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The Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) has today published its annual report for 2021. On this occasion, the FSMA held a webinar presenting its supervision of compliance with the rules intended to protect investors and introducing an innovative tool based on data analysis. The core mission of the FSMA is to contribute to an […]
We currently use six-digit Firm reference Numbers (FRNs) to uniquely identify firms, and six-digit Product Reference Numbers (PRNs) to uniquely identify funds. We’re likely to reach the six-digit limit (999999) during 2023, given the volume of applications and notifications we receive. We’re planning a move to seven-digit FRNs and PRNs for all newly registered firms […]
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is using data to tackle online fraud faster by scanning approximately 100,000 websites created every day to identify those that appear to be scams. Where the FCA identifies fraudulent websites, it is proactive in requesting the website host shut them down, though it does not have the powers to force […]
Home News FCA fines Ghana International Bank Plc £5.8m for failings in its anti-money laundering controls The FCA has fined Ghana International Bank Plc (GIB) £5,829,900 for poor anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing controls over its correspondent banking activities. GIB provided correspondent banking services to overseas banks. This allowed them to provide products and services […]
GBPUSD is falling – railway workers and teachers are on strike. The Pound sterling is back to falling against the USD. The current quote for the instrument is 1.2203. The statistics published yesterday showed that the Consumer Price Index in the United Kingdom was 9.1% y/y in May, the same as expected, after being 9.0% […]
EURUSD, “Euro vs US Dollar” After forming a new consolidation range around 1.0520 and then expanding it up to 1.0600, EURUSD is expected to form one more ascending structure towards 1.0619. Later, the market may trade downwards to break 1.0500 and then continue falling with the target at 1.0390. GBPUSD, “Great Britain Pound vs US […]