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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) bans two individuals from the financial services industry
October 26th, 2016
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued on October 25 an announcement to inform that the Authority has banned two individuals from performing any function in relation to any regulated activity in the financial services industry. On 22 November ...
FCA issued a warning against a Forex provider
October 25th, 2016
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued a warning to inform that the Authority believes that the below firm has been providing financial services or products in the UK without FCA’s authorisation. Almost all firms and individuals offering, promoting or selling ...
FCA: Investment and fund manager banned
October 24th, 2016
On 20 October 2016 the Tribunal upheld the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) decision to ban Tariq Carrimjee of Somerset Asset Management LLP (Somerset) from carrying out the compliance oversight and money laundering reporting significant influence functions. The Tribunal’s decision ...
FCA UK issued a warning against Titanium Wealth Management
October 21st, 2016
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued a warning to inform that the Authority believes that the below firm has been providing financial services or products in the UK without FCA’s authorisation. Almost all firms and individuals offering, promoting or selling ...
FCA cancels payday lender’s interim permission, bans director and refuses application to conduct regulated business
October 13th, 2016
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned Andrew Barry Hart, the sole director, controller and ultimate owner of Wage Payment and Payday Loans Limited (WPPL), from performing any role in regulated financial services. The FCA has also cancelled WPPL’s ...
FCA fines Sonali Bank for serious anti-money laundering systems failings
October 12th, 2016
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Sonali Bank (UK) Limited (SBUK) £3,250,600 and has imposed a restriction, preventing it from accepting deposits from new customers for 168 days. It has also fined the bank’s former money laundering reporting ...
Barclays Bank is the most complaint about firm according to FCA
October 11th, 2016
Financial services firms recorded a 2.6% reduction in new complaints between January and June 2016 compared to the previous six months, according to new complaints data published today by the Financial Conduct Authority. The total number of complaints was ...
FCA fines Aviva Pension Trustees UK Limited and Aviva Wrap UK Limited £8.2m for Client Money and Assets failings
October 5th, 2016
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today fined Aviva Pension Trustees UK Limited and Aviva Wrap UK Limited (together Aviva) £8,246,800 for failings in its oversight of its outsourced providers in relation to the protection of client assets. The ...
FCA proposes new measures to maintain firms’ focus on culture
September 29th, 2016
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will mark six months since the implementation of the Senior Managers’ and Certification Regime by providing feedback on implementation so far and proposing measures to further strengthen the regime. The proposed rules will reinforce ...
FCA UK issued a warning for trading with OneCoin digital currency
September 27th, 2016
FCA has issued a warning to inform that consumers should be wary of dealing with OneCoin, which claims to offer the chance to make money through the trading and ‘mining’ of virtual currencies. According to FCA, OneCoin markets itself ...
