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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has revealed it intends to launch a market study into how pure protection insurance products are sold following concerns that competition is not working well in the market.

Insurers and brokers have improved governance and oversight of how products are designed, managed, reviewed, and distributed, but many still cannot show how they are providing fair value to customers or that they were receiving good outcomes, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has said. In a repo

In what marks the first time the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined an audit firm, the regulator has issued PwC a £15 million penalty for failing to report suspicions of fraud at now-defunct London Capital & Finance (LCF).

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has censured the auditor Macintyre Hudson LLP (MHA) for failing to prepare client assets reports to the required standard.

The rules governing financial services could be streamlined to reduce burdens on businesses, following a review launched by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The move comes after the introduction of the Consumer Duty, which makes sure that businesses deliver good outcomes for consumers when the

CB Payments Limited (CBPL) has been fined £3,503,546 by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for repeatedly breaching a requirement that prevented the firm from offering services to high-risk customers. CBPL is part of the Coinbase Group, which operates a prominent cryptoasset trading platfor

Banks and building societies will need to weigh up if local communities lack access to cash services, like branches and ATMs, and plug significant gaps, under new rules announced today by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has told financial firms – including banks, payment firms and lenders – to do more to ensure parliamentarians, senior public servants and their families are not treated unfairly.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published new exchange listing rules setting out a simplified listings regime with a single category and streamlined eligibility for those companies seeking to list their shares in the UK.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has come under fire for spending nearly £90,000 on a "brand refresh", a move criticised by City figures as a "total waste of money".

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), working with the Metropolitan Police Service, has conducted an operation to arrest two individuals, aged 38 and 44, suspected of running an illegal cryptoasset exchange. More than £1 billion of unregistered crypto assets are believed to have been bought a

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has imposed a £6,280,100 fine on HSBC, adding to the already £185 million that the bank has paid out in compensation to 1.5 million customers.

Following the FCA's recently published guidance on financial promotion through social media channels, Burness Paull's Marianne Murnin and Steven Knox look at the intersection of financial services, social media, and influencer marketing, highlighting the regulatory and commercial considerations

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has outlined plans to give UK asset managers greater freedom in how they pay for investment research, with the aim to promote competition and facilitate cross-border access to research.

While many are struggling to meet financial commitments, the picture has improved over the last year, according to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).