Compliance
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Conduct & Culture
Compliance allegations top FCA whistleblowing reports for 2024
Compliance issues topped the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) whistleblowing data for the fourth quarter of 2024, published yesterday. Almost 21%...
Enforcement Actions
Jailed crypto ATM operator known to UK authorities for years before conviction
UK authorities knew about unauthorised crypto automated teller machine (ATM) operator Olumide Osunkoya for years prior to his conviction in...
Compliance
Q3 complaints to Financial Ombudsman leap 40%
The UK Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) received 20,000 more complaints in Q3 2024/25 than in the same quarter the previous...
Compliance
‘Simplicationʼ of EU sustainability rules prompts questions
“Simplification promised, simplification delivered” is how European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen hailed the EUʼs ‘omnibusʼ legislation on sustainability...
Regulatory Oversight
Regulatory scrutiny, higher operating costs weigh on European payment firms
Intensified regulatory scrutiny and higher operating costs are weighing on the European and UK payment service provider (PSP) sector and...
Digital Assets
Central banks should launch CBDCs to ensure economic stability — report
Central banks should continue to develop sovereign digital currencies for the sake of economic stability, according to a new report,...
UK Regulation
UK competition watchdog to have final say on big tech dominance of digital wallets
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Payments Systems Regulator (PSR) are to leave the decision on whether to intervene...
Digital Assets
ESMA consults on competence requirements for crypto asset advisers
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has launched a consultation on minimum standards of competence and qualification requirements for...
