CySEC removes Cedar Finance’s license for good
Binary Option Scams – Cedar Finance
The financial security commission of Cyprus has finally take care of the case of Cedar Finance, one of the binary options brokers that has been offering traders the ability to speculate in financial markets through binary options. The press release was published in Greek in the official website of the financial regulator the Mediterranean island of Cyprus.
There has been already a first statement against Cedar Finance, this took place on December 19, 2013, and there was a second iteration just a few weeks later, on February 21, 2014. This announcement follows a meeting of the CySEC that took place on June 16 of 2014 where the final withdrawal of the CIF 213/13 license took place, this was when the broker was still allowed legally to offer investment services to traders within Europe. Therefore, the T.B.S.F. Best Strategy Finance Ltd society, which owns the brand Cedar Finance and www.cedarfinance.com website, is no longer a broker officially regulated and authorized in the European Union by the CySEC.
The withdrawal of the license to the broker has been applied because of the numerous offenses committed by this broker, whose practices are contrary to the rules of the CySEC “Investment Services and Activities and Regulated Markets Law”. An example of this can be seen in the last infringement of Cedar Finance confirmed by the authorities; which was an offense against section 26 (5) of the regulations of the CySEC, then it was proposed that services to European traders were to be suspended temporarily on December 19, 2013. However and despite the warning of local financial authorities, the broker continued its activities.
Before the latest statement, Cedar Finance had a three month period to regularize their status with the correspondent authorities in their investment activities through binary options. It seems that the broker has ignored the demands of the financial authorities and continued to offer their services without the CySEC license or any other license from another financial regulator. Therefore, Cedar Finance did not respect the law and posed a significant risk to traders and investors. For these reasons, both the CySEC and financial advisors discourage traders who use the services offered by Cedar Finance and any other broker that is not directed by a regulated and authorized entity.
Unlike Cedar Finance, which no longer has the CySEC license, or any right to offer legal binary options trading in Europe, there are numerous binary options brokers that are regulated and have licenses, permits and other authorizations from different financial institutions that reward their quality of investment services. These regulated binary options brokers do not present any risk to traders. Customers tend to have the protection of banks and financial authorities, so that if any inconsistency occurs, any money invested has certain security and might be recovered with help of the regulative entities.
Among these regulated brokers which offer binary options, it is recommended to choose brokers that belong to the large companies and are known as regulated industry trading brokers. There are twelve European regulators licenses, including licensing from the CySEC (Cyprus / EU), CNMV (Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores – Spain), AMF (Autorité des Marchés Financiers – Banco de France), CONSOB (Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa – Italy) or FCA (Financial Conduct Authority – UK).
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