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Regulators have ordered one of Wirecard's key businesses to stop all activities and frozen customer funds amid its $2 billion accounting scandal
Wirecard applied for insolvency on Thursday days after its CEO Markus Braun was arrested following …
Saloni Sardana
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The UK's financial watchdog has allowed one of Wirecard's key businesses to resume operations after it froze all accounts last week
This comes after the Financial Conduct Authority had ordered Wirecard Card Solutions to cease all r…
Saloni Sardana
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Almost 200 crypto firms applied to register in the UK over the last year as global interest in bitcoin boomed
Applications came from big names such as Fidelity and Revolut, as well as smaller firms dotted arou…
Harry Robertson
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Lockdown has created a fresh headache for financial regulators — it's much harder to keep an eye on what traders are up to
The UK's financial watchdog saw a fall in suspicious transactions and orders reports during the loc…
Shalini Nagarajan
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Cryptocurrency investors could 'lose all their money,' UK regulator warns as Bitcoin price drops from all-time high
"The complexity of some products and services relating to crypto assets can make it hard for consum…
Harry Robertson
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Binance revives plans for a UK launch after winning over the financial regulators that banned it
Binance's relations with the FCA have improved ever since its UK-based marketplace was banned from …
Shalini Nagarajan
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Over 60 crypto companies have withdrawn their application to do business in the UK as the country tightens regulation
Registration data from the FCA showed that around 64 crypto-related firms have withdrawn their appl…
Isabelle Lee
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UK government will toughen regulation on ‘misleading’ crypto ads after a record number of campaigns flood London
The government said it would target "misleading" crypto advertising with tougher regulation in the …
Hamza Fareed Malik
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Binance is 'not capable' of being effectively supervised and is a significant risk to consumers, says UK financial regulator
The Financial Conduct Authority said Binance Markets Limited failed to supply further information a…
Isabelle Lee
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The UK will spend $15 million to warn young people about risks in crypto investing
There's been an "explosion" in young people investing in crypto and other high-risk assets, the FCA…
Carla Mozée
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UK regulator says celebrities such as Kim Kardashian are putting investors at risk by pushing unknown crypto tokens
Unsuspecting consumers are regularly being lured into crypto scams by social media influencers, the…
Harry Robertson
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The UK will spend $667,000 to train staffers at the top finance regulator to identify crypto terrorist financing
The FCA needs a third-party specialist for "robust and efficient analysis of cryptoasset blockchain…
Carla Mozée
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Financial watchdog warns UK crypto fans to be wary of dealing with Sam Bankman-Fried's exchange FTX
The FTX "is not authorized by us and is targeting people in the UK," the Financial Conduct Authorit…
George Glover
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The UK is easing rules around SPACs to entice more listings of the blank-check companies
Revisions to the rules include waiving the suspension of SPAC listings once firms reveal their deal…
Isabelle Lee
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The UK reportedly is finalizing plans to regulate the crypto industry in the wake of FTX's collapse
If approved, the UK's Financial Conduct Authority will have new powers to oversee the crypto indust…
Carla Mozée
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Cabinet approves signing of updated AIFMD pact between Sebi, UK's FCA
After UK's proposed withdrawal from EU, FCA informed Sebi that the existing AIFMD pact between Seb…
PTI
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City watchdogs are finally investigating HBOS executives - 7 years after its £20 billion bailout
In the years following the bailout of HBOS in 2009, the now-defunct Financial Services Authority de…
Oscar Williams-Grut,Ben Moshi…
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Crypto firms face big penalties, including jail time, for unauthorized ads following the FTX disaster, UK financial regulator says
Breaches of the new financial promotions guidelines can lead up to a two-year prison sentence, acco…
Morgan Chittum
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HSBC UK is blocking customers from making payments to Binance, report says
HSBC joins other banks in blocking payments to Binance, including Barclays and Santander. The crypt…
Isabelle Lee
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Britain's regulator is scrapping the publication of a major banking culture inquiry
A focus on the culture in financial services firms remains a priority for the FCA. There is curren…