FSA Rules Raise Data Security Fears
News Leading City institutions have raised concerns about the security of data that will have to be transferred online and electronically under new reporting guidelines from the Financial Services Authority (FSA).
[April 2, 2004, 10:35]
New Rules Tighten Up E-money Market
News Among the new rules are measures that dictate that any company must have FSA authorisation; must not make loans, grant credit or pay any form of interest if the company is not a bank; must maintain minimum levels of liquidity (£615,000 or 2...
[April 26, 2002, 16:56]
Compliance: Tech's 'uncomfortable' Future
News In the case of cross-border trades, however, the FSA will likewise have to forward a copy of the report to all affected local regulators. Organisational requirements cover areas such as risk management and internal audits, and although they have...
[March 20, 2006, 12:50]
FSA Nets 28 UK Web Scams In One Day
News A one day investigation by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) and other international watchdogs has identified 28 UK Web sites that are in breach of financial services rules. A team of over 20 FSA staff searched over 130 sites for unauthorised...
[July 3, 2001, 7:28]
FSA Loses Domain Name Battle
News On 24 September, in accordance with the rules of Nominet, an independent legal expert advised the registry to revoke its decision to suspend the fsa.co.uk Internet name, and leave it in the control of the family-run business Findlay Steele...
[October 19, 2001, 12:45]
FSA Loses Latest Round In Domain Name Dispute
News But the fsa.co.uk dispute is being conducted according to the July 1997 edition of the Nominet rules, which states that ownership of a domain name may be transferred "if it is drawn to Nominet UK's attention that the name is being used in a manner...
[October 15, 2001, 17:44]
A Level Playing Field For Financial Services Online?
News The consultation paper issued by the Treasury attaches three sets of draft regulations designed to achieve the following: lift restrictions on providers based elsewhere in the EEA when providing services via electronic means in to the UK...
[April 15, 2002, 19:21]
Nominet Consults On International Domain Names
News Every domain name using the new system begins with the characters "xn--"; for instance, the domain name www.café .co.uk would be represented as www.xn--caf-fsa.co.uk. The second option is for Nominet to allow IDNA registrations but provide no new...
[June 7, 2005, 14:40]
Government Wants Your View On Encryption Keys
News There is a brand new safeguard in that the head of the FSA [Financial Services Authority] must now countersign requests [for key disclosure]. The security expert said that there were "a lot of complexities not addressed" by the code of practice...
[June 8, 2006, 16:10]
