The Financial Conduct Authority is putting senior managers of banks at a potentially higher risk of enforcement action after a tribunal forced it to partially suspend its motor finance compensation program, lawyers warn.
The government's growing use of sanctions to disrupt criminals targeting Britain is creating more work for white-collar lawyers, even if they object that the heavy-handed foreign policy tool flouts the rule of law.
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Many U.K. cryptocurrency companies will fail to achieve authorization under the Financial Conduct Authority's new regime when it goes live in October 2027, lawyers have warned.
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The decision by a British bank to voluntarily pay £31.7 million ($42 million) to consumers and avoid a full investigation by the finance watchdog is part of a growing strategy to resolve cases of market misconduct more quickly, lawyers say.
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The Financial Conduct Authority is putting senior managers of banks at a potentially higher risk of enforcement action after a tribunal forced it to partially suspend its motor finance compensation program, lawyers warn.
The government's growing use of sanctions to disrupt criminals targeting Britain is creating more work for white-collar lawyers, even if they object that the heavy-handed foreign policy tool flouts the rule of law.
Many U.K. cryptocurrency companies will fail to achieve authorization under the Financial Conduct Authority's new regime when it goes live in October 2027, lawyers have warned.
The decision by a British bank to voluntarily pay £31.7 million ($42 million) to consumers and avoid a full investigation by the finance watchdog is part of a growing strategy to resolve cases of market misconduct more quickly, lawyers say.
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July 24, 2026
Home REIT PLC said Friday that it will "vigorously defend" a £1.6 million ($2.1 million) claim by former adviser Smith Square Partners LLP for an allegedly unpaid contractual fee tied to the company's property sales process.
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July 24, 2026
The past week in London has seen financial advice firm Smith Square Partners sue ailing social housing company Home REIT, Pogust Goodhead hit with a contract claim by one of its investors, and Entain faced with its latest claim in expanding litigation linked to alleged bribery at its former Turkish business. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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July 24, 2026
Andrew Bailey, governor of the Bank of England, has defended its cyber-defenses against criticism and warned that advances in artificial intelligence still pose a growing threat to the financial system.
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July 24, 2026
A group of businesses is suing Visa and Mastercard at the Competition Appeal Tribunal, the latest in a series of cases alleging that the payment networks imposed anti-competitive charges and rules on commercial card transactions, known as swipe fees.
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July 24, 2026
HSBC said Friday that it will sell its Singaporean life and health insurance business to Germany's Allianz for $2.1 billion as the British bank continues to streamline its operations.
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July 23, 2026
A London appeals court ruled Tuesday that Moorwand Ltd. is not liable for £160,000 ($213,000) lost in an authorized push payment scam because the payment services provider had no reason to suspect the transfer instructions were fraudulent.
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July 23, 2026
A Saudi investor succeeded Thursday in reviving his $5 million claim over an unpaid loan agreement, as the Court of Appeal held that an earlier judge was wrong to conclude that the claim was time-barred.
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July 23, 2026
A collapsed investment company has sued the Royal Bank of Scotland for more than £73 million ($97 million), accusing the lender of allowing cash earmarked for solar farms to be siphoned off by the company's director.
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July 23, 2026
The City regulator said Thursday it has decided to ban a father and son from U.K. financial services after a London court found they had engaged in fraud and misused client money in the sale of an insurance brokerage.
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July 23, 2026
Britain's audit regulator said Thursday it imposed financial sanctions worth £18.2 million ($24.3 million) in the financial year that ended in March — up from the £14.5 million it issued in the preceding 12 months.
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July 23, 2026
Private equity firm Maven Capital Partners UK LLP said Thursday that four venture capital trusts it manages plan to launch linked share offers to raise up to £40 million ($53.5 million) for new investments.
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July 23, 2026
Segro has thrown its support behind a fourth takeover approach from Prologis, a U.S. real estate investment trust, which would value it at £14 billion ($18.7 billion).
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July 22, 2026
No single reform to automatic enrollment thresholds can address all the financial security and pension adequacy risks faced by lower earners during their working lives and in retirement, a think tank said Wednesday.
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July 22, 2026
The Financial Conduct Authority raised concerns Wednesday that some asset managers had inadequate financial crime controls in breach of legal requirements and regulatory expectations.
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July 22, 2026
Investment company CVC Income & Growth said Wednesday that it has raised approximately £16.5 million ($22 million) in equity by selling shares it held in treasury to meet "sustained demand" from individual and institutional investors.
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July 22, 2026
Austrian banking group Bawag is pursuing an Italian province for damages in England, claiming that the province breached a jurisdiction clause in an interest rate swap deal by suing the bank in Italy.
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July 22, 2026
A London appeals court has lifted a worldwide freezing order on a man accused of defrauding a Mexican billionaire out of more than $415 million, ruling that Salinas had obtained privileged information from his opponent's solicitor by "unlawful as well as abusive" means.
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July 22, 2026
The Bank of England floated rules on Wednesday designed to encourage the consolidation of smaller financial mutuals as part of a wider effort to double the size of the £223 billion ($298 billion) sector.
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July 22, 2026
The Financial Conduct Authority has said that artificial intelligence research company Anthropic would support a second group of companies in the Supercharged Sandbox that the regulator set up to experiment with advanced AI.
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July 22, 2026
Trustees of U.K. defined benefit pension plans consider being ready for the long-awaited online retirement savings portal project as the biggest challenge over the next 12 months, TPT Retirement Solutions said Wednesday.
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July 21, 2026
A self-described barter-based payment platform alleging it was improperly placed on an industry blacklist by Deutsche Bank has urged a New York federal judge not to grant the bank's dismissal bid, arguing the German lender has constructed an "unpled 'if ... then' scenario" and asks "the court to assume that it is factual."
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July 21, 2026
Santander told an appeals court Tuesday it should not pay out £670 million ($896 million) AXA lost when dealing with mis-sold payment protection insurance claims, arguing an earlier judge wrongly found it was liable irrespective of when the policies were sold.
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July 21, 2026
A trade association for British consumer lending businesses called Tuesday on newly appointed Chancellor John Healey to follow through with plans of his predecessor Rachel Reeves to revise the Consumer Credit Act to encourage more investment in the economy.
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July 21, 2026
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP defeated a Nigerian tourism company's $74 million professional negligence claim over legal advice on an investment deal with The Carlyle Group, as a London judge ruled Tuesday that the claim was time-barred.
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July 21, 2026
Halifax Bank of Scotland has persuaded a tribunal not to increase a £10,000 ($13,400) payout to a former manager who lost her job after returning from maternity leave.