The Financial Services Authority is the regulator of the financial services industry in the UK.
Is your money safe if a firm goes bust?
Is your money protected when you buy an investment product, take out a pension or open a bank account - and then the firm goes out of business? The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) may be able to get your money back.
Know Your Rights in 2012
Problems with your bank account? Or just wanting to know how quickly making and receiving payments should take? We have relaunched our downloadable guide explaining your rights when dealing with your bank or building society.
PPI customers contacted about mis-selling
If you have ever bought payment protection insurance you may receive a letter from the firm that sold it to you.
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FSA publishes Business Plan for 2012/13
22 Mar
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has published its business plan setting out its priorities for 2012/13, and the implications for the FSA’s budget. The document outlines the FSA’s specific initiatives for the year ahead, which reflect the continuing challenges facing the financial services industry. This is likely to be the FSA’s final business plan before it splits into the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in 2013.
FSA secures £32 million High Court judgment against three land banks but victims are unlikely to get their money back
21 Mar
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has won an important victory in the battle against unauthorised businesses after the High Court declared that James Kenneth Maynard, Countrywide Land Holdings Limited (Countrywide) and Plateau Development & Land Limited (Plateau) operated a collective investment scheme without authorisation and sold plots of land unlawfully to UK consumers. Regional Land and Countrywide were trading names used by Maynard.
WorldSpreads Limited enters Special Administration Regime
18 Mar
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) confirms that WorldSpreads Limited (WorldSpreads), a spreadbetting company, has entered the Special Administration Regime (SAR) on 18 March 2012. Upon the application of the directors of Worldspreads, the High Court has appointed Jane Moriarty and Samantha Bewick of KPMG LLP as joint special administrators.
GABRIEL
You can use our online information-gathering system GABRIEL (Gathering Better Regulatory Information ELectronically) to send us your reporting data. Our free e-learning course shows you how.
The FSA Handbook
Our Handbook sets out all our rules and guidance made under powers given to us by the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA). The online Handbook is updated regularly.
International and EU
We play a key role in the development of both International and European regulation. We actively participate in global forums to enhance cooperation and set consistent international standards. We also engage at the European level, which is increasingly the source of most of our policy initiatives.
Authorisation process
Any firm or individual that carries out a regulated financial service market activity in the UK must be authorised by us, unless they are exempt.
The FSA Register
Search our Register for firms, individuals and investment schemes that are, or have been, regulated by us.
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European Markets Infrastructure Regulation - New EU rules on derivatives trading
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