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UK Regulation
FCA ditching PPI mis-selling rule in insurance sourcebook overhaul
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) today proposed scrapping a consumer protection rule introduced in the wake of the £38...
Regulatory Reporting
Bank of England proposes scrapping building societies sourcebook
The Bank of England (BoE) is consulting on scrapping the Building Societies Sourcebook (BSOCS), which outlines the rules governing building...
Retail
Point-of-need financial services boosting growth for SMEs
Embedded finance — the process of integrating financial services into non-financial processes — is helping small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)...
Retail
Challenger banks united in call for support from regulators to scale up
Challenger banks need dedicated support from regulators if they are to scale up beyond their initial success, David Jarvis, CEO...
Retail
No payment left behind
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and individuals currently bear the brunt of problems around cross-border transactions so global cooperation, including...
UK Regulation
Targeted support integral to ISA overhaul, says City minister
Savers will need support to shift money into investments, Emma Reynolds, economic secretary to HM Treasury, told lawmakers last week,...
UK Regulation
UK government greenlights small pot consolidation, Pensions Regulator promises new toolkit
The UK government is moving forward with plans that will see small pension pots belonging to workers automatically consolidated. UK...
Financial Crime
Firms failing to grasp domestic payments’ sanctions risk
Firms’ inadequate customer due diligence processes have translated into a failure to grasp that their domestic payments activity may be...
