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• FI notifies foreign supervisory authorities after complaints about misleading advice

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  Published 2024-05-13 - FI has been receiving complaints from consumers in Sweden about four foreign investment firms. The foreign supervisory authorities who are responsible for the…

• Consumer Protection Report 2024
• Four reasons not to buy cryptoassets

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  Published 2024-05-15 - Right now, the media is filled with reporting on cryptoassets, and various investment tips are being shared on social media. Even though regulations for the…
• Our supervision priorities for 2024

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  Published 2024-02-08 - Are consumers being offered the right services on the financial market? How is the sector delivering crucial services in an uncertain global environment? How…

• Supervision priorities for 2024
• Moa Langemark is FI’s new consumer protection economist

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  Published 2024-01-31 - A clear and independent voice is needed to help consumers on the financial market. Moa Langemark will now take on the role of consumer protection economist at…

• How FI works with consumer protection
• Fraudsters use Bitcoin as bait

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  Published 2023-10-25 - It has become increasingly common for fraudsters to contact consumers by email saying there are cryptocurrencies registered at the person's email address.…

• Examples of fraud emails (in swedish)

  How to identify fraud attempts (in swedish)

  FI’s Warning List
• FI Analysis No. 44: Most People Have Lost Money Trading Cryptocertificates

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  Published 2024-05-23 - More than half of Swedes who traded in cryptocertificates over the past six years have lost money on their investments. This is despite the underlying market…

• FI Analysis 44: Swedish Retail Trading in Cryptocertificates
• FI Analysis No. 42: Gender differences in investment behaviour

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  Published 2024-03-18 - The study confirms previous results showing that women are underrepresented in the stock market. The differences arise as early as three years of age, which…

• FI Analysis No. 42: Gender differences in investment behaviour
• Firms continue to offer consumers unsuitable products

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  Published 2024-05-08 - Expensive and complex products are unsuitable for most consumers. Despite this, firms offer such products on a broad front. This is one of the consumer risks…

• Consumer Protection Report 2024
• FI Supervision 27: Non-life insurance undertakings’ product approval processes

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  Published 2023-09-21 - The process for product approval is central from a consumer protection perspective. It aims to ensure that insurance undertakings focus on consumer interests…

• FI Supervision 27: Non-life insurance undertakings' product approval processes
• Interest rate puts pressure on indebted households

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  Published 2024-05-29 - Households continue to be under pressure from both higher interest rates and other costs. This is evident in FI’s mortgage report. The report looks at new…

• The Swedish Mortgage Market Report
• Open finance in Sweden

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  Published 2023-06-28 - Digitalisation introduces both opportunities and risks to the financial market. After conducting a new survey, FI has noted that broader regulation on how…

• Open finance in Sweden
• Fraud prevention in payment services

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  Published 2024-05-31 - Fraud is a major and expanding societal problem that fosters organised crime. FI supervises that payment service providers follow the provisions set out in…

• Report: Fraud prevention in payment services (In Swedish)
• Comprehensive overview is important when changing the conditions on the housing market

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  Published 2024-02-22 - FI has received an assignment from the Government to assess an increase in the loan-to-value (LTV) cap from 85 to 90 percent. At the same time, the Government…

• Report (In Swedish): FI:s syn på en höjning av bolånetaket från 85 till 90 procent
• Warnings for investment fraud continue to increase

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  Published 2023-08-16 - Last year, Finansinspektionen (FI) published a record number of warnings of firms suspected of investment fraud. The trend continues. During the first half of…

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• Monitor what your funds are costing you

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  Published 2023-11-15 - Today, almost all households invest in funds, either directly through private savings or indirectly through our pensions. However, close to one third of fund…

• Comparative figures for fund fees
• More common for fraudsters to say they work at authorities and companies

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  Published 2023-04-19 - Fraudsters want to establish a credible façade to be able to deceive consumers. One way of achieving this is to make it look like the consumer is being…

• Investment fraud: If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

  Investor alert: Alfabtc / Alfa-crypx

  Investor alert: RXK Capital

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• Rising interest costs putting pressure on mortgagors

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  Published 2023-03-28 - Mortgagors are under pressure from rising interest rates. At the same time, the majority of new mortgagors continue to have good margins in their personal…

• The Swedish Mortgage Market 2023
• No extra insurance needed when buying a TV

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  Published 2023-02-20 - You do not need special insurance when buying, for example, a new TV or a dishwasher. This is the conclusion of our review of so-called gadget insurance,…

• Report (Summary): Is there a need for supplementary and gadget insurance?
• Large increase in suspected cases of investment fraud in 2022

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  Published 2023-01-24 - Despite the contracting economy and the uncertainty in both the Swedish economy and the world in general, investment fraud was on the rise last year. In 2022,…
• Greatest risk for repayment problems at so-called instant loan firms

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  Published 2022-12-21 - One out of six who borrow from a consumer credit institution, previously called instant loan firms, receives a collection notice. Among all lenders, one out…

• Swedish Consumer Credit 2022
• SIP Nordic receives a warning and an administrative fine

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  Published 2022-11-18 - SIP Nordic Fondkommission AB (SIP Nordic) is receiving a warning and must pay an administrative fine of SEK 6.7 million.
• Celina Fondförvaltning receives warning and administrative fine

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  Published 2022-11-16 - Celina Fondförvaltning AB (Celina) is receiving a warning and must pay an administrative fine of SEK 10 million.

• Decision: Celina Fondförvaltning receives warning and administrative fine (summary)
• Do you need insurance for your new TV?

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  Published 2022-08-26 - When purchasing a mobile telephone, TV or appliances, for example, you often receive an offer to buy insurance for the newly purchased item. FI will now…
• Svea Bank and Resurs Bank receive remarks for insufficient credit assessments

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  Published 2022-06-22 - Svea Ekonomi, which has now merged with Svea Bank, and Resurs Bank have been deficient in their credit assessments of consumers who received large unsecured…

• Resurs Bank receives a remark and an administrative fine

  Svea Bank receives a remark and an administrative fine
• FI would like to see data on declined bank accounts

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  Published 2022-06-09 - Finansinspektionen views seriously the complaints from consumers who have been denied a bank account, and the authority is now encouraging banks to carefully…
• Nordnet receives a remark and an administrative fine

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  Published 2022-05-25 - Finansinspektionen (FI) is issuing Nordnet Bank AB a remark for violations related to the bank's intraday short selling service. Nordnet must also pay an…

• Nordnet Bank receives a remark and an administrative fine
• FI appoints auditor after IT incident at Swedbank

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  Published 2022-05-17 - Finansinspektionen (FI) is appointing an auditor to map the IT incident that occured at Swedbank AB during the night between 28 and 29 April and resulted in…
• Discussion with banks on the right to open payment accounts

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  Published 2022-05-16 - Finansinspektionen has invited several banks to a roundtable discussion on Friday, 20 May, on the right to open payment accounts. The background is that the…

• FI’s report on the implementation of the Payment Account Directive in Sweden (in Swedish)

  Are banks refusing to open payment accounts for too many customers?
• Increased cyber security in the finance sector is needed

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  Published 2022-05-16 - The financial sector must quickly become better at preventing and handling cyber threats. Customers and society at large must be able to trust that the…
• Are banks refusing to open payment accounts for too many customers?

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  Published 2022-04-28 - Are banks correct in refusing to open accounts for certain consumers? And what role do credit intermediaries play in many consumers taking large unsecured…

• Consumer Protect Report 2022