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Consumer warning about the risks of investing in binary options
The FCA is issuing this warning to inform consumers about the risk of investing in these high-risk, speculative products. From 3 January 2018, firms offering binary options in or from the UK must be authorised by the FCA. -
Consumer warning about the risks of investing in cryptocurrency CFDs
Contracts for differences (CFDs), including financial spread bets, with cryptocurrencies as the underlying investment are increasingly being marketed to consumers. These products are extremely high-risk, speculative products. This warning is to -
Considerations for Principals who have Appointed Representatives or Introducer Appointed Representatives (ARs)
The FCA issued an alert for all Principals who have Appointed Representatives or Introducer Appointed Representatives regardless of sector. -
Review of debt management sector gets underway
We are undertaking a thematic review of the debt management sector, in line with the commitment in our 2017/18 Business Plan. -
Our work on Defined Benefit Pension Transfers
We are looking at Defined Benefit (DB) Pension Transfers to assess the advice consumers are receiving from firms and whether they are at risk of harm. -
MiFID II: authorisation and variation of permissions
The FCA publishes MiFID 2 guide. -
Extension of temporary restriction in short selling: Liberbank, S.A
The Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) would like to draw the industry’s attention to the announcement by the Spanish Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV) which extends the restrictions of transactions under Article 20 (2) (a) and -
Buy As You View – enters administration
Dunraven Finance Ltd, trading under the name Buy as You View (BAYV), has been placed in administration. BAYV was a rent-to-own provider selling household goods, such as electronics and furniture on hire purchase to customers. -
Our supervisory approach to PPI
We will soon be launching a campaign to inform people about the 29 August 2019 deadline to complain about payment protection insurance (PPI). This campaign will complement the regulatory and supervisory work we have done – and will continue to do -
Our mortgage research: a message for respondents
We have launched a survey of mortgages in the UK. It collects information that will help us understand more about people with mortgages and how they are managing them.