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HSBC's depositor protection slipped through lack of clear ownership
The bank's "very serious" failure to apply the robust accountability of the Senior Managers and Certification Regime was exacerbated when, in its 2018 ring-fencing exercise, experts on the Depositor Protection Rules were all transferred to a new corporate entity. Denis O'Connor analyses the grounds for the PRA's second-biggest fine.
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04 March 2024
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Vol 36 No 6 - 16 February 2024
Covert car finance deals jump-start latest mis-selling scandal
The regulator has hit the brakes on processing of a surge of motor finance complaints, after undisclosed commission arrangements were followed by firms engaging "in wholesale breaches of DISP 1.4.1R and its accompanying guidance". We have been down this road before, in PPI and Plevin, writes Adam Samuel.
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04 March 2024
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Vol 36 No 6 - 16 February 2024
Digital pound progresses in design phase
While a final decision has yet to be made, the Government and Bank of England look likely to press ahead, and many consider the central bank digital currency to be an inevitability. Charlotte Hill and Daniel Hirschfield review the latest tranche of regulatory papers on the digital pound and consider what lies ahead.
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04 March 2024
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Vol 36 No 6 - 16 February 2024
Regulating diversity and non-financial misconduct - jurisdictional perspectives
Regulators have heightened their focus on how strategies against discrimination and personal forms of misconduct within financial institutions can contribute to better culture, governance, decision-making and risk management. Yet firms with cross-border operations should be aware of diverging approaches across the UK, EU and US, write Elisabeth Øverland, Holly Insley and colleagues.
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04 March 2024
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Vol 36 No 6 - 16 February 2024
Adoption of AI in financial services accelerates
Predictive artificial intelligence is already in widespread usage in the sector, but there is growing focus on the use cases for generative models and how they might be safely integrated into business processes. Lucy Hadrill and Katie Simmonds discuss a new report and consider the future for AI in financial services, along with risk areas for customer outcomes, legal and regulatory requirements.
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04 March 2024
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Vol 36 No 6 - 16 February 2024
FCA's technology frontline against financial crime
A new report from the regulator prioritises the use of data and technology, along with substantial collaborative efforts, to reduce and prevent financial crime. Firms will need to do the heavy lifting, warn Imogen Makin and Joe Rybacki.
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04 March 2024
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Vol 36 No 6 - 16 February 2024
Inquiry into SME personal loan guarantees could feed into Government review
The FCA is investigating the requirement lenders impose on small business owners to provide a personal guarantee, and will contribute its findings into the Government's review of the Consumer Credit Act if it discovers "relevant information".
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06 March 2024
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Vol 36 No 6 - 16 February 2024
Turn and face the strange
With the transformed landscape of financial services after the crisis gradually taking shape, industry professionals highlight the compliance challenges of the year ahead. By Esther Martin
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08 March 2024
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Vol 23 No 5 - 01 February 2011
The new boss
This guy will play a significant role in your firm's future. Esther Martin reports on the incoming head of UK financial markets and conduct regulation.
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08 March 2024
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Vol 23 No 6 - 01 March 2011
Light cast on shadows: the new regulatory structure
The past month has seen further light shone on the future regulatory framework, which will soon exist in preliminary 'shadow' form. Esther Martin reports on the updates.
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08 March 2024
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Vol 23 No 6 - 01 March 2011
Compliance system was "inadequate" in small firm fined for pension transfers
The FCA has fined a Huddersfield-based firm nearly £898,000 for its pension transfer advice, which saw 96 per cent of its British Steel Pension Scheme clients leave that arrangement even though the advice was uncompliant in 83 per cent of cases reviewed.
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13 March 2024
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Vol 36 No 7 - 13 March 2024
Brokerage director appeals £5.95m cum-ex fine on "huge" Danish trading
By Neasa MacErlean
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18 March 2024
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Vol 36 No 7 - 13 March 2024
Retirement income firms under scrutiny, with some "not getting basics right"
Firms giving retirement income advice have been told to review their processes since some of them "are not even getting the basics right"; and most would not comply with the Consumer Duty.
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22 March 2024
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Vol 36 No 7 - 13 March 2024
Promoters using social media issued warning and detailed guidance
Firms and influencers can breach the rules even in private chatrooms or if a promotion is made outside the United Kingdom and was not intended for a UK audience.
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27 March 2024
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Vol 36 No 7 - 13 March 2024