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Erscheinung:16.07.2024 | Topic Consumer protection, Unauthorised business RIDGE Deutschland: BaFin warns consumers about website ridge.de

The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) warns consumers about the website ridge.de. According to information available to BaFin, several financial and investment services are being provided on this website without the required authorisation.

Es besteht keinerlei Zusammenhang mit den in Hamburg ansässigen Gesellschaften Ridge Capital GmbH, Ridge Holding GmbH und Ridge Invest GmbH.

There is no connection whatsoever with the Hamburg-based companies Ridge Capital GmbH, Ridge Holding GmbH and Ridge Invest GmbH.

Anyone conducting banking business or providing financial or investment services in Germany may do so only with authorisation from BaFin. However, some companies offer these services without the necessary authorisation.

The information provided by BaFin is based on section 37 (4) of the German Banking Act (Kreditwesengesetz – KWG).

Das sollten Sie wissen!

Die BaFin, das Bundeskriminalamt und die Landeskriminalämter raten Verbraucherinnen und Verbrauchern generell, bei Geldanlagen im Internet äußerst vorsichtig zu sein und vorab gründlich zu recherchieren, um Betrugsversuche rechtzeitig zu erkennen.

In der Folge „Vorsicht, Betrug“ des BaFin-Verbraucherschutzpodcasts erfahren Sie zudem, wie Sie sich vor Betrugsmaschen am Finanzmarkt schützen können.


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