Money Advice Trust hold podcast discussing the FCA vulnerable customers paper
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) appears to be mentioning the issue of treating vulnerable customers fairly more often than ever. The topic has been addressed in a number of speeches [...]
FCA and ICO place firms on ‘no deal’ alert
Early September 2019 saw a new law passed by Parliament that compels the Prime Minister to write a letter to the European Union formally requesting an extension to the UK’s [...]
FCA refuses application from lender over competence issues
A Bradford-based firm has been seeking to offer the type of loans usually described as ‘high cost short-term credit’ but was intending to do so using a firm name that [...]
ICO issues enforcement notice to firm who ignored SAR
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has served an enforcement notice on a Wirral-based finance firm that failed to respond to a Subject Access Request (SAR). There is no evidence that [...]
FCA chair speaks on scams
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) chairman Charles Randell spoke about the regulator’s continuing fight against scams when he addressed the 37th Cambridge International Symposium on Economic Crime in early September 2019. Mr Randell [...]
Financial services records massive gender pay gap
Newly published data shows that the UK financial services and insurance industry has a much higher gender pay gap than any other business sector. The difference between the average male [...]