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As mentioned in HM Treasury’s October 2023 policy update on plans for regulating stablecoins, the Bank of England (Bank) has published a discussion paper providing more details on its...

The United Kingdom HM Treasury (“HMT”) on 1 February 2023 launched its first consultation on the future regulatory regime for cryptoassets (the “Cryptoassets Consultation”). At the same...

FCA fines Charles Schwab £9m for failing to protect client assets US investment giant also failed to get correct permissions and made a false statement The Financial Conduct Authority has fined Charles Schwab UK £9m for failing to protect client assets, carrying out a regulated activity without permission and making a false statement to the FCA. The breaches all affected retail investors, which the FCA said require the greatest level of protection, and took place between August 2017 and Apri...

UK Financial Conduct Authority Fines Charles Schwab UK £8.96 Million Over Safeguarding And Compliance Failures Date 21/12/2020 The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Charles Schwab UK Ltd (CSUK) £8.96 million for failing to adequately protect client assets, carrying out a regulated activity without permission and making a false statement to the FCA. Customers affected by the breaches were all retail customers, who require the greatest level of protection.  Mark Steward, Execu...

Financial Conduct Authority FCA fines Charles Schwab UK £8.96 million over safeguarding and compliance failures The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Charles Schwab UK Ltd (CSUK) £8.96 million for failing to adequately protect client assets, carrying out a regulated activity without permission and making a false statement to the FCA. Customers affected by the breaches were all retail customers, who require the greatest level of protection.  Mark Steward, Executive Director of Enf...