28 Nov, 2024 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...
20 Nov, 2024 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 Oct, 2024 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...
25 Sep, 2024 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. ...
25 Sep, 2024 Payments firms face stricter safeguarding standards By Harry Eddis Richard Hay Frances Hodgkins Arjun Lakhani Olivia Murphy Sam Quicke Bethan Poole Simon Treacy +5 more... Show less The Financial Conduct Authority has set out its stall to strengthen safeguarding rules for payments and e-money firms. Firms will need to...
20 Sep, 2024 Segmentation, vulnerability and blurred lines: the FCA's latest Consumer Duty value messaging By Duncan Campbell The FCA is forming some pretty pointed concerns about firms' value assessments. It has observed that many firms have found them...
17 Sep, 2024 Big moves in the FCA's annual interventions and enforcement data By Duncan Campbell The FCA's annual report and metrics are out. The metrics contain most of what's useful, but as usual the message is hidden in the detail...
05 Sep, 2024 More FCA retail enforcement incoming (if the latest Skilled Persons stats are anything to go by) By Duncan Campbell The latest FCA Skilled Persons (SP) statistics are in, completing the data for the reporting year just gone. We've charted them for you...
31 Jul, 2024 The latest FCA Consumer Duty messaging (frogs and all) By Duncan Campbell Sheldon Mills is talking about frogs again. Small mercies, though: in this latest speech (at an FCA hybrid event on 31 July 2024) he was...
05 Jul, 2024 Labour and the future of financial services regulation and enforcement By Sara Cody The Labour victory on 4 July 2024 represents the first time since 2010 that the party has been given the opportunity to shape the way in...
28 Jun, 2024 Steve Smart on combatting financial crime: talk to each other more! By Duncan Campbell One year after Steve Smart became the FCA's joint executive director of enforcement and market oversight, he has broken his (sort of)...
28 Jun, 2024 Welcome FCA guidance on monitoring under the consumer duty By Sara Cody The FCA has published its findings from a review of larger insurance firms’ approaches to outcomes monitoring under the consumer duty....
28 Jun, 2024 Bridging the Gap – FCA permits the return of GAP insurance By Sara Cody This week, I bought a car. On Monday morning, as I was dotting the ‘i’s and crossing the ‘t’s on the finance documents, the sales...
10 Jun, 2024 FCA fines HSBC £6.2 million for unfair treatment of customers in financial difficulty By Sara Cody Emma Daniel On 23 May 2024, the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) fined HSBC UK Bank plc, HSBC Bank plc and Marks and Spencer Financial Services...
07 Jun, 2024 FCA looks to the future of finance in speech to investment managers By Simon Treacy Premlata Fagan In a globalised industry, having a strong regulatory regime that embraces innovation helps make the case for investing with money...
23 May, 2024 The Citi fat finger fines ... and UI design By Duncan Campbell The PRA's and FCA's Citi fines about algorithmic trading controls - provoked by a 2022 fat finger incident - tell a cautionary tale about...