The UK FCA is intensifying scrutiny of unregistered lenders, safe custody providers, money brokers, and leasing firms, warning of financial crime risks and longer registration times.
The UK Financial Conduct Authority has introduced a machine-readable API for the FCA Handbook, allowing financial firms and RegTech providers to integrate regulatory updates directly into software systems.
The UK Financial Conduct Authority has banned and fined former Blue Horizon Asset Management executives Paul Taylor and Esmeralda Toni after finding widespread dishonesty during buyout attempts.
The FCA's review of outcomes monitoring under the Consumer Duty finds strong practices but urges firms to focus on proactive, evidence-based monitoring and clear links to action.
Lucy Beck will stand trial in June 2028 over allegations of promoting foreign exchange CFDs without FCA authorization, following a not guilty plea at Southwark Crown Court.
The UK Upper Tribunal has upheld the Financial Conduct Authority's ban against Heather Dunne and Richard Fenech while reducing their fines to £41,230 and £16,046 following findings of dishonesty and oversight failures in pension transfer advice.
The UK Financial Conduct Authority has selected Anthropic to provide Claude access to 21 firms in the second cohort of its Supercharged Sandbox AI testing environment.