Tag: FCA
UK Minister Expects Stablecoin and Staking Legislation Within Six Months: Bloomberg
UK Economic Secretary to the Treasury Bim Afolami has said the UK government was "pushing very hard" to bring legislation for stablecoins and staking [...]
UK FCA Issued 450 Alerts on Firms Illegally Promoting Crypto in a Three Month Period Last Year
In order to advertise, crypto companies have to be registered with the authority or have their ads approved by a company that's authorized to do so. T [...]
FCA stops over 10,000 misleading financial adverts and promotions in 2023
Over 10,000 financial adverts and other promotions were withdrawn or changed in 2023 following intervention from the UK Financial Conduc [...]
FCA warns public against dealing with clone of Finalto
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued a warning against a fraudulent entity abusing the details of Finalto.
Fraudsters cop [...]
UK FCA Slow to Take Enforcement Action on Crypto Firms, the National Audit Office Says
The FCA has required crypto firms to register to comply with the country's anti-money laundering regulations since January 2020. Although it then bega [...]
ActivTrades, FCA, Tools for Brokers & More
This week has been pivotal for the forex industry executive moves, crypto industry leadership changes, and fintech sector appointments, highlighting a [...]
ActivTrades, FCA, Tools for Brokers & More
This week has been pivotal for the forex industry executive moves, crypto industry leadership changes, and fintech sector appointments, highlighting a [...]
UK’s Tough Crypto Regulator FCA Won’t Go Easy on Stablecoins, Official Says
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) on Monday published a discussion paper with proposals for a stablecoin regime. Though the country’s Conservative [...]
UK stablecoin regulation begins to take shape in multiple FCA, BOE documents
A suite of documents was published in the United Kingdom on Nov. 6 that concern stablecoin regulation. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) released [...]
FCA releases guidance for compliance with new UK crypto asset promotion rules
Rules for crypto asset promotion that came into force in the United Kingdom on Oct. 8 have led to some confusion, judging from the low level of compli [...]
UK FCA Releases Guidance on Promotions Rules for Crypto
The Financial Conduct Authority’s new regime took effect on Oct. 8, and the regulator has been consulting on guidance since June. Under the new rules, [...]
Payments Giant PayPal Approved for UK FCA Crypto Register
Landing on the register, which opened in 2020, means PayPal can also approve its own crypto-related communications under the recently imposed marketin [...]
Crypto firms have already breached new UK promo rules 221 times, says FCA
Crypto-promoting firms have breached the United Kingdom’s new crypto marketing rules at least 221 times since coming into force in early October, says [...]
UK’s FCA Focuses on Fonts as It Warns of ‘Issues’ With Crypto Ads
"We expect authorized firms approving the financial promotions of cryptoasset firms to take their regulatory obligations seriously," the FCA said, add [...]
Largest DeFi protocol on Solana reportedly quits UK market citing FCA rule
Marinade Finance, the largest decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol running on the Solana blockchain, has reportedly started blocking users from the U [...]