Showing financial crime the red card
Speech by Steve Smart, joint executive director of enforcement and market oversight, at the 1LoD Financial Crime Summit. Financial crime is still too often seen as a lesser offence. A small-scale scam...
Tax-free pension lump sums and cancellation rights
Our statement explaining how FCA rules on cancellation rights, to complement an HMRC statement about how tax legislation applies to tax-free pension lump sums. On 25 September 2025, HMRC published new...
Ethereum’s Fragile $4,000 Recovery Faces Headwinds From Holders
Leading altcoin Ethereum has rebounded slightly over the past 24 hours, recording a modest 1% gain to trade near the $4,000 level at press time.
This comes amid today’s broader improvement in m...
Netflix top 10 movies — here’s the 3 worth watching right now
Our guide on the three best movies to watch on Netflix’s top 10, including a long-awaited horror thriller, a bubblegum pop animated adventure from the studio behind 'Spider-Verse,' and a romantic dr...
From red tape to red flags, Britain’s compulsory Digital ID
The UK government under Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced plans to introduce a mandatory digital ID system for all citizens and residents seeking employment. Addressing the audience at the Glo...
This Week In Techdirt History: September 21st – 27th
Five Years Ago
This week in 2020, we wrote about how the TikTok “deal” was a grift from the start, while the blowback from China started to arrive, though TikTok and the DOJ were still fighting it...
