Midas, one of Turkey’s largest brokerage firms, Capital Markets Council He was sentenced to a huge fine by the (CMB). The investigation found that Midas broke 10 rules. For these violations, the stockbroker 27.7 million TL will pay a fine.
Statement regarding Midas, CMBs “2024-2014” it stated in its bulletin No. CMB said: “As a result of the investigation conducted by Midas Menkul DeÄŸerler AÅž, it has been decided to apply the administrative fines in the table below.” and a table was shared. In this table, Midas’ 10 violations and administrative fines for these violations.
These are the violations that caused Midas to be fined TL 27.7 million

Reason for violation |
Fines applied |
System backup of the stock exchange company’s order transmission system does not meet the requirements set by legislation |
5,833,734 TL |
Disruptions occurred in the information system infrastructure of the brokerage firm on various dates |
1,944,578 TL |
Opening accounts and carrying out transactions for clients by entering into a contractual relationship without address confirmation by the brokerage firm |
3,000,000 TL |
Enabling customers to open accounts and carry out transactions by entering into a contractual relationship without making a video call, which is mandatory when opening an account through remote identification by the brokerage firm. |
4,500,000TL |
Accepting documents that do not comply with the legislation when opening accounts carried out by the brokerage firm with remote identification |
1,500,000 TL |
Failure to comply with the obligation to use NFC (near field communication) technology when opening accounts through remote identification by the brokerage firm |
1,000,000 TL |
Failure by the brokerage firm to fulfill its obligation to conduct suitability assessments for its clients |
4,500,000TL |
Violating the law in the use of time stamping by the brokerage firm |
1,500,000 TL |
Acting contrary to legislation in the shares and statements that the brokerage firm makes via its social media accounts |
3,000,000 TL |
Detecting shortcomings in the internal control system of the listed company |
1,000,000 TL |
TOTAL |
27,778,312 TL |
CMB’s bulletin number “2024-14” here can be accessed via the link.
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