After listening to the views of small firms at roadshows throughout the country, the FCA has announced that it has reduced its proposed consumer credit application fees for small firms. This has been published in a supplement to their fees Consultation Paper. Click here to access the supplement.
The FCA noted the potential for significant negative impact on businesses. As a result, they are proposing that small firms will pay no more than £1,000 in application fees, and those in the less complex categories will pay less.
They have also delayed the deadline to receive responses to question 1 (the supplement) of the consultation paper CP 13_14 until 16th January 2014. The deadline for the other questions is still 6th January.
Anyone who has already responded to the fees Consultation Paper may wish to reconsider their feedback to question one and send a new response by 16th January 2014.



A closer look at FG 21/3 – finalised guidance on transfers
Alistair MacDougall Compliance FCA, Pension, Pension Transfer, PI, transfer
In our recent article giving an overview of Finalised Guidance (FG 21/3), we indicated that we would pick out a few of the more interesting snippets for a closer look. That is not to imply that the rest of the guidance is of no interest, just a reflection that much of the guidance is a […]