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Regulatory Oversight
FCA reminds insurers of Consumer Duty obligations, publishes market studies
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has reminded firms of their Consumer Duty obligations to check that customers understand products,...
Social
Exclusive: FCA spent over £300k on 23 finfluencer-led campaigns
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has spent a total of £313,534 on funding 23 finfluencer-fronted promotional campaigns since January 2023,...
UK Regulation
FCA proposes ‘creditworthiness test’ for buy now, pay later
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is proposing “creditworthiness assessments” for customers of buy now, pay later (BNPL) providers, under...
Regulatory Reform
Bank of England aligns Basel 3.1 start date with strong and simple regime
The Bank of England (BOE) is aligning the start date for its strong and simple regime with the introduction of...
UK Regulation
FCA: firms should tell us before ‘things go wrongʼ
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has urged firms to report financial stress before “things go wrong”, during a webinar it...
Regulatory Oversight
Financial Ombudsman board dismissed CEO after ‘fundamental disagreementsʼ
Abbey Thomas was dismissed from her role as chief executive of the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS), the Treasury Committee has...
UK Regulation
FCA creates dedicated ‘neo-brokerʼ supervision team
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is creating a separate team to supervise firms that are classified as “neo-brokers” under...
Conduct & Culture
Non-financial misconduct rules will drive ‘lawyering up’ of human resources activity
Plans by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to provide guidance on and extend non-financial misconduct rules to non-bank firms...
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