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4.6 Trade Name [Article 9.1 (f) of the Regulations]

N 35/2018 STA
  1. 4.6.1The Licensed Person’s legal/trade name/trade mark must always contain the word “Exchange”;
  2. 4.6.2The legal/trade name must be approved by the Central Bank;
  3. 4.6.3The Licensed Person must not alter its legal/trade name without obtaining a Letter of No Objection from the Central Bank;
  4. 4.6.4The legal/trade name must not contain any undesirable word that will mislead the customers about the nature of business activities of the Licensed Person;
  5. 4.6.5Some examples of undesirable words are listed below (the list is not exhaustive):
    • •Bank, Financial Institution, Finance, Financing;
    • •Real Estate, Insurance, Investment;
    • •Gold, Silver, Precious Stone, Commodity, Stock, Shares, etc.
  6. 4.6.6The legal/trade name must not infringe the copyrights or intellectual property rights of any other natural or juridical person;
  7. 4.6.7Full legal/trade name of the Licensed Person must be clearly and prominently displayed on the main signage of the licensed premises, letter heads, business cards, transaction receipts and all other marketing/branding materials; and
  8. 4.6.8The name of business partners, such as correspondent banks, remittance partners or the management company must not appear on the main signage of the licensed premises.