In recent years, implementation of the FCA Consumer Duty regime has been a significant challenge for most financial services firms. The cross-cutting rules, by their nature, are difficult to interpret ...

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published its findings from its multi-firm review of contracts for difference (CFD) providers, assessing compliance with the consumer duty's "price and ...

Firms face huge upheaval as new consumer duty starts on 31 July The arrival of the new consumer duty on 31 July 2023 is set to bring about the biggest change in retail financial services since the ...

Almost a third of financial advisers expect their customer fees to increase as a result of the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer duty. Over half of advisers expect their fees to remain the ...

Scores of financial services firms are needlessly “gold plating” their compliance with Consumer Duty rules, the financial watchdog’s policy chief has claimed, as the regulator pushes back over ...

Public perceptions about banks have improved since the launch of the Consumer Duty two years ago, which set higher standards of consumer protection, a survey indicates. The Consumer Duty was launched ...

On 25 March 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published Feedback Statement FS25/2, which lays the groundwork for a multi-phase plan to simplify its regulatory framework following the ...

LONDON, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Britain's Financial Conduct Authority will take action against contracts for difference (CFD) providers that fail to provide fair value to consumers, two years after ...