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People could benefit from the convenience of contactless payment when making larger payments, which is being consulted on by the FCA

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is providing clarity around workplace savings schemes so employers and savings providers can offer them with greater confidence.

The FCA revealed it has received almost 5,000 fake FCA scam reports in the first half of 2025.

Scammers aim to steal money by getting people to hand over funds or sensitive information, such as bank account PINs and passwords.

The FCA has today approved the London Stock Exchange to operate a PISCES platform, a new type of private stock market.

Consumers will be better protected when they use payment firms, with the introduction of FCA new rules to protect their money from May 2026

Firms will soon be able to give retail consumers access crypto ETNs under changes announced by the FCA

Lenders’ online and in-app application processes can help prospective borrowers understand what they’re signing up for, a review by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has found. However, improvements could be made to these digital processes, so consumers are able to make informed decisions about their finances.

Liam Coleman has been appointed interim chair of the Financial Ombudsman Service. He will take up the role on 10 October 2025.

FCA Mortgage Rules are being updated to make it easier for borrowers to remortgage, shorten […]

The Bank of England FCA MoU review confirms that their supervisory cooperation for financial market […]

Buy now pay later (BNPL) borrowers will benefit from key protections in place for other types of lending, under proposals put forward by the FCA

Stripped back rules will make it easier for companies to raise the money they need to grow, supporting the UK’s leading capital markets

The FCA’s annual report sets out how it has used data and technology to crack down on harm in financial services.

FCA is planning to review its client categorisation rules to unlock more opportunities for wealthy investors and support capital markets

Ziglu applied to court to place it into special administration because they concluded that the firm was insolvent

The FCA has fined Monzo Bank Ltd £21,091,300 for its inadequate anti-financial crime systems and controls

Millions more people could get help navigating their financial lives with support on pensions and investments, under proposals announced today by the FCA

Sarah Pritchard has been appointed deputy chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced the final rules for its Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System (PISCES)

The FCA has announced that firms will have the opportunity to experiment with AI using NVIDIA accelerated computing and NVIDIA AI Enterprise Software

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is proposing to lift the ban on offering crypto exchange traded notes (cETNs) to retail investors

The FCA have joined forces to protect social media users from illegal financial promotions by rogue finfluencers

The FCA has published proposals for issuing stablecoins, crypto custody and financial resilience of cryptoasset firms

The FCA has appointed David Geale as permanent Executive Director for Payments and Digital Finance and Managing Director of the Payment Systems Regulator

The FCA want to make it easier, faster and cheaper for borrowers to make changes to their mortgage

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is seeking views on the future regulation of specific cryptoasset activities

The FCA is seeking views from firms about how its live AI testing service can help them to deploy safe and responsible AI

The FCA is proposing streamlining the rules on the types of funds investment firms must hold to absorb losses and maintain financial resilience

The FCA is establishing a presence in the United States (US) and Asia-Pacific (APAC) for the first time.

HM Treasury has announced the reappointment of Nikhil Rathi as Chief Executive of the FCA for a second term. 

The FCA will make it easier for firms to test innovative products and support new firms applying for regulatory approval as part of its work programme

The FCA is proposing reforms to its regime for alternative asset managers, to make it easier for firms to enter the market, grow, compete and innovate.

The FCA has launched a new 5-year strategy to deepen trust, rebalance risk, support growth and improve lives.

The FCA is looking at whether removing or increasing the contactless limit could benefit consumers, merchants and economic growth

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has set out steps it will take to improve access to mortgages.

Just 4-in-10 vulnerable customers say they have disclosed their needs to their financial services provider,

The use of digital wallets has rapidly grown in recent years with the proportion of […]

Nearly 20,000 financial promotions were withdrawn or amended in 2024 following intervention from the FCA […]

Coinbase has obtained its VASP registration in the UK. Issued by the FCA, this will […]

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has set out proposals to make it easier for listed […]

Open banking is a UK success story with over 11.7 million active users and over […]

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has set out plans to simplify the information supplied to […]

Proposals for a new platform – The Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System (PISCES) […]

Clear Street (“Clear Street”, “the Company”), a cloud-native financial technology firm on a mission to […]

According to the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) latest research on consumer attitudes and behaviours towards […]

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Barclays £40 million in total for its failure […]

Revolut, the global fintech with over 10 million UK customers and over 45 million globally, […]

Financial firms and financial market infrastructures (FMIs), such as payment systems, have become increasingly reliant […]

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Metro Bank PLC (Metro) £16,675,200. Between June 2016 […]

GTN, a global fintech redefining investing and trading for all, is proud to announce that […]

