19 Aug, 2024 FCA fines auditor for failing to flag fraud suspicions By Sara Cody Simon Treacy The Financial Conduct Authority has fined PwC £15 million for failing to report its reasonable belief that London Capital & Finance (LCF)...
09 Feb, 2024 FCA encourages boards to question what they do to tackle financial crime By Simon Treacy A key pillar of the FCA’s current three-year strategy is to reduce and prevent financial crime. In an update at the midpoint of executing...
24 Jan, 2024 Payments in 2024 #3 – Fighting back: A milestone year for tackling payment fraud By Harry Eddis Frances Hodgkins Arjun Lakhani Olivia Murphy Bethan Poole Simon Treacy +3 more... Show less Fraud is the most common crime in England and Wales. Not only are payment service providers on the front line when it comes to preventing...
20 Dec, 2023 The PSR's final decision on fighting APP scams has landed By Olivia Murphy The Payment Systems Regulator's policy statement on its new reimbursement requirement for victims of APP fraud has landed right before...
23 Nov, 2023 Three ways in which the Future of Payments Report could change UK payments By Simon Treacy Saurabh Gupta In the summer the government commissioned an independent review of the UK payments industry. Now that the report has landed we pick out...
22 Jun, 2021 Payer beware! Standard of Care or Reasonable Basis for Belief? By Linklaters It is a sad fact that there is always someone out their looking for opportunities to scam those who (we hope) less savvy than us. With...
19 May, 2021 In the fight against financial fraud, the FCA is turning up the heat on firms By Clare McMullen Protecting consumers from harm at the hands of financial fraudsters has long been a real headache for the FCA: there is understandable...