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Only 61% of CFDs Brokers Will Fully Comply with UK’s Consumer Duty by Deadline

  • The FCA questioned 44 CFD brokers to know the industry’s position.
  • 100% of CFD brokers know the requirements and understand how they will be applied.
Monday, 03/07/2023 | 04:38 GMT by Arnab Shome
CryptoCurrency

UK Moves Closer to Crypto Laws with Parliament’s Upper House Approval

  • The Treasury recently consulted with the public on draft crypto rules.
  • The FCA's new rules for crypto ads will come into force in early October.
Monday, 19/06/2023 | 21:32 GMT by Solomon Oladipupo
CryptoCurrency

Binance Deregisters in the UK, Expediting Its EU Exodus

  • The unit was initially flagged by the FCA in mid-2021.
  • It never started to offer services and thus had no users.
Monday, 19/06/2023 | 06:11 GMT by Arnab Shome
CryptoCurrency

Bitstamp Joins FCA’s List of Registered Crypto Companies

  • The registration assessed the firm’s compliance with anti-money laundering laws.
  • Interactive Brokers was also added to the list.
Wednesday, 14/06/2023 | 17:12 GMT by Jared Kirui
Retail FX

UK, New Zealand Regulators Slam 46 Illegal Trading Platforms

  • The platforms offer trading in FX/CFDs, stock and cryptocurrency.
  • The FMA said Market Radar and Rolvi Trade's customers cannot withdraw funds.
Monday, 12/06/2023 | 16:53 GMT by Solomon Oladipupo
CryptoCurrency

FCA Seeks Incentives Ban with New Crypto Promotion Rules

  • The new rules will become effective from October 8.
  • Other requirements of the rules include risk disclosure and due diligence.
Thursday, 08/06/2023 | 05:39 GMT by Arnab Shome
Retail FX

FCA Fines ED&F Man £17M for Clients’ Dividend Arbitrage Trading

  • The penalty is the British watchdog's largest in a cum-ex trading case.
  • The FCA sanctioned Sunrise Brokers and Sapien Capital for similar lapses in 2021.
Monday, 05/06/2023 | 14:17 GMT by Solomon Oladipupo
Retail FX

FCA Flags 26 Illegal Trading and Investment Platforms

  • The watchdog flagged three clone platforms for impersonating authorized firms.
  • The platforms are mainly online FX trading platforms.
Monday, 29/05/2023 | 17:19 GMT by Solomon Oladipupo
Retail FX

UK Banks to Pay £47M in Redress to Struggling Borrowers

  • The UK regulator found over 195,000 stressed customers.
  • It now wants to make pandemic-era rule permanent.
Thursday, 25/05/2023 | 10:33 GMT by Arnab Shome
Retail FX

24HR Trading Academy Victims Lost £1.3M; Court Approves £106K Refund

  • Only investors with losses above £500 are to be paid.
  • The FCA initiated a case against Mohammed Maricar, the scheme operator, in April 2020.
Wednesday, 17/05/2023 | 14:38 GMT by Solomon Oladipupo
Retail FX

UK Flags Plus500 Clone, Italy Blocks ‘XTB Empire,’ 3 Others

  • The clone operates via www.fxplus500.co.uk.
  • Italy's CONSOB blacklisted 'VirtuFinance', Activ4X and Goldy Deal.
Friday, 12/05/2023 | 13:43 GMT by Solomon Oladipupo
Retail FX

News Nuggets | 9 May: LSEG Taps OpenFin; New eToro Portfolio

  • Also, United Fintech increased its stake in TTMzero and FCA's new warning.
  • Read today's FX/CFDs, crypto and fintech sectors' dynamic news.
Tuesday, 09/05/2023 | 11:15 GMT by Finance Magnates Staff
FinTech

FCA Fines Banque Havilland £10M for Qatar-Targeted 'Manipulative Trading' Doc

  • The doc allegedly contains trading strategies that could hurt the Qatari economy.
  • The watchdog also imposed various fines on three ex-employees of the London branch.
Friday, 05/05/2023 | 21:23 GMT by Solomon Oladipupo
CryptoCurrency

