Financial Conduct Authority News

Barclays today confirmed it was under investigation along with its CEO Jes Staley over his attempts to uncover the identity of a whistleblower within the British financial giant.

British and Chinese securities watchdogs are discussing an agreement that will pave the way for landmark financial services projects between the countries, sources said, easing fears that Britain could be a less attractive partner for such deals after last month`s vote to leave the European Union.

 Britain`s markets regulator is seeking to ban former UBS trader Arif Hussein from financial services for allegedly attempting to rig Libor benchmark interest rates - a move described by Hussein as a "gross misrepresentation"

The Financial Conduct Authority said Barclays rushed through a huge 1.88-billion pounds transaction in order to secure fees from a number of very rich customers.

The head of Britain`s Financial Conduct Authority has decided to step down, the financial market regulator said on Friday.

US and British regulators fined Deutsche Bank $2.5 billion and its British subsidiary pleaded guilty to criminal wire fraud on Thursday as it became the eighth financial group to settle allegations of rigging interest rate benchmarks.

German lender Deutsche Bank has been fined more than £4.7 million (USD7.8 million, 5.9 million euros) for incorrectly reporting some financial transactions, regulators said on Thursday.