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Betfair spins into financial trading
News The website currently only offers financial spread betting - and a high low betting game based on movements of the FTSE 100 - as it awaits authorisation from the FSA, expected in early 2009. Online betting exchange... [10 Nov 2008]
Financial advisors digitise docs to please FSA
News Independent financial advisor group Independent Financial Services (IFS) has signed a deal to implement scanners in 100 offices, to keep client documents safe in light of FSA regulation. The decision to digitise the... [01 Sep 2008]
FSA warns banks to wise up on security
News The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has warned the banking industry to shape up their attitudes to securing sensitive data and customer information. One of the recommendations the FSA made as a result... [25 Apr 2008]
HSBC loses 370,000 customers' details
News The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has been informed about the loss and the bank faces a possible investigation, with the risk of a fine if a lapse in security is found. A spokesman for the FSA said:... [07 Apr 2008]
MiFID compliance warning
News FSA upgrades tech to improve MiFID monitoring ¦ The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is now looking into how well firms are complying with MiFID, looking at issues such as disclosure of information... [13 Mar 2008]
Finance giant breathes new life into outsourcing contract
News Diligenta is a UK-based, FSA regulated subsidiary of Tata Consultancy Services. Sun Life Financial of Canada (SLF) has signed a £100m contract for Diligenta to provide it with business process outsourcing (BPO) services. [31 Jan 2008]
Norwich Union Life fined for data control 'weaknesses'
News The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has fined Norwich Union Life £1.26m for failing to manage customer data adequately, resulting in financial crimes such as identity theft being committed against its customers. [17 Dec 2007]
Building society installs anti-money laundering tech
News Newcastle Building Society is about to implement an anti-money-laundering (AML) system to comply with FSA regulations and ensure quality of service to third parties. The building society currently carries out transaction... [11 Dec 2007]
MiFID: No big bang - but it's not over yet
News FSA upgrades tech to improve MiFID monitoring ¦ Speaking to silicon.com a Financial Services Authority (FSA) spokesman suggested the FSA is happy with the way things have gone so far.... [26 Nov 2007]
LSE back on track after outage
News FSA upgrades tech to improve MiFID monitoring The London Stock Exchange (LSE) is operating as normal after a technical issue yesterday. An LSE spokeswoman said, towards the close of business yesterday there was a... [08 Nov 2007]
MiFID: It's finally right here, right now
News UK banks ready for MiFID, says FSA ¦ FSA upgrades tech to improve MiFID monitoring ¦ The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has said the The FSA estimates that around... [01 Nov 2007]
Credit crunch hits tech contractors
News FSA upgrades tech to improve MiFID monitoring The proportion of tech contract workers in the financial services sector is at its lowest level for more than three years. Just 22 per cent of IT contractors are working... [31 Oct 2007]
MiFID: No boon for small and private banks?
News FSA upgrades tech to improve MiFID monitoring ¦ While large banks and exchanges are set to grow as a result of adopting MiFID (Markets in Financial Instruments Directive), small domestic players and private banks will... [30 Oct 2007]
UK banks ready for MiFID, says FSA
News The UK banking industry is in good shape for the European MiFID regulations which come into force on 1 November, according to the Financial Services Authority (FSA). An FSA spokesman told silicon.com... [30 Oct 2007]
MiFID: Banks not ready as deadline looms
News FSA upgrades tech to improve MiFID monitoring ¦ A significant proportion of financial organisations are unprepared for the record keeping requirements of MiFID, just weeks before the European investment banking... [17 Oct 2007]
