The strategic partnership between Assetera, a digital securities distribution platform, and Archax, a digital securities exchange regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority, will enable investors in UK-based Abrdn and other global investment firms to invest in 91 tokenized funds. The Assetera platform will initially provide tokenized access to the Abrdn Money Market Fund, which manages assets of 506 billion pounds (662.40 billion dollars). Funds from other asset managers are also expected t...
The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced on September 10 that it has charged Olumide Osunkoya, a 45-year-old London resident, for illegally operating multiple cryptocurrency ATMs that were not registered with the regulator. The FCA disclosed that Osunkoya-operated ATMs processed £2.60 million worth of cryptocurrency transactions in multiple locations between December 2021 and September 2023. The FCA said Osunkoya had been a director of Gidiplus Ltd, whose registration application wa...
Cryptocurrency companies have withdrawn their applications due to the cumbersome and time-consuming regulatory process of the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). In the past three years, 186 companies have withdrawn their applications to register in the UK, reflecting dissatisfaction with the regulatory environment in the UK. According to Reed Smith data, from May 2023 to April 2024, the FCA received only 29 applications for registration, a significant decrease from the figures of the previo...
The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has not approved any cryptocurrency company registration applications for six months in a row, bringing the country's vision of becoming a global hub for crypto-asset technology to a standstill. According to FCA data, only four of the 34 applications received in the past 12 months were approved, the most recent of which was in February this year. The UK's Financial Conduct Authority has said that the majority of crypto companies fail to meet its anti-mo...
The U.K.'s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued updated guidance aimed at ensuring cryptocurrency firms meet promotional compliance requirements that come into effect in October 2023.
Since the financial promotion rules came into effect on October 8 last year, the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued more than 1,000 warnings to crypto companies. Under the new rules, crypto companies must register with the FCA to promote to UK customers. Lucy Castledine, director of consumer investment at the FCA, said in an interview that these actions have resulted in 48 apps being removed from local app stores in the UK. (Coindesk)
The UK Payments Systems Regulator (PSR) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) are seeking views on the benefits and risks of digital wallets for people and businesses, the July 15 announcement said. The use of digital wallets has grown rapidly over the past few years and may now be used by more than half of UK adults. With Apple Pay, Google Pay and PayPal becoming the three most widely used digital wallets in the UK today, digital wallets have become an increasingly important link between bi...
The UK Payment Systems Regulatory Authority and the Financial Conduct Authority have called for information on digital wallets.
On June 27, the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said it is clearing its "business backlog", approving more and more cryptocurrency companies to register, and increasing its cryptocurrency business capacity to 100 employees. Steve Smart, the FCA's co-executive director for enforcement and market surveillance, said in a speech yesterday that the rate at which cryptocurrency companies are registering with regulators is accelerating as the FCA helps them better navigate the registration proce...