FCA Cracks Down on Crypto ATMs in Three UK Cities

  • It has gathered evidence and will decide on further action.
  • The agency is not authorizing any crypto ATM operators in the country.
Friday, 05/05/2023 | 10:35 GMT by Arnab Shome
Retail FX

News Nuggets | 4 May: FCA on Whistleblower; Equinix's Q1 Results

  • Also, Iress' partnership with Kaiko and Consob's warning list.
  • Read today's FX/CFDs, crypto and fintech sectors' dynamic news.
Thursday, 04/05/2023 | 10:13 GMT by Finance Magnates Staff
Retail FX

FCA Finds “Gaps in Surveillance” among UK CFDs Providers

  • The FCA found weak surveillance of market manipulation and abuse of non-equity asset classes.
  • However, most of the regulator's findings 'were largely positive'.
Wednesday, 26/04/2023 | 16:41 GMT by Solomon Oladipupo
Retail FX

News Nuggets | 19 April: Maoz Tenenbaum Leaves Leverate; Cornerstone's Revenue

  • Also, RoboForex adds a new feature to copy trading; and a partnership between Worldline and Crédit Agricole.
  • Read today's FX/CFDs, crypto and fintech sectors' dynamic news.
Wednesday, 19/04/2023 | 10:46 GMT by Finance Magnates Staff
Retail FX

Duty Calls: How to Prepare to FCA's New Regulation

  • A new milestone of UK's "consumer duty" will come into effect on April 30.
  • What is the duty, What documentation would I need and what to do if I'm not prepared - questions and answers.
Tuesday, 18/04/2023 | 08:28 GMT by Lewis Gurry
Retail FX

UK Regulator Flags Down Saxo 24 FX, One Zero Trade

  • The FCA did not state if they are clones of Saxo Bank and OneZero Financial.
  • The British regulator is seeking greater investor protection with its three-year strategy.
Friday, 14/04/2023 | 20:27 GMT by Solomon Oladipupo
Retail FX

News Nuggets | 6 April: FCA Stops WealthTek; RoboForex Increases Partner Commissions

  • Also, Binance, Justin Sun, Fortex and more.
  • Read today's FX/CFDs, crypto and fintech sectors' dynamic news.
Thursday, 06/04/2023 | 08:15 GMT by Finance Magnates Staff
Institutional FX

FCA Permits ‘Synthetic’ US Dollar LIBOR ‘For a Short Period’ after June

  • The approval comes four months after FCA proposed 'synthetic' US dollar LIBOR settings.
  • The temporary benchmark will take effect from July 1, 2023.
Monday, 03/04/2023 | 13:40 GMT by Solomon Oladipupo
Brokers

SVS Saga Ends as the Collapsed Broker Enters Dissolution

  • The broker was placed under special administration in August 2019.
  • Over 99 percent of SVS clients were transferred to ITI Capital.
Friday, 31/03/2023 | 11:20 GMT by Arnab Shome
Retail FX

FCA Announces Joint Executive Directors for Enforcement and Market Oversight

  • Chambers and Smart will replace Steward.
  • Smart joins from the NCA, and Chambers has many years of experience from the FCA.
Thursday, 23/03/2023 | 12:31 GMT by Damian Chmiel
FinTech

FCA Scolds Payment Firms over 'Lack of Controls'

  • The regulator said some firms are posing "unacceptable risks" to customers.
  • The FCA has also seen evidence of "elevated fraud rates" among some firms.
Friday, 17/03/2023 | 20:43 GMT by Solomon Oladipupo
FinTech

Amidst Industry Rejig, UK Regulator Approves First Long-Term Asset Fund

  • The development dates back to finalization of rules for the new fund in October 2021.
  • The FCA worked with BoE and HM Treasury to break a barrier against long-term asset investment.
Thursday, 09/03/2023 | 13:23 GMT by Solomon Oladipupo
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