Compliance & risk management - Page 6
FCA fines NatWest £264.8 million for failed anti money laundering duty
Firms handling large sums of cash have been reminded of their duty to combat money-laundering after NatWest Bank was fined £264.8 million in the Financial Conduct Authority's first criminal prosecution for money laundering failings.
Are car retail’s new FCA regulations having the desired effect?
Six months on from the introduction of new Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) regulations, automotive retailers should be starting to see an impact on average commission levels as they adapt to a new way of working.
Growth in the face of COVID-19 an ‘unexpected positive’, says Alphera boss
A 21% rise in finance applications was not what Alphera Financial Services head Preston Rogers anticipated when he was tackling the fall-out of COVID-19 in 2020 – but that is what the business delivered.
Lookers avoids sanctions as FCA closes investigation into ‘possible mis-selling’
The FCA has told Lookers does not intend to apply any sanction against the car retail group following the decision to close its investigation into the ‘possible mis-selling’ of regulated products.