The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Meridian Bond Limited. Fraudsters are using the details of firms, authorised by the FCA, to try to convince people that they work for a genuine, authorised firm. Fraudsters are using or giving out the following details as part of their tactics…
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UK financial regulator Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued its latest warning against an unregulated financial services provider targeting UK consumers. The FCA’s latest warning is against the firm Mulvey & Hanson LLP. Mulvey & Hanson LLP is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying…
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In a prosecution brought by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Mark Lyttleton, a former Equity Portfolio Manager at BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited, has today been sentenced to 18 months reduced with credit to 12 months on two counts of insider dealing. A confiscation order was also made in the sum of £149,861.27 and costs…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced that are aware an email was sent on Friday, December 16 2016 entitled "FCA Regulation 2017". The email appeared to be from [email protected]. The FCA would like to warn recipients that his email was not sent by the authority and should be deleted without opening.
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Penflow Ltd. Fraudsters are using the details of firms, authorised by the FCA, to try to convince people that they work for a genuine, authorised firm. Fraudsters are using or giving out the following details as part of their tactics to…
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UK financial regulator Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued its latest warning against an unregulated financial services provider targeting UK consumers. The FCA’s latest warning is against the firm Sigma Option / BR23 Limited. Sigma Option / BR23 Limited is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is…
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The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR), the economic regulator for the £75 trillion UK payment systems industry, has announced the start of a concerted and coordinated industry-wide effort to tackle payment scams. The regulator today published its response to a super-complaint issued by consumer watchdog Which?, about protection for people making authorised ‘push’ payments. In the…
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UK financial regulator Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued its latest warning against an unregulated financial services provider targeting UK consumers. The FCA’s latest warning is against the firm Money Matcher Ltd. Money Matcher Ltd is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated…
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today announced that it is inviting views on the future funding of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) and has also launched a consultation on a number of specific changes to its scheme rules. The FSCS is the UK’s statutory compensation scheme of last resort, which can step in…
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Shared from Sky News: Spread-betting giant CMC to mull jobs, HQ move amid FCA crackdown The financial spread-betting giant CMC Markets Plc (LON:CMCX) is to consider relocating chunks of its business away from the UK if the City watchdog presses ahead with plans to curb bets placed by retail customers, as reported by Sky News.…
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