The FCA has banned Steven Hodgson and Paul Adams of Vintage Investment Services (Vintage) from […]

The FCA and PSR Boards have appointed Alison Potter as chair of the FCA’s Regulatory […]

Online Payment Platform Ltd (OPP), a specialised payment service provider for platforms and marketplaces is […]

The FCA has fined Mr Käärmann, the CEO of Wise plc and senior manager of […]

20 finfluencers are being interviewed under caution by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), as it […]

The Bank of England, in partnership with UK Finance, the financial sector and the other […]

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Starling Bank Limited £28,959,426 for financial crime failings […]

ComplyCrypto Depository Limited is pleased to announce that the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) approved its […]

Use of payments firms has grown in recent years, but the FCA says it continues […]

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published its Annual Report, which shows significant improvements in […]

In a new report, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) encourages account providers to do more […]

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) intends to launch a market study into how pure protection […]

In a report published today, the FCA set out issues with information sharing between insurers […]

Pensions savers stand to benefit from a new proposed framework designed to shift the focus […]

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is set to base a further 100 of its workforce […]

Proposals for new public offers and admissions to trading regime  Key to the package are […]

CB Payments Limited (CBPL) has been fined £3,503,546 by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for […]

Banks and building societies will need to weigh up if local communities lack access to […]

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has told financial firms – including banks, payment firms and […]

The Payments Systems Regulator (PSR) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) are seeking views on the […]

In rules published today, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has set out a simplified listings […]

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined HSBC UK Bank plc, HSBC Bank plc and […]

SALT is proud to announce that it has received regulatory approval from the Financial Conduct […]

Ahead of the anti-greenwashing rule coming into force on 31 May, the Financial Conduct Authority […]

New research from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has found that while many are struggling […]

The Bank of England (the Bank) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) (collectively the ‘regulators’) are […]

Moneyhub, the leading provider of Open Banking, Open Finance and Financial Wellness solutions to the […]

The Centre for Finance, Innovation and Technology (CFIT) today publishes a report setting out the […]

Volt, the global real-time payments platform, has secured an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) licence from […]

Consumers will be encouraged to shop around for a better savings rate in a new […]

Issuer processing powerhouse Enfuce today announces it has secured an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) licence […]

Englebert, a cutting-edge regulatory services firm with a cumulative experience of over three decades in […]

The regulator is unlikely to display leniency towards inadequately prepared payments and e-money companies, according […]

Elwood Technologies LLP (“Elwood” or “the Company”), a leading software-as-a-service (“SaaS”) platform that provides institutional-grade […]

Following its publication in November last year of a package of measures to support the […]

Payhawk, the global spend management solution, is now a licensed Electronic Money Institution (EMI) in […]

The code is owned and maintained by the ICMA. In 2022, the FCA appointed the […]

Nikhi Rathi, the chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), has warned that banks […]

Moneyhub, the award winning top 100 global fintech, has been granted permission to provide Credit […]

The Bank of England (the Bank), Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) […]

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has proposed new rules to maintain reasonable access to cash […]

At a time of year when many households feel a festive squeeze on their finances, […]

Crypto.com, trusted by more than 80 million customers worldwide and the industry leader in regulatory […]

The FCA has confirmed a substantial package of measures to improve the trust and transparency […]

Klarna, the AI-powered payments network and shopping assistant, has been authorised by the UK’s Financial […]

OneMarketData, LLC today announced that the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has selected OneTick Surveillance to […]

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Bank of England (the Bank) are today requesting […]

New research from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) shows that there has been a significant […]

Viva.com Group, a leading European cloud-based neobank, has received E-Money Institution authorisation for its UK […]

Wagestream, the financial wellbeing provider backed by charities, VCs and BlackRock, has acquired challenger credit card […]

The FCA has confirmed new measures to support leaseholders in the multi-occupancy buildings insurance market. […]

In consultation papers published today, the financial regulators have set out proposals to boost diversity […]

To help people to make informed decisions to save, invest and borrow with confidence, the […]

Qover, leader in embedded insurance orchestration, proudly announces the successful granting of a Financial Conduct […]

In 2017, the FCA published its Asset Management Market Study, which found evidence of weak […]

With summer in full swing, the FCA launches its latest campaign to help consumers spot […]

CFIT, the Centre for Finance, Innovation and Technology, today announced that its initial ‘Open Finance […]

The Financial Conduct Authority has moved quickly to make changes to its rulebook to support […]

Industry watchdog The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has written to banks that lend to UK companies […]

Knowledge Bank, the UK’s largest and most comprehensive database of lending criteria, today turns on […]

Those marketing cryptoassets to UK consumers will need to introduce a cooling-off period for first […]

