Brunei Darussalam Central Bank (BDCB) issued the latest BDCB Alert List on Thursday, according to a press release.
The BDCB Alert List is a list of persons (i.e. companies and individuals) who, based on information available to BDCB at the time of publication, may be or may have been wrongly perceived as being licensed, authorised, or regulated by BDCB.
The BDCB Alert List now includes:
- Syarikat usin niaga (FB profile);
- Usin Loan BCBD Online (FB profile);
- Online Money Loan Brunei (FB profile);
- Fast Loan BDCB online (FB profile);
- Inovation Trading Solutions;
- Trade Avita V9;
- @shamfx5557 (TikTok account) / +601162354240;
- @sham5777_official (TikTok account) / 7395777 / +886977457775 / sham5777.fx (IG profile);
- BND INV Trade and Forex Bull TCT BN / 7238853 / 7300997 / Technical Centre Trade by Afif Darainah / Technical Center Trade by Afif Daraina / Technical Centre Trade
BDCB said that the list is without prejudice to any further assessment by BDCB regarding the activities of the persons concerned.
BDCB also reminded the public to only deal with financial institutions licensed by BDCB, and to avoid any unlicensed companies or individuals carrying out or offering financial services, especially those with characteristics of get-rich-quick or pyramid schemes. Among the financial products and services that must be licensed by BDCB include money changers, money remittance and money lending companies. Members of the public are reminded that they may not have the protection companies or individuals which are unlicensed or unregulated.
BDCB emphasised that it remains committed to the financial stability of Brunei Darussalam and to safeguarding Brunei Darussalam’s financial system and the interests of financial consumers, and will continue to actively monitor any suspicious or unlicensed financial activities in Brunei .
Any information on unlicensed financial activities, can be relayed to BDCB through phone numbers 2380007 or 8380007 or email fci@bdcb.gov.bn.
