The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has further outlined a significant reduction in overly complex rules, procedures, and bureaucratic requirements, proposing to retire more than 100 pages of outdated guidance and withdraw numerous supervisory publications. The UK regulator is taking action to simplify the UK’s mortgage, lending, and savings rules. The aim is to reduce financial…
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) issued a warning to wholesale firms, highlighting broker misconduct as a major risk to market integrity. In its latest “Dear CEO” letter, the regulator laid out concerns about insider trading, market abuse, and non-financial misconduct, urging firms to tighten their controls. A Double-Edged Sword According to the regulator, brokers…
Rapid changes in the payments industry have prompted UK regulators to reassess their collaboration. The Bank of England, Financial Conduct Authority, Prudential Regulation Authority, and Payment Systems Regulator reviewed their Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for payment systems. According to a statement by the FCA, the regulators identified opportunities to strengthen cooperation and align with the…
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Macquarie Bank Limited’s (MBL) London branch £13 million ($16.4 million) for serious control failures that allowed a junior trader to conceal hundreds of fictitious trades over a 20-month period, resulting in losses of $57.8 million. Macquarie Fined £13 Million over Junior Trader’s Fictitious Deals The regulatory action…
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has welcomed the government’s consultation on regulating currently-exempt Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) products. The FCA has long supported bringing these products under its regulatory oversight. In 2021, the FCA board backed the Woolard Review, which recommended that BNPL should be regulated. The FCA plans to implement a Temporary Permissions…
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) issued a notice flagging a company purporting to be APM Capital Markets Limited, an affiliated company to the entity that bought BUX Financial Services. According to the regulator, the clone firm uses the website www.buxtrmarkets.com to mimic the legitimate www.buxmarkets.com. Clone firms are illegal entities that impersonate authorized financial companies in…
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Amid growing regulatory scrutiny, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) rejected over 87% of cryptocurrency registration applications in its latest review, according to the regulator’s latest update. The high rejection rate highlights the challenges crypto firms face in meeting the UK’s stringent anti-money laundering (AML) requirements, which has forced some companies to leave the country….
Nexo, the platform that gained popularity by offering crypto lending products, has resumed new client registration in the United Kingdom today (Tuesday), the company announced. Ensuring Local Compliance The crypto platform detailed that before resuming onboarding, it upgraded its platform to meet all FCA guidelines. It has also partnered with Gateway 21 to ensure compliance…