Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) - News, Articles & Research

Regulatory bodies open global sandbox

An international network of financial regulatory bodies is calling for applications from firms wishing to test innovative financial products, services or business models across more than one country or jurisdiction.

31 January 2019

Company announcement/regulation

B2C2 wins FCA authorisation

B2C2, one of the largest cryptocurrency liquidity providers and the leader in electronic OTC trading, today announced that its UK subsidiary, B2C2 OTC Ltd, is now authorised and regulated by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority to arrange and deal in Contracts for Difference (CFDs) with eligible counterparties and professional clients.

31 January 2019

Company announcement/regulation

FCA consults on cryptoassets guidance

The FCA is today consulting on guidance, which, once finalised, will set out the cryptoasset activities it regulates.

23 January 2019

Company announcement/regulation

UK Government and FCA respond to Treasury Committee’s Crypto-assets report

The Treasury Committee publishes Government and Financial Conduct Authority Responses to Crypto-assets report.

20 December 2018

Company announcement/regulation

FCA publishes new rule on APP fraud complaints

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today published new rulesallowing victims of Authorised Push Payment (APP) fraud to complain to the payment services provider (PSP) receiving their payment.

14 December 2018

Company announcement/regulation

Ascent RegTech boils down FCA Handbook

Ascent RegTech announced today that it has formalized an ongoing collaboration with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) with the purpose of componentizing the FCA Handbook.

11 December 2018

News

UK bank IT failures have more than doubled in the past year

Technology outages at UK financial services firms have more than doubled over the past year, according to data compiled by the Financial Conduct Authority.

27 November 2018

Company announcement/regulation

Sopra Steria wins application maintenance contract with FCA

Sopra Steria is today announcing a new engagement which will see it provide application maintenance services across all the major systems at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).

20 November 2018

Company announcement/regulation

Speech: FCA's Christopher Woolard on the Cryptoassets Taskforce

Ten years on. Cast your minds back to 2008. For many of us, the defining event of that year was the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the moment when the enormity of the financial crisis was brought home.

20 November 2018