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The Commission has published, on the consumer pages of its website, advice for consumers on coronavirus-related fraud attempts. This advice aims to provide easily accessible and clear information to help people living in the Bailiwick protect themselves from these latest types of fraud and explains what to do if they fall victim to a fraud or attempted fraud. The advice can be found on the...

Whilst Many Licensees are Working From Home, with reduced IT access, does the Commission still require signed application forms? The Commission has received a number of enquiries from licensees who are working, with limited IT capacity, from home. Application forms require a ‘wet signature’. Where licensee/applicants are finding this impossible, due to the lack of access to a printer/scanner, the...

The Commission remains conscious of the operational issues being experienced by firms as they continue in their transition to an environment in which the majority, if not all, staff will be working from home. The Commission also acknowledges, and appreciates, the steps taken by these firms to continue to provide uninterrupted services to their customers and clients, albeit sometimes through...

Directors of Licensees will be mindful in these extraordinary times of their duties towards their own incorporated entity, regardless of whether it is a local business or forms part of a larger group of companies. Licensed entities are of course subject to the law, but holding a Licence from the Commission also adds various requirements laid down by the Commission in Rules, Conditions or other...

Amending the Timing of Financial Return filings with the Commission The Commission is conscious that almost all firms will be experiencing certain operational issues as they transition to an environment in which many of their staff will be working from home. Mindful of this and of some significant impending deadlines for financial returns, it is making the following changes to its expectations:-...

The Commission confirms that with effect from close of business on Tuesday 24 March 2020, the majority of its staff will be home working with just a small core staff operating from the Commission’s offices based at Glategny Court. The switchboard will continue to operate during normal office hours and callers will be asked by the receptionist to provide their contact details in order that a member...

The Commission is closely monitoring the coronavirus situation and will be increasing its financial stability monitoring work and acting to ensure that consumers are protected where necessary. We would appreciate firms’ co-operation with our financial stability enquiries when we make them as we need to be able to continue to understand the health of the largest part of Guernsey’s economy during...

At the joint presentations on the National Risk Assessment (“NRA”) from the Commission, Policy and Resources Committee and Financial Intelligence Service in February, it was highlighted that the Commission would be running a series of interactive workshops in April to assist firms in developing their mitigation of the money laundering and terrorist financing risks to their business as identified...

The Commission is maintaining its efforts to monitor financial stability issues across the financial services sector. As part of this, the Commission considers it essential that firms continue to make accurate regulatory returns in a timely manner. The Commission appreciates that some firms may encounter challenges in their interactions with some third parties in preparing their regulatory returns...