ESMA Launches New Portal for Its Financial Services Register

[kreslik.news]

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has launched a one-‎stop-shop portal to make the search for EU’s registered financial service providers more easier.‎

The register will help customers identify firms which have been acting without the ‎correct permissions, including those knowingly running a scam. ‎ It also provides reference to sanctions applied by the competent ‎authorities in the member states under several European ‎legislations.‎

ESMA’s new portal will have one search field in which users will be able to find the regulatory status ‎of a business by looking up its name or reference number. The results will display the firm’s basic ... (read more)