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Supporting customers through challenging times

The conflict in the Middle East means cost of living pressures remain top of mind โ€“ with people facing increased costs for utility bills, food and fuel. We want to remind you about our clear expectations on the support you should offer consumers in challenging times, through the Consumer Duty and our rules on protections for borrowers in difficulty.

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FCA invites ESG rating providers to join a voluntary reporting pilot

Help us develop a proportionate reporting regime for ESG ratings. Register your interest by 13 May 2026. We're inviting ESG rating providers to join a pilot to inform future regulatory reporting once the regime is live.Our aim is to avoid unnecessary reporting burden for firms over time.The pilot aims to help us assess whether the proposed metrics for ESG ratings reporting are:clearfeasibleproportionate across different business modelsuseful for supervisory purposesParticipants will have a di...

Deadline: 13 May 2026
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FCA Board appoints 2 new members to the Regulatory Decisions Committee

The FCA Board appoints new members to decision-making committee. The Board of the FCA has appointed Jonathan Peddie and Raymond Cox KC as new members of the FCAโ€™s Regulatory Decisions Committee (RDC).The RDC is responsible for taking certain regulatory decisions on behalf of the FCA relating to contested enforcement action. Committee members bring a broad range of professional experience to support fair, independent and evidence-based decision-making.Alison Potter, the chair of the RDC, said:...

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Getting firms fit to run

Speech by Sheree Howard at the APCC Spring Conference 2026. This weekend, tens of thousands of runners will line up in Greenwich Park for the start of the London Marathon.Well done to them โ€“ a Netflix marathon is much more my speed.Unlike whatโ€™s needed to prepare for a Netflix marathon โ€“ opening a bag of sweet and salty popcorn โ€“ Sundayโ€™s runners will have been training for months. Many even years.And nearly all will have had support along the way, whether from a coach, physio or friend at a ...

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Supporting fintech in the next phase of innovation

Speech by Jessica Rusu, FCA chief data, information and intelligence officer at IFGS. Key pointsAgentic commerce will change how financial decisions and transactions are made, demanding a fundamentally new approach.We are expanding practical support for firms through the next phase of our AI Lab.Open Finance will provide the foundations of a more intelligent financial system.We are supporting solo-regulated firms scale, with our Scale-Up unit open for expressions of interest.

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