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Amigo provides loans to borrowers who struggle to obtain credit from mainstream lenders if a friend or family member can act as a guarantor for them

Amigo to set aside more cash to settle complaints

Business / 03 Jul

The UK's Financial Conduct Authority said last week it had launched an investigation into Amigo's creditworthiness assessment process

UK subprime lender Amigo abandons sale

Business / 08 Jun

The UK economy has gone into lockdown during the coronavirus crisis and a recession is predicted

Britain eases financial reporting rules during epidemic

Business / 26 Mar

The UK Financial Conduct Authority said companies planning to report over the next few days should hold off so that they could better assess how Covid-19 is affecting their business

UK firms defer results after regulators call for delays

Business / 23 Mar

An accounting scandal led to the exit of M&C Saatchi co-founder Maurice Saatchi last year

UK financial watchdog launches M&C Saatchi probe

Business / 31 Jan

The Bank of England has admitted a rogue supplier has been misusing feeds of its press briefings

Hedge funds gained early access to BoE press feeds

Business / 19 Dec 19

Prices of crypto-assets, which include currencies like bitcoin, are very volatile, the Financial Conduct Authority has said

UK markets watchdog wants retail ban on crypto-assets

Business / 03 Jul 19

Under new FCA rules, UK banks and building societies will have to charge the same amount for all overdrafts from April 2020

UK watchdog shakes up 'dysfunctional' overdraft market

Business / 07 Jun 19

The new pacts will allow EU and UK regulators to exchange information on credit ratings agencies like Moody's with major operations in London that rate firms across the EU

Brexit: EU and UK markets watchdogs agree pacts

Business / 01 Feb 19

The Financial Conduct Authority said Tesco Bank failed to 'exercise due skill, care and diligence in protecting its personal current account holders'

Tesco Bank fined £16.4m over cyber attack

Business / 01 Oct 18

EU banking, insurance and markets watchdogs have already warned their respective sectors to be ready for a hard Brexit

UK watchdog tells banks to prepare for hard Brexit

Business / 19 Jul 18

Barclays chief executive Jes Staley been fined £642,430 by the UK's FCA in whistleblower case

Barclays CEO Staley fined over whistleblower case

Business / 11 May 18

WPP released a statement on April 3 to say it looking at an allegation of personal misconduct against Martin Sorrell, its CEO for 32 years

No WPP follow-up requests from UK watchdog over Sorrell

Business / 20 Apr 18

The FCA said that RBS had not engaged in 'systematic inappropriate treatment of customers'

RBS keeps funds for restructuring claims at £400m

Business / 23 Oct 17

The Financial Conduct Authority has refused to publish the main report into the issue at RBS

Pressure piled on UK watchdog over RBS report

Business / 13 Oct 17

The UK's wants to strengthen the duty of fund managers to act in the best interests of investors

UK orders changes to boost funds industry transparency

Business / 28 Jun 17

Lloyds Banking Group's CEO António Horta-Osório apologises for fraud

Lloyds to compensate fraud victims with £100m scheme

Business / 07 Apr 17

UK banks including Lloyds have collectively paid out over £24 billion to customers who were mis-sold payment protection insurance

UK finance watchdog sets deadline for PPI claims

Business / 02 Mar 17

The UK's Financial Conduct Authority said authorities were working to find the 'root cause' of the Tesco Bank hack

Tesco Bank hack 'unprecedented' - UK's FCA

Business / 08 Nov 16

Dark pools are trading venues where share orders are not visible to other traders until they are executed

UK watchdog stops short of 'dark pool' overhaul

Business / 21 Jul 16

Barclays agreed to settle at an early stage in the 'elephant deal" investigation

Barclays fined for cutting corners on crime checks

Business / 26 Nov 15

The UK's Financial Conduct Authority proposes new rules on hiring in banks

New UK rules to weed out 'bad apples' proposed

Business / 06 Oct 15

Lloyds reaches £117m deal with UK watchdog

Lloyds pays $117m for PPI settlement

Business / 05 Jun 15

The Financial Conduct Authority has conducted a year-long review of the high cost, short-term credit market

UK watchdog mulls action against payday lenders

Business / 10 Mar 15

Reckitt Benckiser fined £539,800 for breaches of listing, disclosure and transparency rules between 2005 and 2012

Reckitt fined for trading disclosure failures

Business / 20 Jan 15

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