Avoid it! Don’t assume that your clients will understand technical terms and acronyms. Yes, there has to be a degree of technical information, but wherever possible, explain this in simple terms.
We like the ‘granny test’ (with the greatest respect to all grannies all over the world) i.e. if your granny (or wife, husband, partner, aunty, uncle or best mate) can understand it, then you’re on the right track.
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We thought it appropriate to issue a New Year reminder for firms that have staff … directly involved in the carrying on of the firm’s insurance distribution activities; or within the management structure responsible for the firm’s insurance distribution activities; or responsible for the supervision of a relevant employee acting in the capacity […]
As 2022 comes to an end, all our readers are probably thinking more about the imminent festivities and looking forward to a well earned break from what has undoubtedly been a difficult year in several obvious respects. We at ATEB are also looking forward to a few days off. However, without wishing to spoil […]
The FCA recently advised of incoming changes to how firms access FCA systems. In order to protect firms’ data, the FCA are to implement multi factor authentication (MFA). This will replace the current method used by firms to log into the FCA systems. Multi-factor authentication ensures only you access your accounts. Currently firms […]
As part of the Government’s reforms of previous EU legislation, next on the list is the proposal to scrap the 10% portfolio drop rule, which was introduced within MiFID II rules in January 2018. Under the legislation firms were required to notify clients where the overall value of their portfolio had fallen by 10% […]
FCA announce delay to multi-factor authentication
Richard Foster Compliance FCA, protection, Update
We wrote a few weeks ago about incoming changes to how firms access their FCA systems to upgrade data protection. You can read that article here. The new system will replace the current 6-digit passcode with the user needing to log in using a One Time Passcode (OTP). The implementation date of 20th January […]