The Basel Committee has issued a paper on the Basel securitization framework as part of an initiative to reform regulatory standards for banks in response to lessons learned from the GFC.

The FCA fined Besso Limited £315,000 for failing to take reasonable care to establish and maintain effective systems and controls for countering the risks of bribery and corruption.

The FCA fined Santander £12.4m for failing to ensure it gave suitable advice to its customers and that its financial promotions and communications with customers were clear, fair and not misleading.

The FCA is concerned that customers are being charged high rates to contact financial services firms and will consult with industry, consumer organisations and consumers to ensure customer calls are more affordable.

The FCA's latest review into disclosure by financial advisers found that 73 per cent of firms failed to provide the required information on the cost of advice.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) today confirmed its intention to undertake a competition review into the UK’s £150bn credit card market at the end of this year.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced plans to look into how firms can reduce the risk of traders manipulating key benchmarks as a central part of its Business Plan for 2014/15.

The FCA jointly developed this guide with The Pensions Regulator to provide an overview of how workplace defined contribution (DC) pensions are regulated to protect the interests of consumers.

The FCA sent out guidance that advisers and product providers share the responsibility for managing potential conflicts of interests when receiving and making payments.

This paper contains the FCA’s approach to crowdfunding over the Internet and the promotion of non-ready realizable securities by other media.