The Autorité des Marchés Financiers

Year 2003Regulated by Government

The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) regulates the French financial market place, its participants and the investment products distributed via the markets. It also ensures that investors are properly informed and and is a driving force behind regulatory change at both European and international levels. AMF is required to regulate, authorise, monitor and where necessary, inspect, investigate and enforce them. Make sure to contribute to financial and international regulation. It also ensures that investors are properly informed, and provide them with assistance Via our financial ombudsman when it is necessary, . As an independent public authority, AMF has regulatory powers and a substantial level of financial and managerial independence.

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  • Disclosure time 2022-02-21
  • Reason for punishment sites or entities not authorized to offer in France.
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Authority blacklists and alerts

Blacklists and alerts from the authorities Faced with the resurgence of financial scams on the internet and in particular on social networks or by telephone, be careful! Systematically check that the person or company contacting you is authorized to offer this product in France by carefully consulting the official registers. Be particularly vigilant against the risk of identity theft. Scammers use official data from authorized professionals to deceive public trust. Consult the ACPR and AMF blacklists and alerts. Please note that these lists cannot be exhaustive. The ACPR and the AMF publish and regularly update five blacklists of sites or entities not authorized to offer in France: loans, savings books, payment services or insurance contracts; investments in Forex (exchange market); crypto-asset derivatives; binary options; investments in various assets (diamonds, wine, crypto-assets, etc.). They also identify sites or entities usurping in particular the identity of duly authorized professionals and publish other types of alerts intended for the public. The authorities invite you not to respond to requests from these sites or entities. Attention ! These lists cannot be exhaustive. New players appear regularly and sites can evolve very quickly. If the name of an entity or site does not appear on the lists, this does not mean that it is authorized to offer banking products or services, insurance contracts or financial products in France.
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