FCA: Final Notices: Barclays plc/Barclays Bank plc
FCA has fined Barclays £40m in total for its failure to disclose certain arrangements with Qatari entities in 2008. This follows Barclays’ decision to withdraw its referral of FCA’s planned action to the Upper Tribunal. The action was based on findings which included that Barclays’ conduct in its October 2008 capital raising was reckless and lacked integrity.
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Last updated · 13 Mar 2026
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See allPRA: PS10/26: Amendments to Resolution Assessment threshold and Recovery Plans review frequency
Further to CP14/25, this PS provides feedback and final policy. The policy in this PS will take effect on 1 April 2026.
HMT: Joint EU-UK Financial Regulatory Forum
HMT has published a note of the meeting held on 11 March 2026. Topics included: policy and macroeconomic/financial stability outlooks; banking; digital finance; markets reform, and sustainable finance.
PRA: Speech by Vicky White: Data as a dialogue
Text of Vicky White’s speech of 12 March 2026 follows in which she discusses data collected from banks by PRA and how this feeds in to supervisory decisions, risk assessment, and policy.
BoE: Speech by Andrew Bailey: Reforming cross-border payments
Text of Andrew Bailey’s speech of 12 March 2026 follows in which he discusses progress on the G20 Cross-border Payments Roadmap.
FCA: Board minutes
FCA has now published the minutes of its 29 January 2026 board meeting. It is stated that “the Board observed the positive outcomes achieved by driving change through outcomes-focused supervisory activity rather than relying solely on rules”.
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