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Compliance

FCA prepares for industry-wide motor finance redress scheme, cuts out claims firms

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) looks likely to impose an industry-wide redress scheme for mis-sold car finance, as this...
By Lindsey Rogerson 11th March 2025
FCA prepares for industry-wide motor finance redress scheme, cuts out claims firms

Operational Resilience

UK’s largest banks paid customers £6.2 million after IT outages; January incident could see this double

The UK’s largest nine banks collectively paid their customers £6.2 million following IT failures in the past two years, according...
By Lindsey Rogerson 6th March 2025
UK’s largest banks paid customers £6.2 million after IT outages; January incident could see this double

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%...
By Lindsey Rogerson 5th March 2025
Compliance allegations top FCA whistleblowing reports for 2024

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...
By Lindsey Rogerson 4th March 2025
Q3 complaints to Financial Ombudsman leap 40%

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...
By Lindsey Rogerson 21st February 2025
UK competition watchdog to have final say on big tech dominance of digital wallets

Regulatory Reform

UK chancellor urged not to get bogged down reviewing regulators

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reevesʼ audit of 130 UK watchdogs should not slow down regulatory reform, said industry experts...
By Lindsey Rogerson 19th February 2025
UK chancellor urged not to get bogged down reviewing regulators

Financial Crime

Dating sites and social media platforms are on PSR watchlist

Dating websites and social media platforms are under scrutiny as “originators” of fraud, according to the UK Payment Systems Regulator...
By Niece Prayoonrat 14th February 2025
Dating sites and social media platforms are on PSR watchlist

Financial Market Infrastructure

Resilience tops Bank of England’s priority list for FMIs

Operational resilience of the UK’s financial infrastructure will be a key focus of the Bank of England, as the March...
By Lindsey Rogerson 10th February 2025
Resilience tops Bank of England’s priority list for FMIs