LONDON, July 7, 2026 — The Bank of England’s Financial Policy Committee (FPC) has welcomed the central bank’s recently published framework for systemic sterling-denominated stablecoins, saying the regime is designed to support innovation while maintaining financial stability.
LONDON, July 6, 2026 — The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published an AI review examining how artificial intelligence could reshape retail financial services by 2030 and beyond, concluding that AI is likely to become a defining force across the sector while setting out seven recommendations for the FCA Board and Executive to prepare the UK’s regulatory framework for increasingly autonomous AI-enabled financial services.
LONDON, June 3, 2026 — The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has warned football clubs about sponsorship arrangements involving unauthorized financial firms, including crypto businesses and trading platforms, saying such relationships could expose supporters to financial harm and create legal, compliance, and reputational risks for clubs.
LONDON, May 18, 2026 — The Financial Conduct Authority and the Bank of England on Monday set out a joint long-term vision for the use of tokenisation and distributed ledger technology in UK wholesale financial markets, outlining a coordinated regulatory and infrastructure approach aimed at supporting the transition from pilots toward production deployment.
LONDON, May 15, 2026 — The Financial Conduct Authority, Bank of England and HM Treasury said Friday that frontier artificial intelligence models are increasing cyber risks facing regulated financial firms and financial market infrastructures, warning firms to strengthen operational resilience and cybersecurity capabilities against faster and more scalable AI-driven attacks.
LONDON, May 6, 2026 — The Financial Conduct Authority said Wednesday it is investigating Mastercard, PayPal and Visa under the Competition Act 1998 over suspected anti-competitive conduct linked to the funding and usage of PayPal’s digital wallet, according to a statement.
LONDON, May 1, 2026 — The Financial Conduct Authority said Friday that three individuals have been arrested as part of an investigation into suspected unlawful financial promotions, according to a statement.
LONDON, April 30, 2026 — The Financial Conduct Authority said Thursday that cryptoasset firms will be able to request pre-application meetings from May 11, according to a statement.
LONDON, April 30, 2026 — The Financial Conduct Authority said in a statement it published guidance setting out how asset managers can use distributed ledger technology within existing regulatory rules in connection with tokenised funds.
LONDON, April 22, 2026 — The UK Financial Conduct Authority said it carried out its first operation with partners to disrupt illegal peer-to-peer crypto trading across multiple London locations, targeting eight premises suspected of operating without the required registration, according to a statement published Wednesday.
