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FCA Publishes Update on Cash Savings Work

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On 18 September 2024, the FCA provided an update on its work in the cash savings market. Following the FCA’s 2023 cash savings market review in light of concerns that higher interest rates were not being passed on effectively...more

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UK Financial Conduct Authority Publishes Update on Cash Savings Market

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Since publication of the review, the FCA has seen improvements in both the rates available to savers and the volume and timing of firms' communications to savings customers. However, despite these improvements, the review of...more

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UK Financial Conduct Authority Review of Implementation of Price and Value Outcome Under Consumer Duty

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The Financial Conduct Authority has published its findings from the first year of the implementation of the price and value outcome under the Consumer Duty. The specific focus of the price and value outcome rules is to ensure...more

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UK Announces Final Reforms to Financial Services Retail Disclosure Requirements

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Post Brexit, the U.K. Government and Financial Conduct Authority are committed to the ongoing reform programme to reinvigorate the U.K.'s capital markets. As part of this, the Government and FCA are committed to replacing...more

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Financial Conduct Authority Policy Statement on Rules for Access to Cash

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The Financial Conduct Authority has published a policy statement on the final rules and guidance for a new regulatory regime to support access to cash for the consumers and businesses that rely on it, along with a research...more

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The Consumer Duty - One Month to Go

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With the implementation deadline looming, the FCA has set out some additional guidance for firms. With one month to go until the Consumer Duty (Duty) implementation deadline of 31 July 2023 (for new and existing products...more

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Priorities, Priorities: what is not in the FCAs latest Business Plan

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The UK Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) 2023 Business plan suggests some subtle amendments to the priorities previously set out in its three-year strategy....more

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UK Financial Conduct Authority Publishes Final Rules and Guidance for New Consumer Duty

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The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has published its final rules and guidance for the new Consumer Duty, which is intended to establish clearer standards for consumer protection across the financial services industry. The...more

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UK Complaints Commissioner Upholds Complaints Against UK Financial Conduct Authority's Compensation and Complaints Scheme

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The U.K. Financial Regulators' Complaints Commissioner has published its final report upholding complaints from over 400 complainants concerning: (i) the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority's failures of regulation concerning...more

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UK Financial Conduct Authority Announces New Approach to Speed Up Issuing Statutory Notices

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The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has published a policy statement setting out its new approach to issuing statutory notices, which will take effect from November 26, 2021. The FCA publishes statutory notices when...more

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UK Conduct Regulator Calls for Changes to Regulatory Perimeter

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The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has published its annual Perimeter Report. The report discusses the FCA's existing remit and highlights areas where potential consumer harm could be mitigated if the regulatory perimeter...more

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Private Bank Briefing – June 2021

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The latest edition of our Private Bank Briefing provides a roundup of legal and compliance issues impacting private banks and their clients from Q2 2021. In this edition, we cover sustainable finance developments, the...more

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FCA Sets Out Its Expectations of Firms’ Response to COVID-19

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The FCA expects firms to use flexibility to support consumers, has delayed new publications, and extended deadline for responses to published consultations to 1 October 2020. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has...more

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