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Edmund Shing: Pension reforms - freedom, stealth tax or a scandal-in-waiting?
Radical changes in pension rules combined with lack of understanding could open the floodgates for mis-selling of new products.
FCA in denial over 'multiple failures', warns Treasury Committee
MPs have given the regulator a thorough shoeing over last years's insurance market pre-briefing bungle
Hedge fund trader Julian Rifat jailed for insider dealing
Former Moore Capital hedge fund trader Julian Rifat has been jailed for 19 months.
Libor fixing scandal: FCA bans convicted ex-Rabobank trader Paul Robson
Paul Robson earlier pleaded guilty in the US to attempts to manipulate benchmark interest rate.
FCA to test if bankers are 'fit and proper' each year
The FCA is to carry out an annual 'MOT' of thousands of banking staff to ensure they are 'fit and proper'.
Payday lenders found with backlogs of medical letters excusing vulnerable customers
An FCA review 12 months down the line found 'serious non-compliance' at all the firms investigated.
Wonga to slash third of workforce in £25m cost-cutting drive and stop small business lending
Some 325 Wonga employees will lose their jobs.
Payday lenders must list on price comparison websites
The CMA says that payday lenders must submit the price of their services to at least one price comparison site.
Sir Howard Davies to become chairman of RBS
Former chief of FSA Sir Howard Davies to become chairman of RBS.
FCA to probe competition across investment and corporate banking sector
The regulator said the bundling and cross selling of services makes it difficult for new market entrants to compete.
FCA 'working closely' with other regulators and HSBC over tax scandal
The FCA is working with other regulators to ensure that HSBC complies with the code of conduct.
FCA looks at imposing time limits on PPI compensation
FCA is to review the success of the handling of complaints relating to mis-sold payment protection insurance.
Libor fixing scandal: Two former Martin Brokers executives fined and banned by FCA for market rigging
Two former bosses at Martin Brokers Limited were fined more than £300,000.
How jailing and fining UK financial industry non-exec directors could scare off talent
A new regime for non-executive directors in the UK's financial sector will see more punitive action
Why UK house price growth will be unstoppable in 2015
HSBC admits it's too 'hard to be too negative on the British property market'.
Fiat Chief says car industry is out of 'dog house'
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne said on Monday (January 12) the car industry has made a strong recovery following the severe economic difficulties in 2009 that led the federal government to loan millions of dollars to two of the three major carmakers.
The Money Shop to shed 200 stores and 350 jobs
The Money Shop has run into trouble since payday loans were capped.
Britain's FCA to fine London unit of failed Banco Espírito Santo for violating listing rules
The fine could amount to several hundred thousand pounds, according to Wall Street Journal's sources.
FCA to regulate FX, swaps, repo, gold and oil indexes after market fixing scandals
Market manipulation across several sectors has led watchdog to take formal charge.
Barclays accountants PwC under investigation for bank's failure to protect £16.5bn in client assets
The Financial Reporting Council has launched a probe into the bank's accountants.
FX fixing scandal: First arrest in foreign exchange market rigging sees City trader detained
BREAKING: Trader was arrested following a dawn raid on his home in Essex.
Train fare dodging banker banned from financial industry after racking up £43,000 in rail tickets
Jonathan Paul Burrows has been deemed not fit and proper to partake in financial services industry.
FCA executives have bonuses cancelled after leaked insurance investigation blunder
The FCA leaked insurance industry probe to a newspaper earlier this year, wiping billions of stock values.
FCA unveils new rules to tackle 'poor practice' in credit broking market
The regulator has announced new rules to tackle practices that are 'causing serious detriment to consumers'.
UK Regulator Warns Credit Card Industry 'Not Working Well'
The FCA said customers worst affected are those who are over-borrowing and paying high interest rates.
RBS, NatWest and Ulster Bank Fined £56m For IT Blunder That Left Millions Without Money
Royal Bank of Scotland was also fined separately by the Prudential Regulation Authority
FX Fixing: Banking System Reforms 'Badly Needed' say Politicians
This month, Citibank, HSBC, JPM, RBS and UBS were fined a combined total of $3.4bn by the FCA and CFTC.
Payments System Regulator Plans Shake-Up of 'Opaque' £75tn Industry
The PSR says that it hopes to make the industry more 'competitive'.
FX Fixing: Bankers Face Jail Time as Switzerland Opens Criminal Investigation
Britain and the US have already a raft of active cases against traders implicated in the scandal
UK House Prices Grow at Weakest Rate Since 2013 on Mortgage Curbs and Interest Rate Hike Fear
Rics says British house prices slowed sharply in the three months to October.