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  • Tuesday, 29 October, 2024
    UK consumer credit
    Banks warn UK Treasury of risk of sector turmoil after car finance ruling

    Lenders meet government officials and regulators over fallout from court judgment on ‘secret’ auto loan commissions

    Selection of secondhand BMW cars for sale in a garage forecourt, UK
  • Monday, 28 October, 2024
    Wise
    Wise chief executive fined £350,000 over ‘tax issues’

    UK financial regulator says Kristo Käärmann breached conduct rules but clears him to continue in his job

    Kristo Käärmann is posing for a portrait. He is wearing a blue T-shirt with the company's logo
  • Thursday, 24 October, 2024
    Bullying and harassment claims rise across City, regulator finds

    Increase in reports of incidents could point to better culture rather than worse conditions, FCA says

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  • Monday, 21 October, 2024
    Volkswagen AG
    VW fined by UK regulator for treatment of customers in financial trouble

    Carmaker’s lending arm hit with £5.4mn penalty and agrees to pay £21.5mn to 110,000 borrowers

    The image shows the logo of the Financial Conduct Authority prominently displayed on a wall.
  • Thursday, 17 October, 2024
    UK financial regulation
    UK plans to place ‘buy now, pay later’ lenders under FCA rules

    New regulation would allow finance watchdog to apply tests on affordability

    People walk past a shop with an advert for Klarna
  • Thursday, 10 October, 2024
    UK financial regulation
    TSB fined £11mn for mistreating customers — including a dead one

    UK FCA says lender’s ‘woeful systems and controls’ exposed struggling clients to risk of harm

    TSB sign hanging outside a branch in London, England
  • Tuesday, 8 October, 2024
    FCA pledges to reduce barriers for specialist trading companies

    Watchdog’s chief urges UK to take ‘a new mindset towards risk’

    FCA sign in London
  • Monday, 7 October, 2024
    Whistleblower demands apology from FCA over ‘inaccurate’ report

    Regulator remains under scrutiny after chair Ashley Alder refused to quit over the controversy

    The image shows the interior of the Financial Conduct Authority head office in London, featuring prominent signage for the FCA. The office space includes glass railings, an orange accent wall, and a staircase, with an auditorium visible in the background.
  • Thursday, 3 October, 2024
    UK financial regulation
    Martin Lewis leads call for UK chancellor to prioritise financial inclusion at FCA

    Consumer champion and former FCA chair among signatories in letter to Rachel Reeves

    Martin Lewis from Money Saving Expert speaking
  • Wednesday, 2 October, 2024
    Starling Bank Ltd
    Starling Bank fined £29mn over ‘shockingly lax’ crime controls

    FCA says lender’s efforts to identify potential money laundering ‘did not keep pace’ with its growth

  • Thursday, 26 September, 2024
    UK financial regulation
    Reeves to tell UK financial watchdog to prove it will support growth

    Chancellor wants the Financial Conduct Authority to demonstrate it will back expansion of financial services

    Chancellor Rachel Reeves
  • Thursday, 26 September, 2024
    FCA chair says he will not quit over whistleblower mishandling

    Campaigners accuse UK financial regulator of hypocrisy after internal ruling cleared him of wrongdoing

    Ashley Alder
  • Monday, 23 September, 2024
    FCA chair cleared of wrongdoing over whistleblowing investigation

    Ashley Alder forwarded correspondence that included name and details of complainant

    Ashley Alder
  • Friday, 20 September, 2024
    Investment trusts
    Fee rule changes to boost UK investment trusts

    Exemption from cost disclosures to make the products more attractive to both institutions and customers

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  • Thursday, 19 September, 2024
    Financial & markets regulation
    AI risks making some people ‘uninsurable’, warns UK watchdog

    FCA’s Nikhil Rathi says insurance sector should still ‘experiment’ with the technology

    Nikhil Rathi
  • Wednesday, 18 September, 2024
    Banking & Savings
    UK regulator pushes banks to give savers better value even as rates fall

    FCA warns it will take action against any lenders that flout rules to protect depositors

    Signs outside high street lenders
  • Tuesday, 10 September, 2024
    Investing in funds
    Britons have £430bn of excess cash savings, research finds

    Report by Barclays highlights risk of potentially missing out on higher returns from investment

  • Tuesday, 10 September, 2024
    UK financial regulation
    UK regulator charges man with unlawfully running crypto ATMs

    Move by Financial Conduct Authority marks first criminal prosecution for activity widely used for money laundering

    The Financial Conduct Authority offices
  • Friday, 6 September, 2024
    FT WealthSally Hickey
    Wealthy families already know they must look beyond ESG to their ‘legacy’

    New regulations governing fund ratings will help, but there are other ways to navigate the confusion

    Blocks arranged in a pyramid-like structure, with three blocks at the base labeled ‘E’ for Environment, ‘S’ for Social, and ‘G’ for Governance
  • Thursday, 5 September, 2024
    Financial & markets regulation
    FCA shows its teeth with record rise in criminal charges

    UK financial regulator also takes tough approach on crypto asset registrations

    Nikhil Rathi, FCA chief executive
  • Wednesday, 28 August, 2024
    Whistleblowing
    City whistleblower sacked after raising China spy concerns wins £560,000

    Former compliance officer was unfairly dismissed after complaining to FCA over visa for alleged Chinese agent

  • Wednesday, 28 August, 2024
    UK insurance industry
    FCA to probe potential rip-offs in UK pure protection insurance market

    Financial regulator to examine whether customers receive poor value for products such as critical illness cover

    The FCA’s logo at its building in east London
  • Friday, 23 August, 2024
    FCA chair accused of breaching whistleblower’s confidentiality

    UK financial watchdog has own stringent rules around treatment of employees who reveal wrongdoing

    Signage for the Financial Conduct Authority, featuring large red letters ‘FCA’ and the words ‘FINANCIAL CONDUCT AUTHORITY’ on a white background.
  • Tuesday, 20 August, 2024
    Business InsightPatrick Jenkins
    H2O vs FCA: a case study in not moving on from a scandal

    Regulators must show pragmatism as well as toughness but playing legal mediator, rather than policeman, looks odd

    H20 logo
  • Friday, 16 August, 2024
    News in-depthH2O Asset Management
    Secret superyacht trips and fake documents: how H2O tried to cover up a scandal

    UK watchdog accused firm of misleading it over ties to financier Lars Windhorst

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