11
Cryptocurrency fraud: the FSMA updates its list of suspicious sites

During the last weeks, the FSMA continued to receive new complaints from consumers who had responded to fraudulent offers of investment in cryptocurrencies. The cryptocurrency fraud continues making victims in Belgium. Hence, the FSMA repeats its warning against the fraudsters who are using cryptocurrencies to swindle consumers. The FSMA has also updated its list of cryptocurrency trading platforms for which […]

Feb 11
Beware of new fraudulent online trading platforms

The Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) warns the public against the activities of a series of new fraudulent online trading platforms that are operating in Belgium. The FSMA has, in these past months, received many complaints from consumers concerning various online trading platforms. These trading platforms try to arouse consumers’ curiosity by placing scam […]

Feb 11
Cost comparison tool for current accounts

The FSMA has developed a comparison tool (French – Dutch) for current accounts. With this tool, you can compare the costs associated with the different accounts and find out which current account is best suited to your needs and wishes. Source: FSMA

Feb 11
Belgian pension funds: positive results of the European stress test

This press release is not available in English. Please consult the French or Dutch site. Source: FSMA

Feb 10
Fitch lowers El Salvador’s rating due to Bitcoin adoption

“Policy unpredictability” and “adoption of Bitcoin as legal tender” are part of the reasons why the country has received a downgrade from Fitch. 4306 Total views 37 Total shares El Salvador faces another whipping from a traditional finance firm for its “forbidden” love for Bitcoin (BTC). American credit rating agency Fitch Ratings has lowered El Salvador’s […]

Feb 10
Nasdaq 100 suffers broad selloff, led by biotech Seagen and tech heavyweights

The Nasdaq 100 NDX, -2.33% slumped 1.7% in afternoon trading Thursday, with only 17 of its components gaining ground, after the technology-friendly index ran up 3.3% over the past two days. The index’s biggest gainer was Datadog Inc. stock DDOG, +12.23%, which shot up 14.3% over the monitoring and security software platform company reported before […]