UK Regulation
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Conduct & Culture
UK financial regulator finds ‘little evidenceʼ credit builder products work
Five financial firms have agreed to stop offering “credit builder” products after a Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) review found little...
Compliance
Lenders have highest number of complaints upheld by financial ombudsman
Lendersʼ rejections of customer complaints about banking, credit and mortgage issues were the most overturned by the Financial Ombudsman Service...
Financial Crime
UK fraud and fincrime information sharing deemed ineffective, clubby
UK information-sharing initiatives aimed at tackling fraud and financial crime have been ineffective. Some firms, wary of falling foul of...
Financial Crime
New rules proposed to combat SMS scams in UK
UK communications regulator Ofcom recently opened a consultation for new rules on how mobile network operators should combat scams perpetrated...
Regulatory Reporting
UK regulators should ‘reimagine’ accountability regime, Coinbase says
UK regulators have been urged to “reimagine” their accountability regime for decentralised financial (DeFi) firms by US-based crypto exchange Coinbase....
Digital Assets
ClearBank: UK regulations shut doors to stablecoin use cases
UK regulations are shutting the door to potential stablecoin use cases in the entertainment, foreign exchange (FX) and payments sectors,...
UK Regulation
Corporate finance firms falling short on fincrime controls checks, finds FCA
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has found that corporate finance firms (CFFs) are falling short on their financial crime control...
Financial Crime
Plans around BritCard in the UK are unclear and may be redundant
Last month, the UK Prime Minister’s Office announced a new digital ID scheme, which it claimed would combat illegal working...
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