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Acting as a director is a regulated activity in the Bailiwick of Guernsey and individuals who do so by way of business* may be required to register with the Guernsey Financial Services Commission (“the Commission”) or apply for a licence. The Regulation of Fiduciaries, Administration Businesses and Company Directors, etc (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2020 ("the Fiduciaries Law") provides statutory...

The Commission has become aware of a phishing attempt being sent purporting to be from the Commission Secretary, Alice Joy, using the domain “ gfsc.gg.zitirxsend.com” If you have received an email from the Commission and you are unsure of its authenticity, please do not click on any links or attachments and instead forward it to [email protected] . The Commission sends its emails from the domain...

The Guernsey Financial Services Commission (“the Commission”) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (“MoU”) with the Capital Markets Authority of Kuwait, the authority responsible for regulation of capital markets in Kuwait. The MoU provides a framework for cooperation and information sharing between the two authorities. Speaking about the MoU, the Commission’s Director General, William Mason...

Please be advised that the details of the following entry has been corrected on the consolidated list : Name OFSI Group ID Unique ID Marko PETROVIC 17022 GIM0007 The person listed above is designated under the Irregular Migration and Trafficking in Persons Sanctions Regulations 2025 (the UK Regulations) and appears on the consolidated list, which can be found here . The UK regulations are given...

The Guernsey Financial Services Commission is delighted to announce the successful production release of its new online Applications and Authorisations Portal, completed on 8 August 2025, just three months after its beta launch. The new portal, also known as the A&A Portal, streamlines the applications and authorisations process through a secure, online platform, making it significantly easier for...

Please be advised that the details of the following entry has been corrected on the consolidated list : Name OFSI Group ID Unique ID Nikola VEIN 17024 GIM0009 The person listed above is designated under the Irregular Migration and Trafficking in Persons Sanctions Regulations 2025 (the UK Regulations) and appears on the consolidated list, which can be found here . The UK regulations are given...

Please be advised that the details of the following entries have been corrected on the consolidated list : Name OFSI Group ID Unique ID Aleksey Sergeyevich MORENETS 13906 CYB0006 Yevgeniy Mikhaylovich SEREBRIAKOV 13907 CYB0007 Please also be advised that the following duplicate entries for the individuals listed above have been removed from the consolidated list: Name OFSI Group ID Unique ID...

Please be advised that the UK has recently enacted the Global Irregular Migration and Trafficking in Persons Sanctions Regulations 2025 (the UK Regulations). The UK Regulations created a new sanctions regime, which has the aim of preventing and combating people smuggling, trafficking in persons and the use of migration for the purpose of destabilising a country. In response to this and in line...

Please be advised that the Security Council Committee pursuant to Resolution 1518 (2003) concerning Iraq has enacted an amendment to its sanctions list in relation to the following individual: Bashar Sabawi Ibrahim HASAN AL-TIKRITI (IQi.085) The United Nations Security Council Consolidated List has been updated and is accessible here. Changes to the UN Consolidated List are automatically effective...