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Futu Receives Investigation Notice and Administrative Penalty Pre-Notification Letter from the China Securities Regulatory Commission

May 22, 2026 9:13 AM EDT

HONG KONG, May 22, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Futu Holdings Limited ("Futu" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: Futu), today announced that the Company received a Notice of Investigation and an Administrative Penalty Pre-Notification Letter from the China Securities Regulatory Commission and its Shenzhen bureau (collectively the "CSRC") in connection with the Company's operations in mainland China.

The CSRC states that certain Futu entities in mainland China and Hong Kong (the "Related Companies"), without obtaining the requisite licenses or approval, conducted securities business, public fund sales business and futures business in mainland China, in violation of the... More