Are there published warnings or unauthorised-firm alerts naming this entity or a clone?
Answered for 6 of 12 firms. Regulator warning list
AJ BELL MANAGEMENT LIMITED
VerifiedA register search for this firm's name returns 2 entr(ies) flagged as unauthorised, including firms the register identifies as clones: "ajbellbonds.co.uk / aj-bell.co.uk / ajbell-invest.co.uk (Clone of FCA authorised firm) (Postcode: n/a)" (Unauthorised); "AJ Bell (clone of FCA authorised firm) (Postcode: n/a)" (Unauthorised). These entries concern third parties impersonating the authorised firm, not the authorised firm itself.
Statutory register · Financial Conduct Authority · FCA Register — Common Search, unauthorised entries · Check the source
A register search for this firm's name returns 1 entr(ies) flagged as unauthorised, including firms the register identifies as clones: "Hargreaves Lansdown (clone of an FCA authorised Firm) (Postcode: n/a)" (Unauthorised). These entries concern third parties impersonating the authorised firm, not the authorised firm itself.
Statutory register · Financial Conduct Authority · FCA Register — Common Search, unauthorised entries · Check the source
IG MARKETS LIMITED
VerifiedA register search for this firm's name returns 1 entr(ies) flagged as unauthorised, including firms the register identifies as clones: "Amtop Markets Ltd / IG Global Limited (Clone of FCA Authorised Firm) (Postcode: n/a)" (Unauthorised). These entries concern third parties impersonating the authorised firm, not the authorised firm itself.
Statutory register · Financial Conduct Authority · FCA Register — Common Search, unauthorised entries · Check the source
This is the genuine, authorised firm that the fraudsters are claiming to work for. It has no connection with the clone firm. The correct details are: Firm Name: J.P. MORGAN PERSONAL INVESTING LIMITED Firm Reference Number: 552016
The FCA published a warning, first published 16/03/2021, about a clone firm using the name 'Nutmeg Savings and Investments'; the warning's 'FCA authorised firm details' section names J.P. Morgan Personal Investing Limited, firm reference number 552016, as the genuine authorised firm the fraudsters were claiming to work for.
Statutory register · Financial Conduct Authority · FCA authorised firm details section · Check the source
This is the genuine, authorised firm that the fraudsters are claiming to work for. It has no connection with the clone firm. The correct details are: Firm Name: J.P. MORGAN PERSONAL INVESTING LIMITED Firm Reference Number: 552016
The FCA published a separate warning, first published 27/05/2022, about a clone firm using the name 'Nut-Meg'; the warning's 'FCA authorised firm details' section names J.P. Morgan Personal Investing Limited, firm reference number 552016, as the genuine authorised firm the fraudsters were claiming to work for.
Statutory register · Financial Conduct Authority · FCA authorised firm details section · Check the source
STARLING BANK LIMITED
VerifiedA register search for this firm's name returns 2 entr(ies) flagged as unauthorised, including firms the register identifies as clones: "Starling Credit (Clone of FCA Authorised Firm) (Postcode: n/a)" (Unauthorised); "starling-bonds.com (Postcode: n/a)" (Unauthorised). These entries concern third parties impersonating the authorised firm, not the authorised firm itself.
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TRADING 212 UK LIMITED
VerifiedA register search for this firm's name returns 2 entr(ies) flagged as unauthorised, including firms the register identifies as clones: "Trading212pro / Tradingpro212 (clone of FCA authorised firm) (Postcode: n/a)" (Unauthorised); "TRADING212 (clone of authorised firm) (Postcode: na)" (Unauthorised). These entries concern third parties impersonating the authorised firm, not the authorised firm itself.
Statutory register · Financial Conduct Authority · FCA Register — Common Search, unauthorised entries · Check the source
DIGITAL MONEYBOX LIMITED
Not foundNo qualifying source was located within the evidence window. This records what we could not confirm, and carries no inference about the firm.
FREETRADE LIMITED
Not foundNo qualifying source was located within the evidence window. This records what we could not confirm, and carries no inference about the firm.
No qualifying source was located within the evidence window. This records what we could not confirm, and carries no inference about the firm.
MONZO BANK LIMITED
Not foundNo qualifying source was located within the evidence window. This records what we could not confirm, and carries no inference about the firm.
REVOLUT LTD
Not foundNo qualifying source was located within the evidence window. This records what we could not confirm, and carries no inference about the firm.
WISE PAYMENTS LIMITED
Not foundNo qualifying source was located within the evidence window. This records what we could not confirm, and carries no inference about the firm.
Every firm here was asked the same question against the same published standard, and every answer quotes the passage it came from. Where the answers differ, the difference is in the firms’ own documents, not in how we read them.
Darker text marks stronger evidence. A statutory register prints at full strength; a firm’s own marketing prints lighter. The methodology sets out the weightings.