Tag Archives: FinTech

March 2, 2021
Please BoJo Help Fintech Grow!

By Kyte Ekstrom | Compliance, FCA Regulation, FinTech, News | 0 Comments

There is an old compliance joke. Yes, there are actually some jokes in compliance. No, they aren’t all funny! Some of them are the regulations themselves. In any case, there is a compliance joke which dips its toes into also poking fun at our dear departed friends, the EU. Although it has since been found […]

Read More
February 24, 2021
February Monthly Regulatory Highlights

By Kyte Ekstrom | AML, communications, Compliance, Digital, E Money, Financial Industries, FinTech, News, payments | 0 Comments

FCA Consultation Paper Proposing Changes to SCA-RTS and guidance for Payment Services and Electronic Money The FCA has published consultation paper CP21/3 on the proposed changes to RTS (Regulatory Technical Standards) on SCA (Strong Customer Authentication) explores changes to the FCA’s guidance on payment services and electronic money. The FCA are taking this opportunity to […]

Read More
February 16, 2021
UK Company Directors to Face Fines and Bans Under Audit Reform Proposal

By Kyte Ekstrom | Compliance, FCA Regulation, FinTech, News | 0 Comments

After the accounting scandals at Carillion PLC and Patisserie Valerie in 2018 and 2019, individual company directors are set to face potential fines and bans for major failures under proposals to overhaul corporate governance and audit oversight. Accounting errors which previously may have incurred a slap on the wrist for company board members will be […]

Read More
January 29, 2021
January Monthly Regulatory Highlights

By Kyte Ekstrom | AML, Brexit, communications, Compliance, Consumer Credit, Credit Brokers, Credit Lenders, E Money, FCA Regulation, FinTech, Insurance, Investment, Investment Advisor, Investment Manager, News, Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Don’t have time, or the will, to trawl through endless websites reading long articles about financial news and regulation. We’ve got you covered with our Monthly Regulatory Highlights – snippets of the past months regulatory news and updates (along with links to corresponding webpages and press-releases) – saving you time and making it easy for […]

Read More
January 28, 2021
FCA Statement: Review Your Firms Regulatory Permissions

By Kyte Ekstrom | Compliance, Consumer Credit, Credit Brokers, Credit Lenders, E Money, FCA Regulation, Financial Industries, FinTech, Insurance, Investment, Investment Advisor, Investment Manager | 0 Comments

The mighty powers of the FCA are about to become even move vigilant! The Financial Services Bill 2019-2021 – which is currently making its way through parliament – means that the FCA will be able to act more quickly when they consider that firms are no longer carrying out regulated activities. The statement published on […]

Read More
January 21, 2021
FCA Publishes Paper on COVID-19 and Recording Communications

By Kyte Ekstrom | Brexit, communications, Compliance, FCA Regulation, Financial Industries, FinTech, News | 0 Comments

The idea of working from home; not having to drag yourself out of bed at the crack of dawn and foregoing the drudgery of the daily commute, seemed like an unattainable pipe dream less than a year ago. Now, ten months since the first lockdown, working from home looks set to be the norm for […]

Read More
January 19, 2021
National Risk Assessment of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing 2020

By Kyte Ekstrom | AML, Compliance, Financial Industries, FinTech, News | 0 Comments

If you’ve only just got up to speed with the implementation of the provisions of the 5th AML directive in 2020, and the UK’s Sanctions and AML Act in 2018 (which came into force at the end of the UK’s Brexit transition period) then news that HM Treasury and the Home Office have recently jointly […]

Read More
December 30, 2020
January – New Year Update

By Kyte Ekstrom | Brexit, Compliance, FCA Regulation, Financial Industries, FinTech, News | 0 Comments

2021 Top Trends in Fintech With Covid-19 raging globally and the economy in a state of uncertainty, you probably think 2021 is going to be a wash-out, a year of doom-and-gloom – well, you’d be wrong! Now, more than ever, individuals, families and businesses are turning to the digital world for solutions and the need […]

Read More
May 14, 2019
April Regulatory Update

By Admin | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Our Regulatory Update is a monthly digest of significant regulatory developments affecting FCA-regulated firms. FCA changes mortgage advice rules to encourage consumer choice The FCA has recently published proposals for changes to its mortgage sales requirements which will help to give consumers more choice in how they buy a mortgage. The proposals are one part […]

Read More

Archives
Categories