Tag: Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
FCA takes action on debt packaging firms following review
A review by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) on the practices of debt packager companies has led to six firms stopping providing regulated debt advice.
FCA provides warnings to banks over money laundering failings
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued warning letters to retail banks due to ongoing weaknesses and failings around their financial crime controls.
Regulatory trio unveil plan to bolster diversity and inclusion in financial...
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and the Bank of England (BofE) has launched a paper aiming to boost diversity and inclusion in finance.
FCA warns cryptocurrency companies are failing to meet UK AML requirement
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has said a ‘significantly high’ amount of cryptocurrency firms are not meeting UK requirements on money laundering prevention.
NatWest to block cryptocurrency payments following earlier FCA warning
UK retail bank NatWest will not accept payments in cryptocurrencies, according to the company’s head of risk Morten Friis.
FCA launches insider trading case against former Goldman Sachs employee
The UK's financial markets watchdog has commenced criminal proceedings against a former Goldman Sachs analyst and his brother, accusing them of insider trading.
FCA gives disgraced fund manager Neil Woodford stark warning after he...
The UK's top financial markets watchdog has warned disgraced fund manager Neil Woodford that his announced comeback is reliant on him passing a character assessment.
27.7 million adults in the UK financially vulnerable after Covid-19 –...
The UK’s top financial markets watchdog has found that 27.7 million people in the country have been left in a financially vulnerable state in the coronavirus aftermath.
Lanistar faces problems with layoffs, late wages and low employee morale...
Lanistar has been accused of failing to pay its workers on time, suffering from low staff morale, postponing launches, mishandling influencer contracts and of making many employees redundant.
The FCA and the FRC remind companies that extended financial information...
The measures put in place to ensure regulated businesses have enough time to publish audited financial reports are still valid, remind two UK regulators.