The latest data from the Financial Conduct Authority shows the regulator hit half of its authorisations operating service metric between April and June.

The Financial Conduct Authority has banned Ashkan Zahedian from working in financial services following his conviction for serious violent offences which took place while he was an approved individual.

The Financial Conduct Authority has missed several operating service targets in communications and application processing times for the 2021/22 financial year.

The FCA is to overhaul its Firm Reference Numbers (FRNs) after revealing that it may run out of the six digit numbers in 2023.