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FCA review into mobile phone insurance finds examples of poor product design, unclear terms, and inadequate claims and complaints handling
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a review focusing on the way mobile phone insurance firms design products and handle claims from customers that have lost or damaged their phone, or had it stolen. -
High Court settlement paves the way for FCA to return money to investors in illegal land bank
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has agreed a settlement of proceedings in the High Court which will enable it to return approximately £380,000 to investors in a land bank. -
FCA bans and issues largest ever fine of nearly £1 million on a retail sole trader for deliberately misleading vulnerable customers for personal gain
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined sale and rent back arranger Gurpreet Singh Chadda £945,277 and banned him from working in the financial services industry for significant failings when conducting sale and rent back agreements. This -
Ex-Mortgage Broker pleads guilty to 12 Criminal Offences
In a case brought by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Michael Joseph James Lewis, in a plea and case management hearing at Maidstone Crown Court, pleaded guilty to ten counts of breaching the general prohibition under Section 19 of the -
FCA fines Xcap Securities PLC £120,900 for client asset failings and applies new penalty regime
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Xcap Securities PLC (Xcap), a retail investment and capital markets business, £120,900 for failing to adequately protect client money and client assets. This is the first client asset case the FCA has -
FCA secures commitment from high street banks to use a ‘retry system’ when processing payments to stop unnecessary penalty charges
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has reached an agreement with seven of the UK’s biggest high street banks that will see them use a same day ‘retry system’ when processing Direct Debits, standing orders and future dated bill payments. -
FCA fines investment firm Sesame £6m for failing to ensure advice given to customers was suitable and for poor systems and controls
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Sesame Limited (Sesame) £6,031,200 for two sets of failings: failing to ensure that investment advice given to its customers was suitable; and failings in the systems and controls that governed the -
FCA to ban the promotion of UCIS and certain close substitutes to ordinary retail investors
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published final rules to ban the promotion of Unregulated Collective Investment Schemes (UCIS) and certain close substitutes (together to be known as Non-Mainstream Pooled Investments (NMPIs)) to the vast -
FCA publishes a Decision Notice against Angela Burns deciding to ban and fine the former non-executive director £154,800 for failing to disclose her conflicts of interest
FCA publishes a Decision Notice against Angela Burns deciding to ban and fine the former non-executive director £154,800 for failing to disclose her conflicts of interest. -
J.P. Morgan International Bank fined for systems and controls failings in its wealth management business
The Financial Conduct Authority has fined J.P. Morgan International Bank Limited (JPMIB) £3,076,200 for systems and controls failings relating to its provision of retail investment advice and portfolio investment services.