The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is considering ways it can make it clearer to consumers when they are buying products on a non-advised basis online, as more web-based advice solutions are developed.

Research business Defaqto has added whole-of-life protection policies to its star ratings service.

The Bank of England (BoE) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have appointed Antony Townsend as Complaints Commissioner, replacing Sir Anthony Holland whose term of office ends this month after almost a decade.

Groundbreaking social network service Facebook is set to expand into financial services, according to reports.

Financial advisory businesses will contribute £68m to the Financial Conduct Authority's funding requirement for 2014-2015, a near-19% reduction on last year following a re-working of the regulator's fee blocks.

Advisers will find it difficult to develop much-needed cheaper advice models until the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) lowers its costs, the Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) has said.

Providers purchasing tables at awards ceremonies and inviting advisers to sit on them will likely not be in breach of the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA's) requirements on inducements, it has confirmed.

Friends Life has reported a "disappointing" £19m loss for Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) in 2013.

A compliance service designed for financial planning firms has been launched.

All the major retail banks and most medium-sized and smaller firms have made "significant" changes to their sales incentive schemes, but concerns over enticements linked to bank investment and protection sales remain, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)...