Regulation

The FSA has fined Liverpool Victoria Banking Services (LVBS) £840,000 for serious failings in the sale of single premium Payment Protection Insurance (PPI).

Just 13pc of assessed firms met the FSA's March deadline for TCF, the regulator revealed today in its latest update.

The Financial Services Consumer Panel (FSCP) has called for the FSA to ensure that its TCF proposals are beneficial to consumers.

Firms are failing to treat their customers fairly because they have unfair terms in their contacts with consumers, the FSA says.

IFAonline.co.uk has been inundated with comments on mortgage dual-pricing over the last few months. In response to requests from our readers, we are launching a campaign on the issue with a view to making the FSA listen properly to advisers' and brokers'...

Hector Sants, chief executive of the FSA, has responded to mortgage adviser Stuart Duncan's open letter, in which he expressed his concerns about dual-pricing in the mortgage market.

The Association of IFAs (AIFA) has today published treating customers fairly (TCF) help papers for small adviser firms.

Helen Morrissey talks to a panel of experts about how they expect the equity release market to develop

Dominic Fraser-Smith discusses the implications of the new FSA Treating Customers Fairly (TCF) deadlines for equity release