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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 that 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 and Investments Commission (ASIC)
|
30 August 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)
|
24 January 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
|
24 January 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)
- Bundes steuer berater kammer (BStBK)
|
24 January 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)
|
24 January 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
|
24 January 2023 |
| 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)
|
1 November 2023 |
| Portugal |
- Banco de Portugal
- Comissão do Mercado de Valores Mobiliarios (CMVM)
- Autoridade de supervisão de seguros e fundos de pensões (ASF)
|
24 January 2023 |
| Singapore |
- Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)
- Ministry of Law’s List of Licensed Moneylenders
- Ministry of Law’s List of Registered Dealers
|
30 August 2022 |
| 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
|
24 January 2023 |
| Taiwan |
- Financial Supervisory Commission
- Ministry of Finance
|
30 August 2022 |
| Türkiye |
- Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BRSA)
- Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye (CBRT)
- Capital Markets Board (CMB)
- Insurance and Private Pension Regulation and Supervision Agency
- Turkish Union of Chambers and Exchange Commodities
- Revenue Administration
- Ministry of Finance
|
1 November 2023 |
| United Kingdom |
See About UK Financial Services Verification |
6 September 2021 |