China warns unlicensed online brokerages they are breaking the law

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SHANGHAI : Online brokerages not licensed in China are conducting illegal businesses if they serve Chinese clients via the internet, a Chinese central banker said, in the first official comment on recent reports flagging regulatory risks facing firms such as U.S.-listed Futu Holding and UP Fintech Holding.

"Cross-border online brokerages are driving in China without driver's license. They're conducting illegal financial activities," Sun Tianqi, head of the Financial Stability Department of the People's Bank of China said in a speech, according to a transcript released on Wednesday.

Nasdaq-listed shares of Futu and Fintech have since plunged, amid concern that the sector will be next in Beijing's regulatory crosshairs. China has launched a flurry of crackdowns targeting sectors ranging from technology to cryptocurrency to property. Without identifying the firms, Sun said that 80per cent of accounts of a brokerage registered in the Cayman Islands were opened by mainland clients, while the ratio is 55per cent for another Hong Kong-registered brokerage."Overseas institutions with only overseas licenses conducting business in mainland China is illegal financial activity."

 

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