Financial Services Verification: Relevant Regulators and Enforcement Dates

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In order to advertise financial services in certain countries, advertisers must complete a verification process. For most advertisers, this process will entail providing information about the type of financial services they provide, whether they are licensed to provide those services, and their registration number, among other things.

Information about country specific relevant regulators and enforcement dates can be found below. For information about financial service advertising in the United Kingdom, please visit our About UK Financial Services Verification page.

Region Relevant financial services regulator or registry Enforcement starts
Australia
  • Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC)
August 30, 2022
Brazil
  • Banco Central do Brasil
  • Comissão de Valores Mobiliários (CVM)
  • Superintendência de Seguros Privados (SUSEP)
  • Superintendência Nacional de Previdência Complementar (PREVIC)
  • Agência Nacional de Saúde Suplementar (ANS)
  • Conselho Federal de Contabilidade (CFC)
  • Ordem dos Advogados do Brazil (OAB)
  • Conselho de Controle de Atividades Financeiras (Coaf)
January 24, 2023
France
  • Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (ACPR)
  •  Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF)
  • Organisme pour le Registre des Intermédiaires en Assurance (ORIAS)
  • Conseil national de l’ordre des experts-comptables
  • European Banking Authority (EBA)
  • European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)
  • European Insurance and Occupational Pensions
January 24, 2023
Germany
  • Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (BaFin)
  • Deutscher Industrie- u. Handelskammertag (DIHK)
  • Deutsche Gesetzliche Unfallversicherung (DGUV)
  • European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)
  • Wirtschaftsprüferkammer (WPK)
  • Bundesverband Deutscher Inkasso-Unternehmen (BDIU)
  • Bundessteuerberaterkammer (BStBK)
  • European Banking Authority (EBA)
  • European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)
  • European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA)
January 24, 2023
India
  • Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI)
  • National Housing Bank
  • National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)
  • Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA)
  • Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
  • Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
  • Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA)
  • Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI)
  • Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI)
January 24, 2023
Indonesia
  • Otoritas Jasa Keuangan (OJK)
  • Commodity Futures Trading Regulatory Agency (Bappebti)
  • Ministry of Finance
  • Directorate-General of Tax
  • Sertifikasi Profesi Penagihan Pembiayaan (SPPI)
  • Bank Indonesia
January 24, 2023
Ireland
  • Central Bank of Ireland (CBI)
  • Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC)
  • Health Insurance Authority (HIA)
  • Pensions Authority
  • Insolvency Service of Ireland (ISI)
  • Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
  • Association of International Accountants (AIA)
  • Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
  • Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA)
  • Chartered Accountants Ireland (CAI)
  • CPA Ireland
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
  • European Banking Authority (EBA)
  • European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)
  • European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA)
November 7, 2024
Italy
  • Bank of Italy
  • Institute for Insurance Supervision (IVASS)
  • Order of Chartered Accountants and Accounting Experts (ODCEC)
  • National Commission for Companies and the Stock Exchange (CONSOB)
  • Pension Fund Supervisory Commission (COVIP)
  • Body of Agents and Mediators (OAM)
  • Body of Financial Advisors (OCF)
  • Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) 
  • European Banking Authority (EBA)
  • European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)
  • European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA)
November 1, 2023
New Zealand
  • Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ)
  • Financial Markets Authority (FMA)
  • New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants (NZICA)
  • New Zealand Companies Office
November 7, 2024
Portugal
  • Agência para a Competitividade e Inovação (IAPMEI)
  • Autoridade de Segurança Alimentar e Económica
  • Autoridade de supervisão de seguros e fundos de pensões (ASF)
  • Banco de Portugal
  • Comissão do Mercado de Valores Mobiliários 
  • Entidade Reguladora para a Comunicação Social
  • Ordem dos Advogados
  • Ordem dos Contabilistas Certificados
  • Ordem dos Solicitadores e Agentes de Execução
  • Serviço de Regulação e Inspeção de Jogos
  • European Banking Authority (EBA)
  • European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)
  • European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA)
January 24, 2023
Singapore
  • Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)
  • Ministry of Law’s List of Licensed Moneylenders
  • Ministry of Law’s List of Registered Dealers
August 30, 2022
South Korea
  • Financial Services Commission (FSC) 
  • Financial Supervisory Service (FSS)
  • Financial Industry Association
  • Korea Venture Capital Association (KVCA)
  • Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT)
  • Korean Association of Certified Public Tax Accountants (KACPTA)
  • Korea Customs Service
November 7, 2024
Spain
  • Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV)
  • Banco de España
  • Dirección General de Seguros y Fondos de Pensiones (DGSFP)
  • Instituto de Contabilidad y Auditoría de Cuentas
  • European Banking Authority (EBA)
  • European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)
  • European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA)
January 24, 2023
Taiwan
  • Financial Supervisory Commission
  • Ministry of Finance
August 30, 2022
Thailand
  • Bank of Thailand (BOT)
  • Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
  • Office of Insurance Commission of Thailand (OIC)
  • Federation of Accounting Professions of Thailand
  • Ministry of Finance
November 7, 2024
Türkiye
  • Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BRSA)
  • Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye (CBRT)
  • Capital Markets Board (CMB)
  • Insurance and Private Pension Regulatory and Supervisory Authority
  • Turkish Union of Chambers and Exchange Commodities
  • Revenue Administration
  • Ministry of Finance
November 1, 2023
United Kingdom See About UK Financial Services Verification September 6, 2021

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