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5/23/2025 2:48:39 PM

FCA seeks feedback on proposed mortgage reforms

By Clare Whittle Emily Rainbird

The FCA is inviting stakeholder feedback on proposed reforms to simplify its mortgage framework and support sustainable home ownership...

5/13/2025 4:00:46 PM

Crystal clear: FCA reviews pricing of international payments

By Sara Cody

The FCA has published the results of its review of costs transparency in firms offering money remittance and cross-border payment...

5/7/2025 5:05:58 PM

FCA seeks views on its future cryptoasset regime

By Richard Hay James Morris Simon Treacy

Hot on the heels of the UK government releasing draft legislation to regulate cryptoassets, the Financial Conduct Authority has opened a...

4/30/2025 1:28:41 PM

FCA shares AI themes and launches AI test service

By Fiona Garrahan Sara Cody Simon Treacy

The Financial Conduct Authority is stepping up its work on AI in financial services. The results of its recent AI Sprint show how...

3/26/2025 4:57:20 PM

The FCA is spring cleaning (in its Consumer Duty CfI feedback statement)

By Sara Cody Duncan Campbell

Consultation season is coming, as the FCA publishes a roadmap for regulatory simplification. The FCA has published its feedback statement...

3/25/2025 5:55:22 PM

The FCA's strategy puts financial crime enforcement first

By Duncan Campbell

Interventions and enforcement take a back seat for most of the FCA's 2025-30 strategy. Or do they? The need for speed Yes, the FCA...

3/17/2025 4:16:48 PM

FCA review of customer support – culture, metrics and the removal of sludge

By Sara Cody Duncan Campbell

Journey mapping to identify potential ‘sludge’ and innovative uses of data analytics: just two examples of good practice in the FCA’s...

3/17/2025 4:15:11 PM

FCA guidance on the fair treatment of vulnerable customers – the power of the personal touch

By Sara Cody Duncan Campbell

After the seemingly endless stream of Consumer Duty publications published in the first year after go-live, the apparent pause in recent...

3/12/2025 4:31:02 PM

FCA jettisons a key element of its enforcement transparency proposals - and everyone wins

By Duncan Campbell Sara Cody

The FCA is walking back much of the substance of its enforcement transparency proposals. We've got history Many will recall that its...

2/25/2025 5:18:40 PM

2025 supervisory and enforcement risks for investment advisers: the FCA’s ongoing advice review – why it isn’t ‘job done’ just yet

By Oli Palmer

This is the first blog in a four-part series covering key supervisory and enforcement risks for investment advisers in 2025. A year on...

2/7/2025 9:30:10 AM

House of Lords boxes in FCA over investigations transparency proposals

By Duncan Campbell

The saga continues. After the FCA made its initial proposals to publicise ongoing investigations, uproar ensued. The FCA watered them...

11/28/2024 12:00:48 PM

FCA adjusts its controversial investigations transparency proposals – here’s what you need to know

By Elizabeth Dowd Sara Cody Duncan Campbell

The much-anticipated follow-up to the FCA’s proposals on transparency in enforcement investigations (CP 24/2) has finally landed in the...

11/20/2024 1:03:31 PM

Re-dressing redress: the FCA and FOS joint Call for Input

By Oli Palmer

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) have published a joint Call for Input (CFI) on reforming the...

10/10/2024 3:57:42 PM

Significant Court of Appeal judgment on FCA's redress powers

By Nikunj Kiri Sara Cody Duncan Campbell

The Court of Appeal has published its much anticipated judgment in the BlueCrest v FCA case. For the details, read our briefing note. By...

9/25/2024 11:36:52 AM

Look out! FCA Enforcement "green shoots" incoming

By Duncan Campbell

Here's the tl;dr of Therese Chambers' speech to an AFME conference on 24 September plus the answers to questions she fielded afterwards. ...

9/25/2024 11:19:23 AM

Payments firms face stricter safeguarding standards

By Harry Eddis Richard Hay Frances Hodgkins +5 more...

The Financial Conduct Authority has set out its stall to strengthen safeguarding rules for payments and e-money firms. Firms will need to...

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FCA seeks feedback on proposed mortgage reforms

Crystal clear: FCA reviews pricing of international payments

FCA seeks views on its future cryptoasset regime

FCA shares AI themes and launches AI test service

The FCA is spring cleaning (in its Consumer Duty CfI feedback statement)

The FCA's strategy puts financial crime enforcement first

FCA review of customer support – culture, metrics and the removal of sludge

FCA guidance on the fair treatment of vulnerable customers – the power of the personal touch

FCA jettisons a key element of its enforcement transparency proposals - and everyone wins

2025 supervisory and enforcement risks for investment advisers: the FCA’s ongoing advice review – why it isn’t ‘job done’ just yet

House of Lords boxes in FCA over investigations transparency proposals

FCA adjusts its controversial investigations transparency proposals – here’s what you need to know

Re-dressing redress: the FCA and FOS joint Call for Input

Significant Court of Appeal judgment on FCA's redress powers

Look out! FCA Enforcement "green shoots" incoming

Payments firms face stricter safeguarding standards