Search Results for: Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
FCA finalises revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2) requirements
September 19th, 2017
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today published its approach to implementing the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2). PSD2 is an EU Directive which sets requirements for firms that provide payment services, and will affect banks and building societies, ...
Bats Europe Approved as an APA Under MiFID II
August 30th, 2017
Bats Europe, a CBOE Holdings, Inc. company and the region’s largest equities exchange operator, today announced it received approval from the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) on 24 August 2017 to operate its trade reporting facility as an Approved ...
FCA published the findings from the 2017 survey of FCA-regulated firms
August 4th, 2017
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the FCA Practitioner Panel have published the findings from their 2017 survey of FCA-regulated firms. The survey gives a view across the financial services sector of the FCA’s performance as a regulator. It ...
FCA UK sets out scope of Investment Platforms Market Study
July 17th, 2017
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today published the Terms of Reference for the Investment Platforms Market Study, which sets out the scope and topics that will be covered. Investment platforms are increasingly used by consumers and financial advisers ...
NEX SEF Limited went live
July 7th, 2017
NEX Group plc (“NEX”) (NXG.L), a financial technology company at the centre of global markets, announces that its Swap Execution Facility (“SEF”), NEX SEF Limited (“NEX SEF”), went live on 3 July 2017. NEX SEF received approval from the ...
Barclays spoke to regulators about bringing bitcoin ‘into play’
June 26th, 2017
Barclays U.K. CEO Ashok Vaswani told CNBC that the bank has spoken to regulators about cryptocurrencies like bitcoin. Vaswani did not reveal the content of the discussions with Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), but said it involved talking about ...
FCA warns about ExxonFX
May 11th, 2017
The FCA UK has issued a press release to inform that the below firm has been providing financial services or products in the UK without its authorisation. Almost all firms and individuals offering, promoting or selling financial services or ...
FCA UK warns: Beware from fake FCA emails
May 10th, 2017
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) of UK has issued a notice to warn that the Authority is aware that fraudsters are sending emails that appear to be from an FCA email address or refer to the FCA in the ...
FCA UK reports number of complaints higher for last reporting period
April 27th, 2017
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published data on the number of complaints reported by firms under new rules which came into force on 30 June 2016. The total number of complaints reported by firms in the second half ...
FCA warns for a clone of ADS Securities
April 26th, 2017
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued a warning about a clone of ADS Securities and informs investors and public that fraudsters are using the details of firms the FCA authorises to try to convince people that they work ...
