Tag: Financial Conduct Authority
Innovation: The Evolution of the FCA Sandbox
Promoting innovation in financial services has been at the top of the UK’s regulatory agenda over the last years. The UK’s “pro-innovation” regulatory environment...
UK Financial Watchdog’s Plan Includes Crypto & Big Tech
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) revealed on Thursday a three-year strategy plan that will enable the regulator to stop firms that don’t meet...
UK’s FCA Staffed With Interim Chair As Randell Plans Early Departure
Richard Lloyd, senior independent director of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), will serve as the FCA’s interim chair, and Aidene Walsh will be the...
UK Suit Claims Facebook Exploited Personal User Data
Facebook, now known as Meta, faces a fine of over $3.2 billion over allegations that it exploited data and abused its market dominance, Reuters...
British Watchdog Demands More Power Over Crypto
Britain's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) called on Monday, September 6, for powers to govern the online promotion of cryptoassets to combat a flood of...
UK: Regulator cracking down on car dealers’ interest-linked commissions
Britain’s financial watchdog is cracking down on the way car dealers and car finance brokers make commission on sales, a move that it claims...
UK: Regulator to clampdown on certain pension transfer fees
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is proposing a ban on contingent charging and wants to force advisers to demonstrate why their recommended scheme...
UK: Regulators plan “Comprehensive Response” to crypto use
Christopher Woolard of the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has indicated that UK regulators are planning a “comprehensive response” to the illicit adoption of...
UK: Watchdog opens investigation into financial services
Britain’s competition watchdog has opened an investigation into “suspected anti-competitive arrangements” in the financial services sector, reported the Financial Times.
“The case is at an...
UK: Insurance faces price probe
Regulators are to investigate the insurance industry for potential racial bias and discrimination over the data that companies use to set their prices.
The Financial...