Law360, London: The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) could damage the reputations of businesses and individuals under investigation in cases that it publicises anonymously as an unintended consequence of a new enforcement policy, lawyers have warned.

Law360: City firms are pressing the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to revise the draft guidance for its new anti-greenwashing regulations to clear up critical ambiguities as they seek greater clarity on how broadly the new rules will be applied.

Law360, Expert analysis: The Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) 2025-2030 strategy document, released on 25 March 2025, identifies the following priorities: (i) fighting financial crime, (ii) helping consumers, (iii) supporting growth, and (iv) being a smarter regulator. Regulated firms that delve a little deeper into the strategy can find some less predictable, but welcome messages including a commitment to taking a more flexible approach to supervising the largest firms, the removal of redundant requirements in areas such as commercial insurance and asset management, as well as forthcoming reviews. Written by Imogen Makin, counsel at WilmerHale

Law360, London: The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)'s planned tokenisation regime designed to help asset managers trade investment funds as digital assets could expose investors to financial criminals lurking in crypto-markets, with the regulator's 'targeted support' rules multiplying the risk, lawyers have warned.

Law360, London: The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) hit Starling Bank Ltd with a £28.9m fine on 2 October 2024 for inadequate anti-money laundering and sanctions controls, which has sent a wider warning to companies that compliance levels must match growth.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced that £106m in redress has now been offered to 1,870 former British Steel Pension Scheme (BSPS) members to put them back in the position they would have been at retirement. More than 6,500 former members have been supported by the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS), Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) or through the FCA’s redress scheme.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), and HM Treasury (HMT) have published letters in response to the House of Lords Financial Services Regulation Committee’s (FSRC) June 2025 report ‘Growing Pains: clarity and culture change required’, which examined how financial regulators are embedding their secondary objective to promote international competitiveness and growth . The responses outline reforms to authorisation processes, supervisory models, rule simplification and redress systems. The FCA also addressed questions on its proposed motor finance redress scheme.

Law360, London: The Supreme Court judgment in Kession Capital Ltd v KVB Consultants Ltd, handed down on 1 April 2026, considered whether a Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)-authorised person can limit their responsibility for acts undertaken by an appointed representative. Rory Spillman, partner and Adriano Stagni, associate, both at Signature Litigation LLP analyse the judgment and the significance of the ruling for FCA-authorised firms and their oversight obligations in relation to appointed representatives.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published Handbook Notice No 144, which contains changes to the Handbook made by the FCA board on 30 July 2026 and 24 September 2026, and changes made by the FCA’s Executive Regulation and Policy Committee (ERPC) on 11 September 2026. Among other matters, following consultation in CP26/14, the FCA board made certain changes to the Conduct of Business Sourcebook pursuant to the Changes to Information Flows for UK Equity IPOs Instrument 2026 (FCA 2026/53), effective 5 August 2026. The changes relate to FCA rules on information sharing during UK equity initial public offerings.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced that the London Community Credit Union (LCCU) has been placed into administration and has ceased trading. James Sleight and Stratford Hamilton of PKF Littlejohn Advisory Limited have been appointed as joint administrators. LCCU, a financial co-operative owned by its members, is regulated by the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and the FCA under Firm Reference Number (FRN) 213743 as a deposit-taker. The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) will protect members by returning their money within 7 working days from the date LCCU was declared in default.

The Financial Services Enforcement Database incorporates detailed information on all substantive FCA and PRA Final Notices and, where available, Decision Notices from 2014 onwards. The Database may be searched and filtered by rule breach, including breach of Principle 6, and keyword, including ‘Treating Customers Fairly (TCF)’. It may also be searched by sector, date, seriousness, aggravating and mitigating factors, financial penalty, and other actions such as referrals to the Upper Tribunal. Overview and key points This Practice Note considers the remaining relevance of the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) Treating Customers Fairly (TCF) initiative following the introduction of the FCA’s Consumer Duty. The key foundations of TCF are set out in the FCA’s Principles for Business (PRIN), in particular Principles 6 and 7. TCF was a key pillar of the FCA’s consumer protection objective and central to its work in ensuring a fair deal for consumers. This Practice Notes examines key concepts surrounding TCF and considers the continuing relevance and application of Principles 6 and 7. Key points are as follows: • the fair treatment of customers

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced that Charles Hunter, Kayan Kalipha and Luke Desmaris, each charged with one count of communicating an invitation to engage in investment activity, contrary to section 21(1) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA 2000), have made their first court appearance. The individuals—often referred to as ‘finfluencers’—are alleged to have encouraged social media followers to invest in foreign exchange (forex) trading through high-risk products known as contracts for difference (CFDs), without having the authorisation to promote these investments. They appeared before Westminster Magistrates’ Court, pleaded not guilty and are scheduled to appear at Southwark Crown Court on 8 October 2025.