Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)

742 results about this entity

Period: 02 Sep 2004 - 26 Nov 2024

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NextGen: AI – Meet the speakers

Join Finextra at our inaugural London event next month to redefine the role of AI in financial services.

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FCA finds not enough firms have disciplinary policies in place

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) found that the amount of workplace complaints have increased between 2021 and 2023, in its non-financial misconduct survey.

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FCA uses criminal powers in latest crackdown on 'finfluencers'

The FCA is interviewing 20 'finfluencers' under caution who may be touting products illegally, extending its crackdown on financial product promotions via social media personalities

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FCA fines Volkswagen Finance £5.4m over treatment of customers in financial difficulty

The FCA has fined Volkswagen Financial Services (UK) Limited (Volkswagen Finance) £5,397,600 for failing to treat its customers in financial difficulty fairly.

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FCA to open AI Lab

The FCA is launching an AI Lab to work alongside banks, tech firms, academia and consumer groups to explore how AI can be safely and effectively integrated into financial services

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'Woeful' systems and staff incentive schemes land TSB with £10.9 million penalty

The FCA has fined TSB Bank £10,910,500 for failing to ensure customers who were in arrears were treated fairly.

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Starling Bank fined £29m for 'shockingly lax' AML screening

The Financial Conduct Authority has fined Starling Bank £29 million for failings related to its financial sanctions screening.

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FCA and BoE open digital securities sandbox

The UK's two main financial regulators, the Bank of England (BoE) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), have announced the opening of its Digital Securities Sandbox (DSS).

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FCA proposes rules to protect customers when payment firms go bust

The UK's Financial Conduct Authority has proposed rules designed to better protect customers when payments and e-money firms go out of business.

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UK Government and FCA to reform UK retail disclosure rules

The Government and FCA announce plans to reform UK retail disclosure rules, and will temporarily exempt investment trusts from assimilated EU law requirements.

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Despite evidence to the contrary, FCA insists new access to cash rule having 'positive impact'

New rules from the FCA to protect access to cash have come into force and are already having a positive impact in local communities, says the watchdog, adopting a stance which has strained credulity in the wake of Lloyds Bank's latest branch closure programme.

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FCA files first criminal charges against operator of crypto ATM network

The Financial Conduct Authority has filed its first criminal charges against an individual accused of unlawfully running multiple crypto ATMs without FCA registration.