Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) - UK Financial Regulator

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The FCA homepage is a reference for UK financial AI regulation; more relevant to AI governance researchers studying sectoral regulatory models than to technical AI safety work. The current tags (forecasting, information-aggregation, mechanism-design) appear misassigned.

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Summary

The FCA is the UK's financial services regulator, responsible for overseeing financial markets, protecting consumers, and ensuring market integrity. It publishes guidance, rules, and policy statements relevant to AI and algorithmic systems used in financial services. Its regulatory frameworks increasingly address automated decision-making, algorithmic trading, and AI deployment in financial contexts.

Key Points

•Primary UK regulatory body for financial services, with authority over firms using AI/algorithmic systems in finance
•Publishes guidance on algorithmic trading, automated advice, and responsible use of data and AI in financial markets
•Relevant to AI governance as a model for sectoral regulation of AI-enabled systems in high-stakes domains
•FCA's principles-based regulatory approach informs broader debates about how to regulate AI deployment in critical sectors
•Increasingly engaged with AI-specific risks such as model bias, explainability requirements, and systemic risk from correlated algorithms

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[View your scheduled Connect, Online Invoicing System and RegData tasks in one place. Find out more.](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/my-fca "My FCA")

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# Welcome to the Financial Conduct Authority

We enable a fair and thriving financial services market, for the good of consumers and the economy.

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## For consumers

[Car finance complaints](https://www.fca.org.uk/consumers/car-finance-complaints)

[Fake FCA communications](https://www.fca.org.uk/consumers/fake-fca-communications)

[Warning List of unauthorised and clone firms](https://www.fca.org.uk/consumers/warning-list-unauthorised-firms)

[See our consumer information](https://www.fca.org.uk/consumers)

## For firms

[Motor finance complaints: firm information](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/information-firms-motor-finance-complaints)

[Consumer Duty](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/consumer-duty)

[FCA support services for firms](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/support-services)

[See our firm information](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms)

https://www.fca.org.uk/consumers/fca-firm-checker

## FCA Firm Checker

Our new tool for consumers makes it easier to check if financial services firms are authorised and have permission to sell you products and services.


[Check a firm](https://www.fca.org.uk/consumers/fca-firm-checker)

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## Resources

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Financial Services Register](https://register.fca.org.uk/)

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