Regulatory

Andrew Bailey has warned that British businesses are cutting costs and eating into their profit margins to cover rising energy costs. The Governor of the Bank of England said many businesses were reducing their headcount to avoid passing higher energy costs on to their customers.

Scottish crypto firm Zumo has joined forces with cloud-native core banking platform SaaScada to provide UK financial institutions a "ready-built" route into regulated crypto services. Zumo, will handle the crypto side, from custody and trading to Know Your Customer and Anti-Money Laundering checks o

As Baillie Gifford US Growth Trust warns that low turnout could hand Saba the board, ShareSoc says the real problem isn’t apathy but invisibility. ShareSoc, which represents more than 9,500 private investors, said the problem is more complex, explaining that shareholders don’t know they

The UK Government has launched a consultation on rewarding whistleblowers who report economic crime such as fraud and bribery. The Government’s move would bring Britain closer to the US model, where financial incentives are used to encourage whistleblowers who provide evidence that helps uncov

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has urged firms to prepare for the UK’s new regulatory regime, warning that crypto-investors will not have access to the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) for their digital asset investments. Val Smith, the FCA’s head of authorisations, p

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Board has appointed Liam Coleman as chair of the Financial Ombudsman Service, with the approval of the Treasury. Mr Coleman will take up the permanent role on 10 October 2026 for a 3-year term, having served as interim chair for the last year.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has admitted it has to be "careful" over proposed changes to the listing rules following the recent campaigns by US activist investor Saba Capital Management. The regulator said it was looking into reforms to help manage conflicts of interest involving activist

The Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) chair, Ashley Alder, faced calls to resign at the regulator's first public annual meeting in Edinburgh, as whistleblowers and campaigners challenged its decision to let one of its own non-executive directors investigate how it dealt with Simon Andreisz before

The Financial Conduct Authority has launched a probe into the treatment of Epstein whistleblower Simon Andriesz after he took his own life. The British Banker highlighted alleged links between the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and US commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick. Transparency Task Force co

Wirecard whistleblower Pav Gill has launched a new agentic governance platform bringing governance, risk and compliance (GRC) into one system to end reliance on a "patchwork of disconnected point solutions". Confide will give professionals a shared environment in which to set the standard for how GR

The Financial Conduct Authority's head of innovation Colin Payne has revealed how they helped Baillie Gifford launch their new digital asset fund in nine months. The Edinburgh-based investment manager worked with the regulator on the development of a tokenised UK fund, Baillie Giffords Enhanced Yiel

The UK has a major opportunity to lead the next wave of innovation in financial services, according to the Financial Conduct Authority's head of innovation, Colin Payne. He said the regulator is attempting to create an environment where companies can develop artificial intelligence, quantum and even

Experts have warned that Scotland's financials services industry faces "economic risk" if policy fails to adapt in line with the changing nature of the industry. In a new report by the Scottish Digital Trust Centre of Excellence, it called for Scotland to act quickly to make the most of the increasi

UK crypto-as-a-service platform Zumo has launched a new UK Cryptoasset Regulation Tracker to help crypto firms and other financial institutions better align with incoming regulatory obligations. With the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) authorisation gateway opening on September 30, firms a

A legal expert has warned the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) plans to update rules to stop companies using loopholes in regulation to take over investment trusts will fail to stop shareholders repeatedly requisitioning meetings. The warning comes as Baillie Gifford US Growth Trust prepares to f