Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)

27 results about this entity

Period: 28 Jul 2021 - 28 Nov 2024

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CMA letter to Monzo about breaching Parts 3, 7, 8 and 12 of the Retail Banking Order

CMA finds breaches of Parts 3, 7, 8 and 12 of the Retail Banking Market Investigation Order 2017 and Monzo has agreed to take action to prevent a recurrence.

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UK lays the groundwork for open finance era with completion of open banking Roadmap

The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has officially confirmed the full completion of the final Roadmap for Open Banking, laying the foundations for the future development of open finance.

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UK challenger banks beat incumbents all-hands down in CMA awards

UK challenger banks once again outshone incumbents in the latest annual banking satisfaction survey conducted by the Competition and Markets Authority.

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Major UK banks broke CMA rules

HSBC, Lloyds, TSB, and AIB have been rebuked by the UK's competition watchdog for failing to meet rules on providing customers with clear and up-to-date information.

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CMA investigates Virgin Money's merger with Nationwide

The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has announced it is considering investigating Nationwide's merger with Virgin Money.

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CMA outlines competition concerns with AI Foundation Models

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has identified key risks to fair competition in AI Foundation Models (FMs), growing concerns as AI rapidly develops in the financial industry.

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Monzo beats all comers in CMA customer satisfaction survey

The Competition and Markets Authority has ranked Monzo as the UK's best bank for personal and business accounts.

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HSBC, TSB and Nationwide upbraided by CMA over transaction history reporting

The Competition and Markets Authority has castigated HSBC, Nationwide and TSB for "significant failures" in transaction history reporting for personal and business customers switching banks.

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CMA charges five banks with bond price rigging

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has provisionally found that 5 major banks – Citi, Deutsche Bank, HSBC, Morgan Stanley and Royal Bank of Canada – each unlawfully shared competitively sensitive information by participating in one or more series of one-to-one conversations in chatrooms.

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CMA opens review into artifical intelligence market

The CMA is opening an initial review of competition and consumer protection considerations in the development and use of AI foundation models.

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Google to offer app store payment options after antitrust probe

Google has moved to placate UK regulators by offering app developers the freedom to break away from Google Play’s billing system and use alternatives to process in-app payments.

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HSBC gets warning for open banking failures

HSBC has once again fallen foul of the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) for publishing inaccurate information through its Open Data APIs.