Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)

815 results about this entity

Period: 02 Sep 2004 - 22 Oct 2025

UK banks to publish financial comparison data in bid to drive up service standards

UK banks will have to inform customers about the quality of service on their websites and in branches, including how often the firm has had to report operational and security incidents and the level of complaints lodged, under new financial comparison rules introduced by the Financial Conduct Authority.

Regulatory bodies consult on creation of Global Financial Innovation Network

The UK's Financial Conduct Authority has collaborated with 11 regulatory bodies from Europe, the Far East and the US on the creation of a Global Financial Innovation Network (GFIN), building on proposales earlier this year to create a cross-jurisidctional fintech sandbox.

FCA to clamp down on misleading currency transfer rates

The UK's Financial Conduct Authority is making good on its promise to clamp down on the marketing and promotion of currency transfer services which promise exchange rates that are unachievable.

FCA to tighten rules for loan-based crowdfunding platforms

The Financial Conduct Authority is updating its loan-based crowdfunding rules in the face of growing complexity and poor practices since it first authorised trading in the market 18 months ago.

FCA to push for minimum interest rate on consumer cash savings

FCA opens a discussion on introducing a basic savings rate in the cash savings market The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today published a Discussion Paper on price discrimination in the cash savings market.

FCA moves to improve competition in the investment platform market

Competition is working well for most consumers using investment platforms, according to interim findings of the Financial Conduct Authority's market study into investment platforms, published today.

The Big Data dilemma

How can we ensure that Big Data does not make us the prisoners of technology? That's the question posed by Charles Randall, chair of the Financial Conduct Authority and Payment System Regulator at a Reuters Newsmaker event in London.

Alliance challenges FCA to do more to support professionalism in UK financial services

A financial services Alliance with a combined global membership of 200,000 is challenging the FCA to do more to support professionalism in UK financial services.

UK regulators turn the heat up on bank IT failures

UK regulators have given British financial firms a three-month deadline to demonstrate their operational resilience in the event of a cyber attack or IT breakdown.

FCA welcomes firms working on crypto-assets to latest sandbox cohort

The Financial Conduct Authority's regulatory sandbox continues to gather momentum, with 29 firms - including some working with crypto-assets - getting the go-ahead to join the initiative's fourth cohort.

UK branch networks continue to shrink but won't disappear - FCA

Despite regular reports of its imminent death, the British bank branch is not going anywhere for some time, suggests a new report from the FCA which says that, even with the rise of mobile banking, physical networks are still crucial in attracting new customers and fending off competitors.

FCA to update rule book to accommodate APP fraud

The UK's Financial Conduct Authority is proposing to update its complaint handling rules to help victims of authorised push payment (APP) scams.