According to Article 6 of the Rules for Internet Account Opening of Futures Companies, the Internet account opening object of futures companies is limited to natural person customers. The natural person should comply with the investor's appropriateness management, that is, the account funds should not be less than 500,000 yuan. Futures companies handle Internet account opening for customers through the futures Internet account opening cloud platform of China Futures Margin Monitoring Center.
When a natural person opens an account online, the futures company shall make a real-time video call with the customer and keep synchronous records, verify the customer's identity, confirm that he has read the transaction risk statement and the customer's instructions, fully understand the customer's situation, and evaluate the customer's risk tolerance.
At the same time, it is required that the futures company should have an internet account opening and return visit mechanism, and the video caller and the customer account opening and return visit personnel should not be the same person. Futures companies and their employees shall not set up illegal business outlets in the name of opening accounts on the Internet.
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Online account opening for futures requires strict identity authentication. When opening an online account, a futures company should conduct an appropriate investigation on its customers, including but not limited to the basic information of customers, such as age, personal occupation and education level. There are also related investment experiences, securities investment experiences and futures investment experiences.
Customer assets, estimated capital entering the market, sources of funds, total annual household income, investable amount, etc. And investment risk preference, expected annual income and expected loss, etc. What kind of service they are willing to receive and what form of investor education they hope to receive.
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