Tag: BaFin

European expansion on the cards for Getsafe as it bags insurance...

German InsurTech Getsafe has received its insurance license, now turning its eye to an accelerated expansion across the continent.

N26 pays €4.5m fine for delays to reporting suspicious activity

Germany digital bank N26 has been issued a €4.5m fine from the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) for its delay in submitting reports around AML.

N26 under BaFin scanner for inadequate measures against money laundering

German financial regulator BaFin has ordered challenger bank N26 Bank to implement appropriate controls and safeguards to prevent money laundering and terrorist financing.

The SEC introduces new rule to make it easier for foreign...

From: RegTech Analyst The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has published a notice of a substituted compliance application by Germany’s top financial regulator. Substituted compliance...

ESMA criticises German regulators on how they supervised Wirecard

German regulators didn't do enough when they supervised the collapsed FinTech giant Wirecard, the EU’s securities markets regulator reports.

Law firm calls for Wirecard investors to sign up for class...

Faruqi & Faruqi, a leading national securities law firm, reminds American Wirecard investors that they have until September 8 to sign up to be part of a class action lawsuit against the collapsed FinTech.

German anti-money laundering regulator failed to share warnings about Wirecard

The German Financial Intelligence Unit only sent a fracture of warnings about Wirecard's finances to the police and the public prosecutor's office.

German regulator BaFin sued by Wirecard investors

Wirecard investors are suing the German regulator BaFin for allegedly having turned a blind eye against the evidence that things weren't what they should've been at the collapsed FinTech.

Germany’s finance minister calls for more intense scrutiny from regulators after...

As the Wirecard scandal continues to cause shock waves across the FinTech industry, Germany's lawmakers are calling for a total revamp of the regulatory oversight system.

Police raid Wirecard’s Munich headquarters properties in Germany and Austria as...

Following the collapse of Wirecard last week, the German FinTech is now facing intense scrutiny from the authorities.

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