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NEWS: UK’s FCA may change disclosure rules to ease burden on banks

FILE PHOTO: Signage is seen for the FCA (Financial Conduct Authority), the UK's financial regulatory body, at their head offices in London, Britain March 10, 2022. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo

By Sinead Cruise

THE UK’S Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is weighing changes to disclosure rules on mortgages, lending and savings products to ease the regulatory burden on banks, as it prepares to unveil a new five-year plan to deepen trust and promote growth in UK financial services.

The watchdog announced it wanted to retire hundreds of pages of outdated guidance and supervisory publications as part of a broader plan to streamline demands on financial firms, which it said would give product providers more flexibility to tailor communications to customers’ needs and preferences.

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