Central Bank investigating Irish influencer's promotion of unregulated trading platform T4Trade

Jonathan Finlay, known online as Nasti_2k, promoted an offshore trading platform to thousands of followers without financial authorisation, prompting a regulatory review

 Jonathon Finlay, also known as nasti_2k at an SSE Airtricity Men's Premier Division match between St Patrick's Athletic and Bohemians  last year. Picture: Tyler Miller/Sportsfile

The Central Bank of Ireland is looking into a matter concerning Irish influencer and content creator Jonathan Finlay, who has promoted an unregulated trading platform to thousands of online followers.

Boasting more than 260,000 followers on Instagram and 586,000 on TikTok, Mr Finlay, who also goes by Nasti_2k online, has made a name for himself in recent years by posting food reviews and luxury lifestyle content.