FCA urges financial firms to plot for UK’s EU exit,and says it will also focus on protecting vulnerable customersThe City regulator has pledged to ensure that financial firms remain strong in the face of Brexit in its annual list of priorities, which also includes protecting vulnerable customers from overly expensive loans.
Andrew Bailey, and chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority,said the regulator’s lawyers were scrutinising EU financial sector rules as part of the government’s “worthy repeal bill”, which will transfer thousands of EU regulations into UK legislation after Brexit.
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Source: theguardian.com