2018 fines

This table contains information about fines published during the calendar year ending 2018. The total amount of fines is £60,467,212.

Firm or individual finedDateAmountReasoning
Santander UK plc19/12/2018£32,817,800This final notice (Santander UK plc) refers to breaches of PRIN 3, PRIN 6 and PRIN 11 related to governance, unfair treatment of customers, failing to act on information appropriately and failing to be open and co-operative in the retail bank sector. We imposed a fine.
Angela Burns14/12/2018£20,000This final notice (Angela Burns) refers to breaches by a non-executive director of APER 1 for failing to declare conflicts of interest and FIT for lack of fitness/propriety. We imposed a fine and prohibition. 
Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe SE30/10/2018£5,280,800This final notice refers to breaches of PRIN 3, PRIN 6, SYSC, ICOBS and DISP related to complaints-handling, culture/governance and unfair treatment of customers in the general insurance and protection sector. We imposed a fine.
Tesco Personal Finance plc01/10/2018£16,400,000This Final Notice refers to Tesco Bank’s breach of FCA Principle 2 for failing to exercise due skill, care and diligence in protecting its personal current account holders against a cyber attack. We imposed a financial penalty of £16.4 million.
Alistair Rae Burns20/09/2018£60,000This Final Notice refers to breaches of APER 7 and FIT related to conflicts of interest, a lack of fitness/propriety and mis-selling in the investment adviser and pensions sector. We imposed a fine and a prohibition.
John Lawrence Radford30/08/2018£468,600The Final Notice refers to breaches of APER 6, APER 7 and CASS relating to client money/assets and lack of fitness/propriety in the general insurance and protection sector. We imposed a fine and prohibition.
One Call Insurance Services Limited30/08/2018£684,000The Final Notice refers to breaches of PRIN 10 and CASS relating to client money/assets in the general insurance and protection sector. We imposed a fine and restriction.
Darren Colvin Cummings08/06/2018£29,300This final notice refers to breaches of APER 1 and FIT relating to a lack of fitness and/propriety in the general insurance and mediation sector. We imposed a fine and prohibition.
Canara Bank06/06/2018£896,100This Final Notice refers to breaches of Principle 3 and SYSC related to financial crime in the retail bank sector. We imposed a fine and restriction.
James Edward Staley11/05/2018£321,200For breaches of Individual Conduct Rule 2 (COCON 2.1.2) related to conflicts of interest (whistleblowing, CEO accountability) in the retail bank sector. We imposed a fine.
Alexander David Osborne Stuart26/03/2018£34,000For breaches of APER 1 and FIT relating to a lack of fitness/propriety in the investment adviser sector. We imposed a fine and prohibition.
Guillaume Adolph05/03/2018£180,000For breaches of PRIN 5 and FIT related to benchmarks, lack of fitness/propriety and wholesale conduct in the investment bank sector. We imposed a fine and a prohibition.
Vanquis Bank Limited27/02/2018£1,976,000This final notice refers to breaches of PRIN 6 and PRIN 7 related to unfair treatment of customers in the consumer credit sector. We imposed a fine and restitution.
Interactive Brokers (UK) Limited25/01/2018£1,049,412 This final notice refers to breaches of PRIN 3 and SUP 15.10.2R relating to poor market abuse controls and failure to report suspicious client transactions.  We imposed a fine.
Neil Danziger08/01/2018£250,000For breaches of PRIN 5 and FIT related to benchmarks, lack of fitness/propriety and wholesale conduct in the investment bank sector. We imposed a fine and prohibition.
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