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391. From Diocletian to pay day loans: what can we learn from successful and unsuccessful price regulation?

     Speeches Published: 27/02/2018 Last modified: 27/02/2018
     Speech by Mary Starks, Director of Competition and Chief Economist at the FCA, delivered at the Social Market Foundation (SMF) lecture, London.

392. The FCA fines Porta Verde £25,000 for serious failings in its appointed representatives’ sales practices

     Press Releases Published: 13/12/2013 Last modified: 08/11/2016
     and vulnerable customers, between October 2010 and June 2012. ... Principle 6 requires firms to consider the interest of its customers and treat them fairly.

393. FCA fines financial advice firm and bans Arthur Cobill and William Hofstetter for British Steel Pension Scheme advice and oversight failings

     Press Releases Published: 11/03/2024 Last modified: 11/03/2024
     The FCA has fined Inspirational Financial Management Ltd (IFM), which is in administration, £897,840.

394. FCA fines Pembrokeshire Mortgage Centre Ltd £2.4m for serious failings in relation to the British Steel Pension Scheme

     Press Releases Published: 02/12/2022 Last modified: 02/12/2022
     The FCA has fined Pembrokeshire Mortgage Centre Limited (PMC) (trading as County Financial Consultants) (in liquidation) £2,354,331 for giving consumers unsuitable advice to transfer out of the British Steel Pension Scheme and other defined benefit

395. Rent-to-own, buy-now pay-later and pawnbroking agreements and coronavirus: temporary guidance for firms

     Finalised guidance Published: 24/04/2020 Last modified: 30/11/2020
     FCA temporary guidance applies to regulated firms that enter into rent-to-own (RTO), buy-now pay-later (BNPL) (as defined in the FCA Handbook), or pawnbroking agreements.

396. Beesley lecture: Economics, technology and data - Redefining the future of conduct regulation

     Speeches Published: 14/11/2014 Last modified: 20/10/2015
     in all probability, that the customer will return to them for a second, third, fourth (or more) loans where the margins are greater (because the risk of customers defaulting on the ... to us about testing new ideas or techniques that could improve

397. FCA bans three individuals from working in the financial services industry for non-financial misconduct

     Press Releases Published: 05/11/2020 Last modified: 05/11/2020
     The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has prohibited Russell David Jameson, Mark Horsey, and Frank Cochran from working in the financial services industry following findings that they are not fit and proper.  Each of them had been convicted of

398. FCA censures Lighthouse Advisory Services Limited for serious failings in relation to the British Steel Pension Scheme and £23m paid out in redress

     Press Releases Published: 15/05/2023 Last modified: 15/05/2023
     The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has censured Lighthouse Advisory Services Limited for the unsuitable advice given during the period 1 April 2015 to 30 April 2019 to people looking to transfer out of defined benefit pension schemes, including

399. FS21/2: Approach to Repossessions: Updated Tailored Support Guidance for firms - Feedback on draft guidance for mortgages and consumer credit

     Feedback statements Published: 27/01/2021 Last modified: 27/01/2021
     We have updated our guidance to firms on our approach to repossessions from 31 January 2021.

400. FCA announces proposals to fundamentally reform the way banks charge for overdrafts and extends protections for other high-cost credit products

     Press Releases Published: 18/12/2018 Last modified: 11/04/2024
     The FCA has announced the next package of measures forming part of its high-cost credit review.