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The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has been cleared of wrongdoing by the Complaints Commissioner after a consumer complained over its handling of alleged mis-selling of an equity release-style scheme.

The Queen has spoken about "lax" City workers and a banking regulator which "didn't have the teeth" to intervene as she discussed the causes of the financial crisis during a visit to the Bank of England

Nottingham Building Society and Shepshed Building Society have agreed in principle that the two societies should merge.

A two-timing investment banker has been jailed for two years and eight months for insider dealing.

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Directors of Black and White Group, Chris Ollenrenshaw and Thomas Reeh have both been fined a total of £60,000 by the regulator, while Adrian Childs and Ollerenshaw have been banned.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has agreed to implement a six month maximum time scale for banks to complete their review and offer redress over interest rate swap mis-selling.

Former Financial Services Authority (FSA) chief executive Hector Sants has joined Barclays.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is warning asset managers that outsource activities to external service providers to exercise "care and diligence" when entering into any arrangement, and to ensure they have a "robust" exit plan should something...