Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)

713 results about this entity

Period: 02 Sep 2004 - 14 Aug 2024

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FCA to support net zero aims with TechSprints, sandbox pilots and Green Fintech Challenge

The FCA is coming good on its promise to assist firms to prepare for a changing climate, rolling out a series of innovation programmes to support the transition to a net zero economy.

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FCA to strengthen headcount with new offices in Leeds, Belfast and Cardiff

The Financial Conduct Authority is seeking to extend its influence across the whole of the UK, opening an office in Leeds with at least 100 staff recruited in the first phase and doubling its headcount in Edinburgh to over 200 in the next two years.

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FCA warns retail banks over AML failings

The UK's retail banks have been issued a warning by the Financial Conduct Authority about weaknesses surrounding their financial crime controls.

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Misleading crypto ads to be targeted by UK watchdog

The UK's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is set to issue a crackdown on misleading cryptocurrency advertisements.

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Barclays stops UK card payments to Binance

Barclays has suspended debit and credit card payments from UK customers to Binance, citing recent Financial Conduct Authority action against the crypto exchange.

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FCA warns consumers about doing businesses with unregulated crypto exchange Binance Markets

Binance Markets Limited is not permitted to undertake any regulated activity in the UK.

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Parliamentary Committe calls for change in FCA culture to protect consumers and markets

The Treasury Committee publishes a unanimously-agreed report on the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) regulation of London Capital and Finance plc (LCF).

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Blockpass accepted to FCA regulatory sandbox

We're very excited to be able to reveal that Blockpass has been accepted into the latest cohort of the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA's) regulatory sandbox, a system which enables the ability for businesses to try out revolutionary new solutions in a market ecosystem with real users.

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FCA consults on further climate-related disclosure rules

The FCA has published new proposals on climate-related disclosure rules for listed companies and certain regulated firms.

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Consumer interest in cryptocurrencies grows as understanding of risks declines

New research from the UK's Financial Conduct Authority has found that excitement about the rising valuations attached to cryptocurrencies has firmly penetrated the retail consumer market.

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Valk secures place on FCA sandbox

VALK, the London and Zurich-based creators of a market-leading digital platform designed to enable users to capitalise on a global surge in private trading activity, has secured a prestigious place in the Financial Conduct Authority’s regulatory sandbox.

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FCA extends temporary registration regime for crypto asset providers to March 2022

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is extending the end date of the Temporary Registrations Regime (TRR) for existing cryptoasset businesses from 9 July 2021 to 31 March 2022.