Financial Conduct Authority

Financial Conduct Authority is a financial regulatory body in the United Kingdom, but operates independently of the UK Government, and is financed by charging fees to members of the financial services industry.

Source: fca.org.uk

Today In Payments Around The World: Ant Eyes Credit Unit Overhaul; FCA Releases Pandemic Resiliency Survey Data
Today In Payments Around The World: Ant Eyes Credit Unit Overhaul; FCA Releases Pandemic Resiliency...
January 07, 2021  |  International

In today’s top payments news around the world, China’s Ant Group is mulling the creation of a new consumer loan unit, while the British financial...

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British Watchdog FCA Says Pandemic Could Flatline 4,000 Financial Services Firms
British Watchdog FCA Says Pandemic Could Flatline 4,000 Financial Services Firms
January 07, 2021  |  Economy

U.K. market watchdog the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) cautions that the results of its recent pandemic resiliency survey indicate some 4,000 companies doing business in the...

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UK’s FCA Gives Six More Months For Loan Holidays
UK’s FCA Gives Six More Months For Loan Holidays
November 02, 2020  |  Loans

With new lockdown restrictions due to COVID-19 imminent, the U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has extended loan holidays for those who still can’t pay off...

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Bitcoin Daily: UK Regulator Forbids Sale Of Crypto-Derivatives To Retail Investors; DeFi Platform Wing To Integrate Credit Scores
Bitcoin Daily: UK Regulator Forbids Sale Of Crypto-Derivatives To Retail Investors; DeFi Platform Wing To...
October 06, 2020  |  Bitcoin

Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has prohibited the sale of digital currency derivatives to retail investors, according to a Tuesday (Oct. 6) press release. The...

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UK Regulator Ends Half Its Money Laundering Probes Without Prosecuting
UK Regulator Ends Half Its Money Laundering Probes Without Prosecuting
September 14, 2020  |  Regulation

The United Kingdom’s financial regulator has closed the book on seven of 14 criminal investigations into the breach of money laundering rules, the Financial Times...

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UK Tightens Rules On Payments Firms In Wake Of Wirecard Debacle
UK Tightens Rules On Payments Firms In Wake Of Wirecard Debacle
July 09, 2020  |  Regulation

The United Kingdom’s financial regulator has toughened rules on payment companies less than two weeks after Wirecard AG’s collapse locked millions of customers out of...

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Bitcoin Daily: Travala Users Can Use Crypto Again To Pay For Expedia Bookings; S. African Ex-Crypto Agency Chief Allegedly Scammed Investors Of $13.4M
Bitcoin Daily: Travala Users Can Use Crypto Again To Pay For Expedia Bookings; S. African...
July 06, 2020  |  Bitcoin

Travala.com, the Binance-backed online trading agency, will be allowing travel bookings through Expedia paid for in cryptocurrency for the first time since 2018, according to...

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Wirecard Reopens UK Banking As Regulators Remove Restrictions
Wirecard Reopens UK Banking As Regulators Remove Restrictions
June 30, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

Wirecard AG got the green light Tuesday (June 30) to resume its banking operations in the United Kingdom (UK), as financial regulators lifted restrictions that...

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UK Digital Banking Apps Affected By Wirecard Subsidiary Freeze
UK Digital Banking Apps Affected By Wirecard Subsidiary Freeze
June 29, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

After the U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) mandated that Wirecard’s British Wirecard Card Solutions unit stop conducting regulated work, a number of consumers in the...

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