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News in brief - 15 October 2026
REGULATION
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Almost half (48%) of young adults facing housing insecurity say that a lack of financial education is the primary cause of these problems, Money Ready has found
Posted: 07/10/2026
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is teaming with industry, government and consumer groups to encourage more people to consider protection insurance, after finding that around 58% of UK adults have no life insurance, critical illness cover or income protection
Posted: 21/09/2026
Restore Britain has unveiled a plan to abolish the FCA and the PRA in their current form
Posted: 11/09/2026
More than a fifth of complaints made to financial services firms take at least eight weeks to resolve, according to analysis by Huntswood of the latest FCA complaints data
Posted: 09/09/2026
Victims of convicted fraudster, John Burford, are set to recover most of the money they invested after the FCA obtained a confiscation order against him
Posted: 28/07/2026
The FCA has decided to ban a father and son from UK financial services after the High Court found that they had engaged in fraud and misused client money
Posted: 24/07/2026
Andy Burnham was appointed as Prime Minister yesterday, ushering in a new cabinet and potential changes to financial policy.
Burnham, who replaces Keir Starmer as PM and Labour leader, has put forward his intentions to publish a 10-year plan, and has already announced plans to cut VAT on residential energy bills from 5% to zero from October
Posted: 21/07/2026
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has led an international crackdown in illegal finfluencer promotions in the first year of its five-year strategy
Posted: 10/07/2026
The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) paid out more than £125m in compensation to customers who received unsuitable investment, pension, and self-invested personal pension (SIPP) advice in 2025/26, its Annual Report and Accounts has revealed
Posted: 07/07/2026
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched a consultation on simplifying how advisers, wealth managers, and platforms communicate the costs of investing
Posted: 03/07/2026
The Personal Investment Management & Financial Advice Association (PIMFA) and law firm Macfarlanes have published guidance on how wealth managers and financial advisers can use information sharing provisions set out in the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA)
Posted: 01/07/2026
More than half of UK regulated firms are struggling to verify who ultimately owns or controls the businesses they deal with, creating significant exposure to fraud, sanctions breaches and financial crime, according to new research from compliance specialist SmartSearch
Posted: 29/06/2026
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has censured CACEIS UK, with the asset servicing bank to make a £31.7m voluntary payment to WealthTek clients for failing to act on information that left them exposed to financial crime risk
Posted: 26/06/2026
PIMFA has published new guidance to help member firms navigate the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) updated handbook rules on non-financial misconduct
Posted: 24/06/2026
Keir Starmer has announced his resignation as PM and leader of the Labour Party.
He said every decision he has made in office has been about "putting the country I love first"
Posted: 22/06/2026
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has started civil proceedings against Neil Woodford and his latest venture W4.0 for “operating without authorisation”
Posted: 09/06/2026
The FCA is consulting on making it easier for first-time buyers (FTBs), older borrowers and the self-employed to get a mortgage.
The regulator will explore how to help lenders offer flexible repayments for people with variable incomes such as the self-employed
Posted: 09/06/2026
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has called on regulated firms to raise consumer protection standards when approving financial promotions, and do more to prevent sanctions breaches
Posted: 03/06/2026
Financial advisers are divided on whether the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) proposed changes to pensions and investment advice rules will help them service new clients, a study from AJ Bell has shown
Posted: 02/06/2026
The Centre for Finance, Innovation and Technology (CFIT) has launched its Roadmap for Open Property, following the completion of the first phase of Open Property Coalition.
Backed by the mortgage industry and funded by the Department for Business and Trade, the coalition is aiming to transform the current "slow and fragmented" homebuying process, signalling the next phase of the UK’s Smart Data initiative
Posted: 18/05/2026
Gatehouse Bank has launched a new partnership with AI-powered surveyor expertise platform, Finvise
Posted: 13/05/2026
The Investing and Saving Alliance (TISA) has urged the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to ensure proposed reforms to the redress system include clear safeguards for vulnerable consumers
Posted: 11/05/2026
Today's round up of developments coming out of the consumer finance space, featuring Together, Zephyr Homeloans and Hope Capital Property Finance
Posted: 11/05/2026
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched a review into annual percentage rates (APRs) to determine if they help consumers understand borrowing costs.
The regulator is seeking views on whether it should change how these rates are communicated in credit advertising
Posted: 29/04/2026
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has led international action to stop illegal finfluencers putting consumers’ money at risk
Posted: 24/04/2026
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has set out its vision for open finance, with the aim of empowering consumers and businesses by giving them greater control over their financial data to help secure better deals
Posted: 14/04/2026
Quilter has received permission from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to deliver Targeted Support
Posted: 08/04/2026
Royal London has received regulatory approval to deliver Targeted Support, the new form of regulated financial help being introduced by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
Posted: 08/04/2026
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed it is consulting on a simplified advice regime and laid out plans to help more people get financial advice for important decisions
Posted: 25/03/2026
The Bank of London Group has been fined £2m by the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) for misleading the regulator over its capital positions
Posted: 24/03/2026
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has opened an enforcement investigation into Market Financial Solutions
Posted: 20/03/2026
The FCA’s targeted support initiative has missed out on the potential to include later life lending to help deliver good customer outcomes for over-55 homeowners, according to Key Partnerships
Posted: 18/03/2026
MorganAsh has welcomed a recent intervention from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), calling for firms to be proactive when identifying customer vulnerability
Posted: 18/03/2026
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced that the High Court has placed the static homes investor, Concept Capital Group (CCG), into administration
Posted: 12/03/2026