The Joint Regulatory Oversight Committee (JROC) has set out an ambitious programme of work to […]

British fintech payments company PayFuture is today announcing it has been granted an agent Electronic […]

Financial Conduct Authority Chief Executive Nikhil Rathi has been in Belfast meeting with representatives from […]

With fewer than 90 days to go until the start of the Consumer Duty the Financial Conduct Authority […]

The Joint Regulation Oversight Committee (JROC), a collaboration between the FCA, PSR, HMT, and CMA, […]

This morning, the Joint Regulatory Oversight Committee (JROC), which is made up of HM Treasury, […]

London-based company NayaOne has been awarded the highly sought-after Digital Sandbox tender by the Financial […]

The FCA has taken urgent steps with the High Court to successfully appoint Interim Managers (the High Court appointed Shane Crooks, Mark Shaw and Emma Sayers […]

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed final mortgage guidance, setting out the ways mortgage […]

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has used its powers to inspect several sites in East […]

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is seeking views on what regulatory change might help the UK’s asset management industry innovate, […]

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has used its powers to enter and inspect several sites […]

Moneyhub, the award-winning Open Data platform and alpha partner to the Pensions Dashboards Programme (PDP) […]

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) required firms to amend or remove 8,582 promotions during 2022 […]

The FCA initially consulted on a ban in November 2021 after identifying a lack of adequate […]

Nova Credit UK, a wholly owned subsidiary of Nova Credit, has received the requisite scope […]

The FCA has fined Al Rayan Bank PLC (Al Rayan) £4,023,600 for failing to put […]

LHV UK  (or the ‘Company’) announces it will today start issuing Small Medium Enterprise (‘SME’) loans […]

The FCA has fined Santander UK Plc (Santander) £107,793,300 after it found serious and persistent […]

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) should make philanthropy advice training mandatory for financial advisors and introduce […]

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has warned stock trading app operators to review design features, […]

Data published today shows that the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) intervened to amend or withdraw […]

At the Lord Mayor’s City Banquet at Mansion House, Nikhil Rathi, Chief Executive of the […]

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Gatehouse Bank Plc £1,584,100 for significant weakness in […]

At City and Financial Global’s ‘The Future of UK Financial Services Regulation’ Summit, Sarah Pritchard, […]

Crypto.com, the world’s fastest growing cryptocurrency platform, announced today it has received regulatory approval from […]

HM Treasury has today announced the appointment of Ashley Alder as the new Chair of […]

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has appointed six directors as it expands its headcount to […]

Nils Bulling, Head of Strategic Innovation, Ecosystem & Digital Assets at Avaloq, responds to the FCA’s […]

Banks and building societies will need to assess the impact of changes to their services, […]

The FCA is to use new powers to more swiftly cancel or change what regulated […]

New research from the FCA has found that nearly half (47%) of investors would fail […]

A recent review conducted by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), and published online today, has […]

The FCA has released a new report unveiling their strategy for the next three years, […]

UK impact neobank Novus has been accepted into an ongoing initiative created by the Financial […]

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) secures changes to potentially unfair and unclear terms in the […]

FCA actions in 2021 resulted in financial organisations in the UK being fined £568 million […]

More than three-quarters of businesses (77%) are concerned that they will lose customers following the […]

The FCA has fined HSBC Bank plc (HSBC) £63,946,800 for failings in its anti-money laundering […]

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has appointed Stephen Braviner Roman as General Counsel and as a member of its Executive Committee […]

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has spent over £5 million on new laptops and mobile […]

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) regulatory body has selected the Aiimi Insight Engine to deliver its new […]

The Financial Conduct Authority has refreshed its ESG (Environment Social and Governance) Strategy, to help […]

The Financial Conduct Authority has fined Credit Suisse over £147 million for serious financial crime […]

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued new guidance to companies operating a remote or hybrid […]

The consumer investments market accounts for £1.6 trillion held or invested by consumers through the […]

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), and Bank of England (“the regulators”) […]

EML Payments Limited (ASX: EML) (S&P/ASX 200) is providing the following update regarding the pending acquisition of […]

Research published by the FCA estimates that 2.3 million adults now hold cryptoassets (up from 1.9 million last year). 78% of adults have […]

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has sent 4,430 of its employees on compulsory cyber and […]

The FCA has today set out plans for a new Consumer Duty, which will set […]

Crypto firms in the UK must submit annual financial crime reports to the FCA. Following […]

Around 60,000 FCA-regulated firms in the UK will need to be SMCR compliant this week, […]

Doorstep lender, Provident, are the latest large firm to try to cap their compensation for […]