Tag: Financial Conduct Authority

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today launched a consultation on plans to give more small businesses access to the Financial Ombudsman Service (the Ombudsman). This follows a review of the protections available to small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) as users of financial services. At the moment only individual consumers and around 5.5 million…

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today published a package of proposals on how firms and individuals will move to the Senior Managers and Certification Regime. The aim of the new regime is to make individuals more accountable for their conduct and competence. Earlier this year, the FCA consulted on extending the new regime to…

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today published final rules which will require providers of personal current accounts and business current accounts to publish information that will help customers to compare the service they could receive from different providers. The new information will help customers, comparison websites and the media to make meaningful comparisons of…