News

Gatehouse Bank Cops For £1.5m Fine From The FCA

Latest update from the FCA; The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Shariah compliant Gatehouse Bank Plc £1,584,100 for significant weakness in its financial crime systems and controls. Between June 2014 and July 2017 Gatehouse […]

News

Money Laundering? Quite a Bit in The Estate Agency Sector

Always good to know the latest trends in money laundering if you work in insurance fraud teams. Here’s some useful data from Credas; Sector data analysis and insight by Credas Technologies, the leading identity verification […]

News

FCA Issues £1m In Fines After Pension Losses

The FCA has prohibited five directors of financial advice firms from working in financial services and collectively fined them over £1 million, after they caused significant losses to pension customers. The largest individual fine was […]

News

Cyber Breaches? That’s The Company’s Problem Mate

New research from Superscript; SME insurer Superscript has found that complacent attitudes among employees towards cybersecurity is putting UK businesses more at risk. In a survey of 1,500 UK employees, 40% feel that upholding cybersecurity best practice […]

Legal

D&O Risk is On The Rise, Says BLM Law

Fines totalling nearly half a billion pounds were handed out to UK companies during 2021, highlighting the importance of appropriate Directors & Officers (D&O) insurance.  The findings come from Specialist insurance risk and commercial law […]

Opinion

Failure To Keep Social Channel Comms Records, Could Be Costly

This Opinion piece is by Dima Gutzeit, Founder and CEO of LeapXpert, and it looks at the importance of keeping a record of all company communications, in case regulators need to see them. Last month’s […]