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FCA to Abandon Public Interest Test under “Name and Shame” Plans

  • The public interest test would allow the regulator to determine whether it is appropriate to disclose a company’s name during an investigation.
  • The proposal received heavy backlash from the industry and politicians.
Wednesday, 12/03/2025 | 05:32 GMT by Arnab Shome
Retail FX

FCA Doubles Down on Financial Promotions: Flags About 20,000 Ads in 2024

  • The number of flagged ads nearly doubled last year.
  • The regulator also urged social media platforms to identify and prevent illegal financial ads proactively.
Friday, 07/02/2025 | 11:04 GMT by Arnab Shome
Retail FX

FCA Finds New Payment Method for Investment Research: Discover How

  • Market watchdog proposes flexible payment options for investment research.
  • The new proposal allows the bundling of research and execution payments.
Wednesday, 10/04/2024 | 10:42 GMT by Damian Chmiel
Retail FX

FCA Looks for Innovation Advisory Group Members

  • Senior leaders and stakeholders can apply until 1 December 2022.
  • The advisory body will cover the FinTech and cryptocurrency industries.
Thursday, 10/11/2022 | 10:59 GMT by Damian Chmiel
Binary Options

UK FCA Charges Four Individuals with £1.2M Binary Options Fraud

  • The regulator charged a fifth person for tampering with its investigation.
  • Binary options among retail investors has been banned in the UK since 2019.
Tuesday, 01/11/2022 | 13:46 GMT by Solomon Oladipupo
CryptoCurrency

BlockFi Gets Bermuda Business License to Expand Its Global Operations Footprint

  • BlockFi gets a business license from Bermuda Monetary Authority.
  • The crypto lending platform will now set up a new office in Bermuda.
Tuesday, 25/01/2022 | 07:22 GMT by Nicholas Otieno
Regulation

FCA Urges Listed Companies to Delay Publishing Preliminary Figures

  • Amid the current global pandemic, the regulator is trying to reduce the strain on market participants.
Monday, 23/03/2020 | 07:50 GMT by Celeste Skinner
Regulation

FCA Warns Firms Need to Accelerate LIBOR Transition Prep

  • Although some progress was made in 2019, the regulator warned there is much to do by 2021 end date.
Thursday, 16/01/2020 | 09:09 GMT by Celeste Skinner
Blogs

FCA Calls Out OMC Markets As Unauthorized FX Broker

  • The Sofia-based entity is targeting people in the UK.
Thursday, 28/11/2019 | 10:57 GMT by Celeste Skinner
Regulation

FCA Adds FX Broker Investteck to its List of Unauthorized Firms

  • The entity is targeting UK consumers without having the proper authorization.
Friday, 25/10/2019 | 13:05 GMT by Celeste Skinner
Technology

FCA: Investment Complaints Remain Steady in H1 of 2019

  • The number of complaints, however, were much less than those for Payment Protection Insurance.
Thursday, 17/10/2019 | 11:28 GMT by Celeste Skinner
Regulation

FCA Spots BNP Paribas Clone, As Scams Continue to Rise

  • According to the warning, the entity has copied the name and some of the details of the legitimate company.
Friday, 27/09/2019 | 11:37 GMT by Celeste Skinner
Brokers

FCA Reveals Another Clone Firm - First BTC FX

  • The regulator warns that the entity is a clone firm of First Global (UK) Limited.
Friday, 20/09/2019 | 13:01 GMT by Celeste Skinner
Regulation

FCA Chair: Investment Fraud has Reached Epidemic Proportions

  • The regulator has called on internet giants to do more in protecting consumers against scams.
Thursday, 05/09/2019 | 10:05 GMT by Celeste Skinner
Regulation

FCA Updates Warning List, Adds Two Suspicious Trading Entities

  • The entities in question are Breckland Trading and Rendex Trading.
Wednesday, 21/08/2019 | 11:54 GMT by Celeste Skinner
News

FCA Focuses on Crypto, KuCoin Launches OTC Platform: The Weekly Show

  • The FCA approved the first crypto-focused hedge fund and proposed to ban crypto derivatives.
Monday, 08/07/2019 | 06:20 GMT by Celeste Skinner
Regulation

M.Success FX is Not Associated with Equiti UK, FCA Warns

  • The clone firm claims that Equiti Capital UK is part of the “mace group”.
Thursday, 27/06/2019 | 09:23 GMT by Celeste Skinner
Regulation

FCA Recognizes FX Global Code and UK Money Markets Code

  • The two codes are the first to be recognised by the regulator under its codes recognition scheme.
Wednesday, 26/06/2019 | 12:18 GMT by Celeste Skinner
News

FCA Head Wants More Details on Facebook’s Libra Project

  • Due to the large scale of the project, the head of the regulator wants to know more before giving approval.
Tuesday, 25/06/2019 | 11:52 GMT by Celeste Skinner
Regulation

Another Clone Firm is Flagged by the FCA, CWG Markets

  • CWG Markets is a clone firm of CFD broker CWG Markets Ltd, the regulator said.
Wednesday, 19/06/2019 | 12:18 GMT by Celeste Skinner
Exchanges

FCA & CSRC Announce Support for Shanghai-London Stock Connect

  • Ahead of the scheme’s launch, the regulators have also signed an MoU to further lend their support.
Monday, 17/06/2019 | 08:27 GMT by Celeste Skinner
Regulation

FCA Blacklists Goldman Sachs Clone Firm & Swiss Crypto Clone

  • The UK watchdog has flagged Goldman Sachs Asset Management International and Swiss Investment Ltd.
Friday, 14/06/2019 | 12:17 GMT by Celeste Skinner
Regulation

FCA Flags Crypto Clone Firm AGM Invest as Crypto Scams Rise

  • The regulator states that AGM Invest is a clone firm of AGM Financial Services Ltd.
Monday, 10/06/2019 | 09:05 GMT by Celeste Skinner
Brokers

TIO Markets UK is in a "Strong Position" Going into 2019

  • Whilst ended 2018 at a loss, TIO Markets believes it has entered 2019 on strong footing.
Monday, 10/06/2019 | 06:27 GMT by Celeste Skinner
Regulation

FCA Flags 2 FX Clone Firms Sigma4trade & Global Markets Group

  • The entities are clones of Sigma Broking Limited and Global Markets Group Limited.
Friday, 07/06/2019 | 12:02 GMT by Celeste Skinner
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