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Conduct SMCR & Governance

BoE speaks on “stylish regulation”

Emma Radmore

16/05/2019

Enforcement & Litigation Financial Crime Prevention

EC fines banks for FX cartel

The European Commission has fined 5 banks for taking part in 2 cartels involving 11 currencies in the spot fx markets. It has imposed fines totalling over €800m on Barclays, RBS, Citigroup and JP Morgan for the so...

Emma Radmore

16/05/2019

Fintech & Innovation

LawTech UK consults on crypto issues

Emma Radmore

16/05/2019

Consumer Finance Enforcement & Litigation Insurance

FOS Annual Review 2018/2019

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has published its Annual Review 2018/2019. The Annual Review highlights that FOS has: received more than 388,000 complaints over the past 12 months, which is up 14% on 2017/2018...

Angie Bamboulis

15/05/2019

Commercial Banking Investments Retail Banking

EU Council adopts legislative framework to reduce risks in banking system

Roseyna Jahangir

15/05/2019

Financial Crime Prevention

Group AML Regulation takes effect from September

Emma Radmore

14/05/2019

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