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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced proposals to make permanent its ban on the mass-marketing of speculative illiquid securities, including speculative mini-bonds, to retail investors. The FCA introduced the ban without consultation in January following concerns that speculative mini

Firms must do more to ensure they are always giving appropriate advice to equity release consumers, a review conducted by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has found. 

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Lloyds Bank, Bank of Scotland and The Mortgage Business a total of £64,046,800 for failures in relation to their handling of mortgage customers in payment difficulties or arrears.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has set out a package of measures designed to address weaknesses across the defined benefit (DB) transfer market. It includes steps to reduce conflicts of interest by banning contingent charging, as well as help for advisers who want to do the right thing and pr

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has said that insurance firms must consider the impact of coronavirus when assessing the value of their insurance products. The guidance sets out what the FCA considers firms should be doing to identify any material issues that affect the value of the gener

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed that holiday payments for mortgage customers will be extended until the end of October this year in a bid to combat the financial impacts of the coronavirus crisis.  The FCA has confirmed that customers still experiencing temporary payment dif

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has provided an update on progress on its court action on business interruption (BI) insurance policies. Since the FCA made its last announcement on 1 May, the FCA has approached 56 insurers and reviewed over 500 relevant policies from 40 insurers. The watchdog

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched a consultation on additional guidance for payments firms to strengthen the way in which they look after customers’ money. The payments sector is a priority area for the FCA and the consultation follows ongoing work to ensure payments firms are

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced proposals which will continue support for customers who are struggling to pay their mortgage due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is confirming a series of temporary measures today to help customers who hold insurance and premium finance products and who may be in financial difficulty because of coronavirus. Following a short consultation, the targeted measures being implemented require fi

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) is encouraging firms to make use of the extension announced by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to the deadline for publication of audited annual financial reports from four to six months from the end of the financial year. The body said that companies

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today announced it intends to seek legal clarity on business interruption insurance to resolve doubt for businesses who are facing uncertainty on their claims. It is also proposing a series of measures to support both consumers and businesses who hold insura

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has extended the deadline for e-commerce businesses to implement strong customer authentication (SCA) in the wake of the coronavirus crisis. Firms will now have an additional six months to implement the systems, meaning the new deadline of 14 September 2021 will

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will be introducing a package of measures outlined last week to support consumer credit customers facing payment difficulties due to coronavirus.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today published its final report on the impact of the deadline for PPI complaints which highlights the outcome of the communications campaign which ran for two years. During that time, the campaign was recognised by 32 million people. It significantly increa