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März 2025 Geldbußen in Höhe von 395.000 Euro gegen die AKBANK AG festgesetzt. Der Sanktion lagen Verstöße gegen § 83 Absatz 5 Wertpapierhandelsgesetz (WpHG) in Verbindung mit Artikel 76 Absatz 8 der Delegierten Verordnung (EU) 2017/565 sowie Artikel 16 Absatz 2 Satz 1 der Marktmissbrauchsverordnung (Market Abuse Regulation – MAR) zugrunde. Die AKBANK AG hatte ihre Kundinnen und Kunden nicht darüber informiert, dass eine Kopie der Aufzeichnungen von Telefongesprächen über einen Zeitraum von fünf Jahren zur Verfügung stehen wird. Zudem hatte die AKBANK AG keine wirksamen Regelungen, Systeme und Verfahren zur Aufdeckung von verdächtigen Aufträgen und Geschäften geschaffen. Das Unternehmen kann gegen den Bußgeldbescheid Einspruch einlegen. Aktualisierung (25.04.2025): Der Bußgeldbescheid ist rechtskräftig.\n\n[original (German)]\n\nAnnouncement on administrative fines relating to failure to provide information on the retention period for telephone recordings and failure to establish effective arrangements against insider trading and market manipulation On 31 March 2025, BaFin imposed administrative fines amounting to EUR 395,000 on AKBANK AG. The sanction was imposed due to contraventions of section 83 (5) of the German Securities Trading Act (Wertpapierhandelsgesetz – WpHG) in conjunction with Article 76(8) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/565 as well as Article 16 (2)(1) of the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR). AKBANK AG had failed to inform its customers that it was retaining copies of recordings of telephone conversations for a period of 5 years. Furthermore, AKBANK AG had not established any effective arrangements, systems or procedures for detecting and reporting suspicious orders and transactions. 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