The Financial Conduct Authority has launched a new permanent digital sandbox to support innovative businesses and start-ups in developing new proofs of concept for products and services.

The Financial Conduct Authority will host an international forum designed to develop tools to tackle the rising tide of greenwashing in financial services.

The Financial Conduct Authority says it is concerned about weaknesses in ESG benchmarks, telling administrators in a letter that disclosures are “poor.”

The Financial Conduct Authority has continued its crypto crackdown by using its powers to inspect several sites in East London suspected of hosting illegally-operating crypto ATMs.