The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published its annual Sector Views (PDF), which is an assessment of the risks and potential harm to consumers across financial services markets. The kinds of harms the FCA is concerned about, include:
The first chapter of the review describes the common themes across sectors, with a focus on those which are having the greatest impact. It also gives an overview of the FCA position in the current international context. This is follwed by chapters examining the areas listed above. The review considers the potential harm, what is driving change, how the sector is changing and for retail sectors, the consumer perspective.
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