The Malta Financial Services Authority (“MFSA”) has become aware of an entity operating under the name of Alpha Capital Trade (Cyprus) Limited (“the Entity”) which has an internet presence at www.alphacapitaltrade.com. The Entity purports to be recognised by the MFSA as a fund administrator and falsely claims to be associated with a Maltese licensed company. […]
The Malta Financial Services Authority (“MFSA” or “the Authority”) has become aware of an entity operating under the name of Money+Card Payment Institution Ltd/ Epayzz (“the Institution”) which has an internet presence at https://epayzz.com/. From information available to the MFSA, the Institution claims to be a regulated Financial Institution licensed to undertake payment services under […]
The Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU) would like to bring to the attention of subject persons that a newly dedicated portal dealing with the Cash Restriction policy has been created on the FIAU website. Therein, subject persons may find a list of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on the Use of Cash (Restriction) Regulations, which came […]
The Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU) would like to bring to the attention of all subject persons the consultation paper which has been published by the European Banking Authority (EBA) containing draft Guidelines on the role, tasks and responsibilities of anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) compliance officers. The draft Guidelines seek […]
The Commissioner for Revenue is notifying that the tax payment deadline of eighteen months following the end of the accounting period, applicable to companies in possession of a determination under the relevant paragraphs of Article 47 of the Duty on Documents and Transfers Act (DDTA determination), shall for the Year of Assessment 2021 apply also […]
The Malta Financial Services Authority (“MFSA” or “the Authority”) has become aware of an entity operating under the name of Hillwood Limited (“the Entity”) which has an internet presence at https://www.hwlimited.com/. This website is making unauthorised use of a similar name and reference to the registered office address of a Maltese registered company, Hillwood Limited […]
The Malta Financial Services Authority (“MFSA” or “the Authority”) has become aware of an entity operating under the name of Legit Crypto Option or Citizen Crypto Mining FX (“the Entity”) which has an internet presence at https://007cryptooption.com/index.html. From information available to the MFSA, the Entity claims to be “authorized and regulated by MFSA as a […]
On 21 February 2020, the Malta Financial Services Authority (‘the MFSA’ or ‘the Authority’) issued a Public Statement in which it noted that Binance is not authorised by the MFSA to operate in the virtual assets sector in Malta. Following the issuance of various recent warnings by competent authorities of other jurisdictions 1, along with […]
The Malta Financial Services Authority (“MFSA”) has become aware of an entity operating under the name of Konano Wealth Ltd which has an internet presence at https://www.konano.com. The entity claims to be a regulated “Category 3 Investment Service Provider”. Its website is making unauthorised use and reference to the registered address and other company details […]
Interpretative Note on Assessing Jurisdictional Risk and the Consequential Application of AML/CFT Obligations in light of Malta’s Grey Listing by the Financial Action Task Force On 23 June 2021, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) placed Malta under increased monitoring as part of a process to ensure that it addresses specific remaining deficiencies in its […]