MFSA Warnings


OCTOBER 06, 2011
The Malta Financial Services Authority has recently been notified that an entity called Apps Finance, Malta Group (www.appsfinm.com) is purporting to be the one of the oldest banks in Malta and is offering online banking services. The MFSA wishes to alert the public, in Malta and abroad, that Apps F ...
OCTOBER 06, 2011
The Malta Financial Services Authority has recently been notified that an entity called Yellowdale which purports to offer online short-term loans is claiming to be a company registered in Malta. The MFSA wishes to alert the public, in Malta and abroad, that Yellowdale is not a company registered in ...
JUNE 10, 2011
The Malta Financial Services Authority (“MFSA”) wishes to alert the public that ABL International Ltd / ABL Assicurazioni International Ltd, is not authorised by the MFSA to provide any type of financial service, including the carrying on of insurance business/activities. The MFSA would like ...
MAY 31, 2011
The Malta Financial Services Authority (“MFSA”) wishes to alert the public that further to the warning issued by MFSA on 17th May 2011 and which regarded GBS Bank Malta Limited, as depicted on the Website http://www.gbsmt.eu/, GBS Bank Malta Limited, as depicted on another Website namely http:// ...
MAY 17, 2011
The Malta Financial Services Authority (“MFSA”) wishes to alert the public that GBS Bank Malta Limited, as depicted on the Website http://www.gbsmt.eu/, is not authorised by the MFSA to provide any type of financial service. The MFSA would like to remind investors and consumers of financial ...
MAY 10, 2011
The Malta Financial Services Authority (“MFSA”) wishes to warn the public in general that GREEN PLANTS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Ltd, as depicted on the Website http://gplants.org/, is misleading the public when it states that the company GREEN PLANTS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Ltd is regulated by the MF ...
MARCH 11, 2011
The Malta Financial Services Authority (“MFSA”) warns the public that the Internet website http://www.firstinvestbank.com under the name of a Company allegedly registered in Belize, and using one of the following names, FirstInvestBank Ltd or 1st InvestBank or First Invest Bank Ltd, is not autho ...
OCTOBER 30, 2009
Consumers who have been approached by foreign contacts with an offer to work from home, should be forewarned. They might be victims of scams which have been doing the rounds in many other countries before hitting Malta during these past few weeks. These scams are disguised behind numerous pretences, ...
SEPTEMBER 19, 2008
The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) has received a number of reports from the general public about unsolicited telephone calls, SMSes or correspondence (by e-mail and post) concerning bogus investment opportunities, and prize/lottery winnings. These calls/correspondence are typically deriv ...
NOVEMBER 17, 2007
The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) notes with concern media reports on the launch of “offers” by licensed financial institutions, aimed at enticing new and existing customers with free gifts and participation in a prize lottery. In the past, the Authority has addressed its concerns ...