Search Results for: UK Financial Conduct Authorit
ECommPay: Regulations of FOREX industry
May 18th, 2016
Forex (FX) regulation is crucial to both security and mutual trust between traders and operators. Companies operating from jurisdictions lacking in regulatory supervision are able to do so in an unfair and illegal manner without facing serious repercussions. Moreover, ...
Prosecutors demand jail for ex-PwC’s accountants
May 12th, 2016
During the last hearings of the LuxLeaks trial, prosecutors have asked for a 18-month jail sentence for Antoine Deltour and Raphaël Halet, both ex-PwC accountants who blew the whistle over the accountancy firm’s role in brokering sweetheart tax deals ...
FCA probes a further 44 firms over Panama Papers
April 28th, 2016
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has asked a further 44 financial services firms to disclose their involvement in the tax-evasive practices uncovered by the Panama Papers leak. The move, part of an ongoing £10m ($14.1m, €12.4m) investigation being ...
FSCS announces its final levy for 2016/17 at £337m
April 26th, 2016
The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has announced its levy for 2016/17. FSCS will levy £337m in this financial year, £26m less than forecast in its Plan and Budget for 2016/17, published in January. The levy in 2015/16 totalled ...
ICE informs that the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China approved to participate in IBA’s gold auction
April 13th, 2016
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE), a leading operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services, today announced that the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) has been approved by ICE Benchmark Administration (IBA) ...
Banks told to declare links to Panama Papers law firm by next week
April 8th, 2016
Banks and financial firms have been told to hand over any information about their dealings with the law firm at the centre of the Panama Papers to the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority by a week on Friday. The City regulator had ...
FCA publishes 2016/17 Business Plan
April 6th, 2016
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today published its annual Business Plan. The Business Plan outlines seven priority themes which will guide how the FCA will use its flexible resources and provide additional focus for the core activities of ...
Overall complaints fell by 1.4%, driven by a reduction in complaints related to current accounts and savings accounts. PPI complaints rise
March 31st, 2016
Financial services firms received 2.11 million new complaints between July and December 2015, according to new complaints data published today by the Financial Conduct Authority. Overall, there was a decrease of 1.4% in the number of complaints compared to ...
Barclays accused of ditching clients born in countries considered high-risk for money laundering
March 18th, 2016
Barclays has been accused of ditching clients who were born in countries that are classified as high-risk after it was pulled up by the Financial Conduct Authority in November for failing to do due diligence and proper financial crime ...
Toshiba confirms SEC investigation as accounting woes spread to US
March 18th, 2016
Securities commission and justice department examining ‘accounting problem’ at US units, says Japanese corporation, amid profit-padding crisis Toshiba has announced its US businesses are cooperating with authorities over alleged accounting irregularities and is to cut a further 3,000 jobs. The ...
