Tag: UK
UK Regulator Puts Scandal-Plagued Credit Suisse Under the Microscope
The UK Financial Conduct Authority has put Credit Suisse on a watchlist of companies needing tougher supervisions, a Financial Times (FT) report says.
According to...
UK Government Pushes For Crypto Sandbox, Stablecoin Regulation
The UK will start live testing crypto blockchain technology in financial markets activities such as trading and settlement as part of the drive to...
UK Looks Into Apple, Google’s Mobile Browser Dominance
Britain's competition watchdog said it was planning to investigate the market dominance of Apple and Google's mobile browsers, as well as the iPhone maker's restrictions...
UK’s Howden Buys US TigerRisk For $1.6B
British insurance firm Howden has bought US reinsurance broker TigerRisk Partners to create a firm with an enterprise value of over $13 billion, it...
UK Watchdog To Directly Oversee Amazon, Microsoft Cloud Services
The UK Treasury released a policy paper on Wednesday (June 8) proposing a new regulatory framework that would provide the Bank of England (BoE) and the Financial...
UK Looks To Attract Big Tech
In April, the UK government announced a new plan to make the U.K. a global crypto hub with, among other things, a friendly regulatory...
UK Regulator Finds Illegal Price-Fixing Of Soccer Jerseys
Britain's biggest sportswear retailer JD Sports and rival Elite Sports broke competition law by fixing the retail prices of certain branded clothing products of Rangers...
UK To Close Online Advertising Consultation Eyeing Stricter Rules
Google, Meta, TikTok and other companies in the online advertising industry may face a new regulatory landscape in the United Kingdom as a result...
UK Government Wants Bank of England to Regulate at-Risk Stablecoins
The UK government announced a few months ago that it wanted to lure the crypto community with a regulatory-friendly environment and the government took...
UK’s CMA Grounds Helicopter Deal
CHC must unwind its completed acquisition of Babcock’s oil and gas offshore helicopter services to address competition concerns.
This decision by the Competition and Markets...
