Regulating for growth – the future is now
Speech by Jessica Rusu, FCA chief data, information and intelligence officer, delivered at Travers Smith’s Future of Fintech 2025, Merchant Taylors’ Hall. The invite for this conference highlights...
Communities use rules to successfully maintain access to cash
The ribbon was cut on a new banking hub in Monmouth, Wales, marking the first anniversary of the FCA’s access to cash rules. The rules mean that before banks and building societies change cash servi...
Regulatory perspective and priorities for 2025
Speech by Lucy Castledine, director of consumer investments, at the Personal Investment Management & Financial Advice Association (PIMFA) Compliance Conference 2025. Speaker: Lucy Castledine, director...
The FCA and Practitioner Panel 2024/25 survey findings
The FCA and the Practitioner Panel have published a report from our 2024/25 joint survey of FCA regulated firms. We have published the findings of the FCA and Practitioner Panel 2024/25 survey (PDF).T...
Scott & Mears Credit Services Limited enters administration
On 2 September 2025, Scott & Mears Credit Services Limited (SMCS), a debt collection firm, went into administration. Louise Longley and Julian Pitts of Begbies Traynor (Central) LLP were appointed as ...
Showing financial crime the red card
Speech by Steve Smart, joint executive director of enforcement and market oversight, at the 1LoD Financial Crime Summit. Financial crime is still too often seen as a lesser offence. A small-scale scam...
Why Trump’s Tariff Dividend Plan Ignites Crypto Trader Euphoria
President Donald Trump floated the idea of giving every American taxpayer a “dividend” check worth $1,000 to $2,000, funded directly from tariff revenues.
The proposal, revealed in a Thursday i...
