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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched a consultation on potential reforms to the UK Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID). Alongside the Treasury, the regulator is considering reforms to capital markets looking at changes to the UK’s regulatory regime to ensure t

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched its second consultation on introducing the UK Investment Firm Prudential Regime (IFPR) for FCA prudentially-regulated investment firms. The IFPR introduces a new prudential regime for MiFID investment firms regulated by the FCA. It will create a sin

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed that it will be consulting shortly on amendments to its Listing Rules and related guidance to strengthen protections for investors in Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs). The consultation will consider the structural features and enhanced

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched a new campaign to encourage individuals working in financial services to report potential wrongdoing. The campaign, 'In confidence, with confidence', also reminds the individual of the confidentiality processes in place.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published research findings into better understanding investors who engage in high-risk investments like cryptocurrencies and foreign exchange. The findings reveal there is a new, younger, more diverse group of consumers getting involved in higher risk inves

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today announced that it has commenced criminal proceedings against NatWest Plc in respect of offences under the Money Laundering Regulations 2007 (MLR 2007). The FCA alleges that the Royal Bank of Scotland owner failed to adhere to the requirements of r

An investigation has been launched into how £3.3 million has had to be refunded to thousands of savers as a Barrhead-based community bank collapsed two years after auditors cast doubt over its future as a going concern. Pioneer Mutual Credit Union went into insolvency and had failed to provide

The contactless payment limit in shops is to rise to £100. The Treasury has said that the change from the current £45 limit would make transactions easier than ever and would provide a big boost to the UK's struggling retail sector.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched a consultation on how it plans to regulate the pre-paid funeral plans sector.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced five senior appointments to help drive its transformation. Stephanie Cohen will be the FCA’s chief operating officer (COO) while Jessica Rusu will join the FCA’s as its first chief data, information and intelligence officer (CDIIO)

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has obtained High Court Approval to return £3.42 million to compensate victims of a series of unauthorised deposit taking and collective investment schemes. The schemes were run by Samuel and Shantelle Golding and their companies Digital Wealth Limited, al

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today published final guidance clarifying its expectations of firms on the fair treatment of vulnerable customers. The guidance aims to drive improvements in the way firms treat vulnerable consumers so that they are consistently able to achieve outcomes that

There are now 27.7 million adults in the UK with characteristics of vulnerability such as poor health, low financial resilience or recent negative life events in light of the coronavirus pandemic, according to the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) latest Financial Lives survey (FLS). The survey lo

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a report on change and innovation in the unsecured consumer credit market following a Review by its former interim chief executive, Christopher Woolard CBE. The Woolard Review sets out how regulation can better support a healthy market for unsecure

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has asked banks and lenders to reconsider branch closures during the current coronavirus crisis. The watchdog has said banks should consider the impact of bank closures on customers and said that where they are unable to meet the expectations of its Principles F