Warning: brokereins.com Unauthorized Financial Services
Summary
BaFin issued a consumer warning on April 2, 2026, alerting the public that operators of the website brokereins.com are offering banking business and financial services without the required authorization. The operators are not supervised by BaFin. The warning was issued under section 37(4) of the German Banking Act (KWG).
What changed
BaFin has issued a consumer warning against brokereins.com, determining that the website operators are providing banking business and/or financial services in Germany without the requisite authorization from BaFin. This constitutes unauthorized financial services activity prohibited under German law. The operators are not supervised by BaFin, meaning consumers using this platform have no regulatory protection or recourse through the supervised financial system.
Consumers who have engaged with brokereins.com or similar unauthorized platforms should immediately cease any further transactions and verify whether companies are authorized through BaFin's company database before conducting any financial business. Consumers seeking to invest money online should exercise utmost caution and conduct thorough research beforehand to identify potential fraud attempts. Reports of actual or suspected violations can be submitted to BaFin's whistleblower contact point.
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Erscheinung: 02.04.2026 | Topic Unauthorised business, Consumer protection BaFin warns consumers about the website brokereins(.)com
The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) warns consumers about the services offered on the website brokereins(.)com. BaFin has information that the operators are offering banking business and/or financial services on this website without the required authorisation. The operators are not supervised by BaFin.
Banking business, financial services and cryptoasset services may only be offered in Germany with authorisation from BaFin. However, some companies offer these services without the required authorisation. Information on whether a particular company has been granted authorisation by BaFin can be found in BaFin ’s database of companies.
BaFin is issuing this warning on the basis of section 37 (4) of the German Banking Act (Kreditwesengesetz – KWG).
Please be aware:
BaFin, the German Federal Criminal Police Office (Bundeskriminalamt – BKA) and the German state criminal police offices (Landeskriminalämter) recommend that consumers seeking to invest money online should exercise the utmost caution and do the necessary research beforehand in order to identify fraud attempts at an early stage.
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