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According to an Oct. 31 update, PayPal UK Limited secured registration as a crypto asset business by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). This makes PayPal the fifth firm to receive the FCA’s crypto registration this year, alongside names like Interactive Brokers, Bitstamp and Komainu. You might also like: UK’s FCA to authorize overseas stablecoin providers One of the 14% approved Under PayPal’s listing on the FCA website, the status can now be found as “Registered Since Oct. 31, 2023” for “certain crypto asset activities.” In a statement to a local news site, a spokesperson said that this announcement “enabl[es] the transfer of PayPal’s UK customer accounts to this new UK entity from PayPal Europe on Nov. 1, 2023.” Background and registration statistics | Source: FCA website Since January 2020, the FCA has received 326 applications, of which only 14% or 43 received registration status. Of this number, only 34 were submitted this year, with a mere 6% or five...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) issued a final warning to companies promoting crypto assets to UK consumers. This warning letter detailed the agency’s previous outreach efforts and endeavors to assist crypto firms in complying with the rules. A bolded final warning The UK government has brought forward legislation that would bring certain crypto assets in scope of the financial promotion regime, according to a prior June 8 announcement. Under these rules, all firms marketing crypto assets to UK consumers, which includes overseas firms, must comply with these regulations from Oct. 8 onwards. However, the letter cited that the regulatory body is “concerned by the poor engagement from many unregistered, overseas crypto asset firms who have UK customers on this important change.” According to the FCA, only 24 out of 150 firms responded to a survey issued. You might also like: UK FCA unveils guidelines for crypto operators ahead of ‘Travel Rule’ enf...