Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) - News, Articles & Research

Company announcement/regulation

FCA to seek views on raising contactless limit to £100

The FCA is publishing an update on issues relating to mortgages, consumer credit, banking and payments during coronavirus.

27 January 2021

News/crypto

FCA warns consumers about crypto investing amid bitcoin wild ride

The Financial Conduct Authority has warned investors that they should be prepared to lose all their money if they take on speculative punts in cryptocurrency markets.

11 January 2021

News/regulation

FCA Covid-19 resilience tests show 4000 firms at risk of failure

The UK's Financial Conduct Authority has identified four thousand regulated firms at low financial resilience and at heightened risk of failure as a result of the economic downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

07 January 2021

Company announcement/regulation

FCA fines Charles Schwab UK £8.96 million over safeguarding and compliance failures

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Charles Schwab UK Ltd (CSUK) £8.96 million for failing to adequately protect client assets, carrying out a regulated activity without permission and making a false statement to the FCA.

21 December 2020

Company announcement/sustainable

FCA introduces rule mandating climate-related disclosures

The FCA has published a Policy Statement and final rule and guidance promoting better climate-related financial disclosures for UK premium listed commercial companies.

21 December 2020

News/crypto

FCA sets up temporary registration regime for cryptoasset businesses

UK cryptoasset firms who have not yet registered with the FCA will have to return customer money and cease trading by 10 January, the financial watchdog has warned.

16 December 2020

Company announcement/regulation

FCA fines Barclays £26 million over treatment of customers in financial difficulty

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Barclays Bank UK PLC, Barclays Bank PLC and Clydesdale Financial Services Limited (Barclays) £26 million for failures in relation to their treatment of consumer credit customers who fell into arrears or experienced financial difficulties.

15 December 2020

Company announcement/people

FCA appoints Mills and Sheridan to new executive posts

The FCA has appointed Sheldon Mills as the new Executive Director, Consumers and Competition, and Siobhn Sheridan as Chief People Officer.

11 December 2020

News/people

London Stock Exchange names new CEO

A former director at the UK's financial regulator has been appointed as the chief executive of the London Stock Exchange (LSE).

07 December 2020

News/regulation

FCA and City of London Corporation pilot digital sandbox

The Financial Conduct Authority and the City of London Corporation have called in Fintech Sandpit to help build a digital sandbox.

01 December 2020

Company announcement/regulation

FCA begins cutover to new data collection platform RegData

RegData will replace Gabriel as the FCA’s data collection platform.

27 November 2020

Company announcement/regulation

FCA removes Lanistar warning after disclaimer commitment

Following the FCA receiving a number of consumer reports, on Wednesday 18 November we issued a consumer warning against Lanistar. Today, the firm agreed to add an appropriate disclaimer to its marketing materials updating its regulatory status to confirm that it is not conducting regulated activities.

20 November 2020