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SEC Flags Risks in Crypto and Emerging Tech Investment Scams
8.10.2024
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is raising alarms about the growing risks of cryptocurrency scams and other investment fraud during World Investor Week 2024. Amid the rising influence of AI, social media, and aggressive financial marketing, investors are struggling to find...
UK Watchdog Clarifies Rules for Memes and Finfluencers in Social Media Promotions
28.3.2024
The UK’s FCA on Tuesday issued new guidelines for financial services promotions on social media. These apply to formats like memes, reels, and gaming streams, highlighting the need for fairness and avoiding any misleading information.
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France launches a certificate for finfluencers, including crypto
11.9.2023
The country has introduced a non-obligatory Responsible Influence Certificate for those promoting crypto
Crypto memes can be considered financial promotions, says UK watchdog
18.7.2023
Memes found to be non-compliant with financial promotion rules could carry up to two years in jail under a proposal from the FCA
Argentina says no to crypto payments, France tolerates ‘finfluencers’: Law Decoded, May 1–8
8.5.2023
Argentina’s central bank banned payment providers from offering crypto transactions, adding that it intends to reduce the country’s payment-system exposure to digital assets
UK uses Love Island star to warn finfluencers on crypto and investment schemes
7.4.2023
The financial and advertising regulators posted a seven-part checklist to ensure these social media stars stay within the bounds of the law
IOSCO demands tighter scrutiny over the 'finfluencers'
14.10.2022
The International Organization of Securities Commissions proposed a set of new measures to address increasing risks in digital marketing
ASIC chair troubled by sheer amount of ‘risk-taking’ crypto investors
12.8.2022
Australia's financial services regulator sees the rise in crypto investment during the COVID-19 pandemic as a cause for concern, especially among young and new investors
Aussie crypto 'finfluencers' face tough new legal restrictions
4.4.2022
The Australian securities regulator is taking a stand against financial influencers whom they believe to be bamboozling the general public with misinformation about crypto
FinTok & 'Finfluencers' Are On The Rise: 3 Tips To Assess Their Advice
25.5.2021
Angel Zhong, Senior Lecturer in Finance, RMIT University.
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Queenie Tan is full of financial advice. Whether it is cheap date ideas, buying furniture, saving your first USD 100,000, doing your tax return or investing in Dogecoin, there is seemingly no topic the 24-year-old Sydney woman can’t...