The Importance of Being Ahead of the Curve - Vulnerability
Clearly, vulnerability is becoming a central issue in society, as can be seen by the increase in the usage of the word over time. The...
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Victoria Bell
Jul 16, 2019
FCA Buy Now Pay Later Policy Statement
The FCA published its Policy Statement on Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) offers on 12 June 2019. This publication summarises the feedback to...
Robert Bell
Jun 10, 2019
Key Provisions for Debt Collection Firms in the Consumer Credit Sourcebook (CONC)
Last week’s article covered some of the key provisions in CONC for consumer credit firms with a focus on helping customers who are...
Robert Bell
Jun 4, 2019
Key Provisions for Consumer Credit Firms in the Consumer Credit Sourcebook (CONC)
To celebrate the launch of our CONC Guide, an easy to understand overview of CONC, I thought it would be useful to produce an overview of...
Robert Bell
Apr 9, 2019
Financial Services Regulation Round-Up - March 2019
As always, we aim to keep you right up to date with all matters to do with financial services compliance, as such we have produced a...
Robert Bell
Apr 2, 2019
Regulatory Horizon for 2019
In this article, we’ll take a look ahead at the upcoming regulatory changes over the next nine months of 2019. In the last two years,...
Victoria Bell
Mar 13, 2019
Dispute Resolution: Complaints in the FCA Handbook (DISP)
Following on from last week’s look at CONC, this week we’re going to examine DISP, the section of the FCA Handbook that sets out how...
Robert Bell
Mar 7, 2019
Often Overlooked Key Areas of the Consumer Credit Sourcebook (CONC)
Although many of us feel confident we know the FCA’s Consumer Credit Sourcebook (CONC) inside and out, even I, as somebody who covers it...
Robert Bell
Feb 27, 2019
FCA Authorisation Application in 5 Steps
Most financial service providers and consumer credit firms must be authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority in order to operate and...
Victoria Bell
Dec 11, 2018
The CONC Sourcebook: An Overview
With the introduction of GDPR and next year’s roll-out of the Senior Managers and Certification Regime impacting upon the consumer credit...
Robert Bell
Nov 20, 2018
FCA's Recent Discussion Paper on a Potential 'Duty of Care'
In July of this year, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a Discussion Paper on a potential ‘Duty of Care’, which some of the...
Victoria Bell
Apr 18, 2018
FCA's Final Guidance and Rules on Staff Incentives and Remuneration in Consumer Credit
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have published the final rules and guidance relating to staff incentives, remuneration and...
Robert Bell
Jan 18, 2018
Regulatory Horizon for 2018
2018 promises to be a bumper year for compliance. I can hear what you are thinking, you’ll be muttering, “Isn’t it always?” Seriously,...
Victoria Bell
Jan 3, 2018
Is your firm exempt from FCA authorisation under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Miscel
While most firms need either limited or full permission in order to be able to carry out regulated consumer credit activities, there are...
Victoria Bell
Nov 21, 2017
FCA's Proposed New 'Creditworthiness' Rules: What You Need To Know
With Q4 well under way, it’s a good idea to have any upcoming FCA policy statements at the forefront of your planning for 2018. Consumer...
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