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FSA: £1bn needed to fix financial IT
News The Financial Services Authority (FSA) on Wednesday called for substantial investment in banking IT, as part of proposals to speed up the time it takes for customers to get their money back when a bank fails. [09 Jan 2009]
HMRC's missing discs: Just a warning shot
Comment What is the justification for this given that the FSA was able to fine Nationwide £1m for a security breach in February this year? But the HMRC's wayward discs were a mere dry run, argues Stewart Room. [27 Nov 2007]
Halifax mortgage data stolen
News The documents were in a briefcase stolen from the locked car of an employee last week and the bank yesterday started writing to affected customers, after first reporting the breach to the Financial Services Authority... [27 Mar 2007]
Leader: A £1m message that goes out nationwide
Leader The Information Commissioner was informed and the Financial Services Authority (FSA) investigated. Then today the FSA handed down a £980,000 fine, reduced from a potential £1.4m. While Nationwide has... [14 Feb 2007]
Nationwide fined nearly £1m for security lapses
News Nationwide Building Society has been fined £980,000 by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) for information security lapses. The FSA said it found "the building society did not have adequate... [14 Feb 2007]
Firms 'wait and see' as MiFID deadline looms
News The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has calculated that the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive - MiFID - will create one-off implementation costs of between £870m and £1bn, with ongoing costs of £100m per year... [28 Nov 2006]