Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)

713 results about this entity

Period: 02 Sep 2004 - 14 Aug 2024

FCA offers cloud computing support

The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) says that it sees "no fundamental reason" why the firms it regulates cannot use public cloud services.

FCA invites businesses to play in its regulatory sandbox

The Financial Conduct Authority is set to take the wraps off its regulatory sandbox initiative with the aim of providing a 'safe space' in which businesses can test innovative products without immediately incurring all the normal regulatory consequences of pilot activities.

FCA opens consultation on broadening consumer access to financial advice

On Monday HM Treasury and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will launch a joint consultation exploring what can be done to improve customers’ access to financial advice.

One-in-four P2P lenders withdraw from tougher regulatory regime

Over a quarter (26%) of applications from UK-based peer-to-peer lenders seeking FCA authorisation have been withdrawn, raising concerns over firms’ ability to meet new regulatory requirements, says consultancy Bovill.

FCA and PSR Boards appoint new members to decision-making committees

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) Boards have appointed new members to four decision-making committees: the FCA’s Regulatory Decisions Committee (RDC) and Competition Decisions Committee and the PSR’s Enforcement Decisions Committee (EDC) and Competition Decisions Committee.

FCA authorises Instinet as payment institution

Instinet Europe Limited (Instinet) today announced that it has received regulatory authorisation from the FCA as a Payment Institution.

P2P lenders target UK market ahead of new regulation

The UK could be swamped by P2P lenders after it emerged that more than 100 companies have sought regulatory authorisation while almost 200 are already operating via interim permission from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).

UK banks failing to learn lessons from Libor scandal - FCA

The UK's banks have failed to learn the lessons from a wave of scandals over rigging of financial benchmarks says the Financial Conduct Authority in a damning report on the industry's response to evidence of widescale market abuses.

FCA: Firms making good progress in handling unauthorised transactions

Research into how claims are handled for unauthorised transactions (when a payment is made from a consumer’s account without their consent) found that firms are making good efforts to deliver fair outcomes for consumers.

Easing regulation

Victoria Raffe, former Director of Authorisations at FCA speaks about the improved political, regulatory and funding conditions for starting a bank and whether customers will actually be willing to switch to these new institutions.

UK opts out of European online payments security guidelines

The UK is one of just three countries that has declined to sign up to new European guidelines designed to make online payments more secure.

BlueSnap granted EU payment institution license by FCA

Global payment gateway BlueSnap, one of the leading international payment solutions providers for the card-not-present marketplace, announced today that it has been granted a license by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) as a Payment Institution under the Payment Services Directive.