«We consider it very important to introduce an advertising
ban on binary options and other toxic investment products», said Merel van Vroonhoven, chair of the AFM Executive Board.
The French financial regulator, Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) announced it is lifting
the ban on binary options broker 24Option.
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA)-- the body unifying all regional financial markets and services regulators in the country — has announced an official
ban on binary options.
The Chairman of the AFM Executive Board, Merel van Vroonhoven, stated: «We consider it very important to introduce an advertising
ban on binary options and other toxic investment products.»
Esma considers
ban on binary options and tighter leverage limit rules for contracts for difference
Not exact matches
Facebook, the second largest online ad provider, took similar action in January by
banning ads
on «
binary options, initial coin offerings and cryptocurrency.»
The European Securities and Markets Authority (Esma) is considering a
ban on the marketing, distribution and sale of
binary options, as well as imposing restrictions
on the amount of leverage available to retail clients trading contracts for difference (CFDs).
France's financial markets regulator, the AMF, has announced that the
ban on electronic advertising of forex and
binary options products, also extends to the recently appeared derivatives with cryptocurrencies as an underlying asset.
The AMF proposed a
ban on advertising of forex, CFDs and
binary options via electronic means in the summer of 2016 and the Sapin 2 bill was passed by the French National Assembly in the autumn.
Earlier this year, the AMF announced its decision to
ban advertising
on forex,
binary options and CFDs.
France's financial markets regulator, the AMF, has announced that the
ban on electronic advertising of forex and
binary options products, also extends to the recently appeared derivatives with...
In the aftermath of Belgium's
ban on over-the-counter (OTC) foreign exchange (FX), contracts - for - difference (CFDs) and
binary options, the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) issued a notice to Cyprus Investment Firms (CIFs) to comply with the regulatory changes, which will come into effect
on August 18, 2016, per a CySEC filing.
The French financial regulatory watchdog Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) has just announced that the country is going to introduce a
ban on the online advertisement of forex and
binary options products in the country.
Just hours after it
banned 24Option from France and months after it called for a
ban on advertising of forex and
binary options products, the national regulator AMF,...
Israel, which is not an EU member state but is a major European
binary options hub, also imposed a
ban on trading in such instruments in the country.
Six months ago the Israeli financial regulator
banned Israeli
binary options companies from offering services abroad, in a continuation of the earlier
ban on them offering services within Israel.
Meanwhile, Quebec's Autorite des Marches Financiers (AMF) recently proposed the prohibition of the sale of
binary options to citizens in the province, becoming the first Canadian province to consider a full
ban on this type of instruments.
Facebook took similar action against cryptocurrency advertisements last January as it announced their
ban on advertisements for initial coin offerings,
binary options, and cryptocurrencies.
Facebook has been working
on steps to reduce deceptive trade practices, such as
banning crypto - related ads, ICOs and
binary options.
According to Hoekstra, the government would like to
ban bitcoin derived products such as
binary options - where people basically gamble
on whether an asset like Bitcoin will rise to a specific price, or fall below a certain amount.
LONDON — Google plans to
ban all cryptocurrencies and
binary options adverts, and is cracking down
on ads for other speculative financial instruments.
This week, social media behemoth Facebook announced that it was putting a blanket
ban on all cryptocurrency, blockchain and
binary options advertisements served through its platform.
Earlier, Facebook announced a
ban on advertisements for «
binary options, initial coin offerings, and cryptocurrency.»
On 30th January 2018, Facebook
banned all kinds of advertisements regarding cryptocurrency,
binary options, and ICOs (Initial Coin Offerings) in order to prevent their clients from deception and scams.