Nigel Farage: City regulator ‘is a disaster’ September 5, 2025 Nigel Farage has branded the Financial Conduct Authority a “disaster” as he promised his party would overhaul the City’s regulatory landscape. The Reform UK leader – who is hosting the party’s annual conference this weekend – is a strong contender to take the keys to 10 Downing Street in the next general election. Allies of [...]
Bank of England unveils shake up of financial crisis banking rules July 15, 2025 The Bank of England has unveiled a sweeping package of reforms aimed at easing the regulatory burden on smaller and mid-sized banks, marking a major shakeup of the post-financial crisis rulebook. The central bank’s changes include a one-year delay to key parts of the Basel 3.1 reforms – the UK’s version of international banking rules [...]
Revolut banking licence bid goes down to the wire as key deadline looms July 8, 2025 Revolut is facing a fresh regulatory headache in the UK amid mounting expectations it may miss a key deadline in the ongoing process to become a fully operational bank. The digital banking juggernaut received the green light for its UK banking licence from Britain’s banking watchdog last year after a three-year wait, which triggered a 12-month [...]
City regulators must work more constructively with businesses, experts say June 26, 2025 City regulators have been urged to work more constructively with businesses to ease compliance costs, experts have said amid plans for major regulatory reform by the government. Regulators such as the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Prudential Regulatory Authority (PRA) were frequently too slow to respond to messages from businesses and were often deliberately [...]
Slash red tape for fund managers or risk ‘industry exodus’ May 23, 2025 The government must slash red tape preventing new fund managers from setting up or risk an industry exodus, experts have warned. The rate of new fund management businesses being created has dropped precipitously in recent years as high barriers to entry have pushed too many entrepreneurs away from the industry, according to a report by [...]
Bank of England ‘analysing’ end of dollar’s prestige April 29, 2025 The Bank of England’s stability watchdog is assessing the potential impacts of the dollar’s recent slump after President Trump’s tariffs spooked investors. Sam Woods, head of the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and Bank deputy governor, suggested that the first month of Trump’s global trade war had diminished the dollar’s status as a safe haven currency. [...]
PRA under pressure to cut red tape as growth plans fail to excite the City January 22, 2025 The banking regulator is under pressure to go further and faster in its efforts to cut red tape from the City after it outlined plans to boost the growth of firms within its remit last week. In a letter to the Prime Minister and Chancellor, the PRA, which sits within the Bank of England and [...]
UK proposes earlier banker bonuses in bid to boost competition November 26, 2024 UK regulators have officially laid out plans for the country’s top bankers to get their bonuses years earlier in a bid to boost competition with rival jurisdictions. The Bank of England’s Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and City watchdog the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published proposals on Tuesday to reduce the bonus deferral period for most [...]
Bank of England mulls ‘further steps’ to boost City’s global competitiveness September 26, 2024 The UK's banking regulator is mulling "further steps" to boost the City's international competitiveness as one of its top brass hailed a "broadly welcoming" response to its softening of bank capital rules.
Nationwide to complete £2.9bn takeover of Virgin Money after FCA and PRA approval September 6, 2024 Nationwide is to complete its £2.9bn takeover of rival Virgin Money next month after the deal was given the green light by the UK’s financial regulators. The banks said in statement issued to the London Stock Exchange that the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Bank of England’s Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) have both approved [...]