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In this list of financial regulatory and supervisory authorities, central banks are only listed where they act as direct supervisors of individual financial firms, and competition authorities and takeover panels are not listed unless they are set up exclusively for financial services.
The FCA works alongside the Prudential Regulation Authority and the Financial Policy Committee to set regulatory requirements for the financial sector. The FCA is responsible for the conduct of around 58,000 businesses which employ 2.2 million people and contribute around £65.6 billion in annual tax revenue to the economy in the United Kingdom ...
It received the Financial Conduct Authority’s permission to provide financial products and services in February 2016. [10] Banking services are provided by PrePay Solutions, which is regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. [7] [11] Tide became one of the first digital-only finance platforms in the UK to provide accounts for businesses. [12]
The number of current account customers using the seven-day switching service in the final quarter of 2022 was the highest since it launched in 2013.
Foreign Currency Account (FCA) is a transactional account denominated in a currency other than the home currency and can be maintained by a bank in the home country (onshore) or a bank in another country (offshore). Foreign currency accounts are generally not covered by national deposit insurance schemes.
The biggest non-bank provider in the UK was U.S.-headquartered Western Union whose market share rose to 3.4 percent from 3.0 percent. [9] UK foreign exchange companies are regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). They are usually authorised by the FCA as either an Electronic Money Institution or Authorised Payment Institution.
The following is a list of the world's largest publicly traded financial services companies, ordered by annual sales for the latest Fiscal Year that ended March 31, 2018 or prior (all public companies with sales of $20 billion or more are included, while privately held companies are not included).
Monzo's full current account was launched in October 2017, with its pre-paid card users being asked to move to its new current account. [20] By April 2018, it was reported to have 500,000 current account customers. [20] In October 2018, Monzo reached one million customers, and was also named the best tech startup to work for by LinkedIn UK.