Its pretty obvious really, but the requirement to demonstrate that you know your customer is a fundamental rule requirement. You may not be surprised to know that FCA thematic reviews continue to find that standards in this respect are not what they should be.
While this information should be gathered at the fact finding stage of the sales process, ATEB suitability provides the facility to summarise the KYC information and to integrate with back office systems so that the data can be pulled through automatically.
Consumer Duty – the shape of things to come?
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In its numerous publications prior to the implementation of Consumer Duty, the FCA promised that it would be more proactive and take a forward looking view, rather than acting with the benefit of hindsight – something for which it has received criticism previously. We’ve been waiting to see how this would pan out and didn’t […]