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Financial Conduct Authority

Scammers are looking to prey on financially vulnerable households (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

Loan-fee fraud warning as scammers prey on financially vulnerable

August 4 2022

Tougher rules to tackle misleading adverts encouraging high-risk investments have been brought in by the financial regulator (PA)

New rules to clamp down on adverts promoting high-risk investments

August 1 2022

People considering buying a pre-paid funeral plan should check a list of authorised providers, the Financial Conduct Authority has urged (Ian West/PA)

Only buy a pre-paid funeral plan from an authorised provider, says watchdog

July 29 2022

Pre-paid funeral plan providers will be held to new high standards when they come under Financial Conduct Authority regulation and supervision (Andrew Parsons/PA)

Pre-paid funeral plan providers held to new FCA standards from Friday

July 28 2022

A new consumer duty requiring financial services firms to put their customers’ needs first will come into force from July next year (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

Financial services companies must have consumer duty in place from July 2023

July 27 2022

Financial services firms will have a new duty to put their customers’ needs at the heart of what they do, under plans being set out by the Financial Conduct Authority on Wednesday (Joe Giddens/PA)

New consumer duty for firms ‘will lead to major shift in financial services’

July 27 2022

Purchase scams, impersonation scams and investment scams are the three most common types of fraud that HSBC UK has reported seeing recently (Charlotte Ball/PA)

Bank reveals three most common scams

July 25 2022

Ashley Alder has been appointed as Chair of the Financial Conduct Authority (PA)

FCA appoints Hong Kong regulator Ashley Alder as new chair

July 8 2022

The Financial Conduct Authority has urged struggling consumers to seek help as soon as possible after witnessing an increase in people worried about money due to the rising cost of living (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

Financial watchdog urges consumers struggling with rising prices to seek help

July 6 2022

A worrying surge in reports about cryptocurrency scams which falsely claim to be endorsed by celebrities is being seen by Santander UK (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

‘Worrying rise’ in crypto scams claiming to be celebrity-endorsed seen by bank

June 28 2022

Money transfer group Wise has unveiled a rise in profits and surge in customers as its boss, Kristo Kaarmann, right, faces a City watchdog investigation after defaulting on his taxes (Wise/PA)

Wise posts higher profits amid watchdog probe into founder’s tax default

June 28 2022

The billionaire co-founder and chief executive of money transfer firm Wise is being investigated by the City watchdog over his status as a so-called deliberate tax defaulter (Victoria Jones/PA)

Wise boss under investigation by City watchdog after tax breach

June 27 2022

The Consumer Credit Act, which dates back to the 1970s, is to be reformed to make it fit for modern life, the Government has announced (Andrew Matthews/PA)

Consumer Credit Act will be reformed ‘to keep pace with the modern world’

June 16 2022

Lenders should act now to make sure that borrowers struggling with payments and vulnerable customers can access help as living costs rise, the Financial Conduct Authority said (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

‘Lenders should support customers struggling with rising living costs’

June 16 2022

The proposals include extending banks’ communications to groups, such as local charities and councils, to understand the wider impact from changes to services (Matt Crossick/PA)

New rules strengthening protections for access to bank branch services proposed

June 14 2022

Pension providers will now have to give customers a stronger nudge towards taking guidance when they access their savings (Gareth Fuller/PA)

Pension savers given stronger nudge towards taking guidance

June 1 2022

The Financial Conduct Authority will be given new powers over the UK’s biggest banks and building societies, to help protect the future of cash (Rui Vieira/PA)

City regulator will have new powers to help protect cash access

May 18 2022

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Dundee score vital victory in the High Court as insurance test case is found in their favour

September 15 2020

Man looking at a Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) claim form.

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May 5 2017

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Lloyds Banking Group sets aside another £1 billion for PPI compensation

October 26 2016

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Major banks ‘charging more to borrow money than payday lenders’

July 9 2016

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