Bank Negara Malaysia has updated its Financial Consumer Alert list of companies and websites that are neither authorised nor approved under laws and regulations administered by the central bank, based on information and queries it has received. The update adds Versa Investment (not related to Versa Asia Sdn. Bhd.), Master Binary, Master Binary Trade, Master Binary Options, Binary Options, Binary Options FX, Sejahtera Invest, Sahabat Invest, Tengku Forex, Global Asia FX, Bold Prime and Fokiyoks. BNM also noted that the Financial Consumer Alert list contains the latest updates on Invest KL Malaysia (not related to InvestKL), HSBC Bank Investment (not related to HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad) and Headway, and reiterated that the list is not exhaustive and will be updated regularly.
Bank Negara Malaysia 2025-03-28
Bank Negara Malaysia updates Financial Consumer Alert list with 12 newly flagged unauthorised entities
Bank Negara Malaysia has updated its Financial Consumer Alert list, adding several unauthorised companies and websites, including Versa Investment, Master Binary, and Global Asia FX. The list also includes updates on Invest KL Malaysia and HSBC Bank Investment, clarifying they are not related to similarly named entities. The central bank emphasized that the list is not exhaustive and will be updated regularly.