Sentences with phrase «watchdog announced»

* FCA tells banks can't rely on «buyer beware» defence * Regulator taps behavioural economics for first time in UK * Lawyer says speech marks key shift in regulation in Britain By Huw Jones LONDON, April 10 (Reuters)- Britain's new watchdog announced sweeping changes in financial regulation on Tuesday, telling banks they can no longer blame customers when products go wrong and promising to study how consumers behave to make sure they can make the...
The education watchdog announced earlier this year, that parents would be invited to answer an online questionnaire without having to identify themselves.
The watchdog announced in October last year that initial inspections...
More than two years ago the watchdog announced inspections could be prompted by groups of anonymous parents.
The exams watchdog announced in September that it would review the risks and benefits of teachers contributing exam questions while also teaching the qualification, after a series of high - profile cheating allegations at some of the country's most prestigious schools, including Eton and Winchester College.
The watchdog announced last month that any companies caught silent calling would face a fine of up to # 2 million, a significant increase from the previous maximum payment of # 50,000.
April 2018 — the Canadian and British Columbian privacy watchdogs announce they are combining existing investigations into Facebook and a local data firm, AggregateIQ, which has been linked to Cambridge Analytica.

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Cordray, 58, director of the CFPB, a federal watchdog of financial services firms, announced he would leave the agency by the end of November.
Mr. Meister is expected to announce his departure on Tuesday, capping his effort to embolden an agency once dismissed as «the watchdog that didn't bark.»
The largest U.S. student loan servicer, Navient (navi), cheated borrowers out of billions of dollars, often by deceiving them about repayment options and their legal rights, the U.S. consumer financial watchdog said on Wednesday as it announced a lawsuit against the company.
China is merging its banking and insurance regulators and transferring some of those watchdogs» roles to the central bank, the government has announced.
BEIJING, April 9 - China's quality watchdog said on Monday that Tesla Inc will recall a total of 8,898 Model S vehicles in the country starting on June 28, as part of a broader, global recall announced last month.
OTTAWA — The federal government is announcing a slight change to its plan to streamline the spending - approval process into a single $ 7 - billion vote after complaints earlier this week from the parliamentary budget watchdog.
Cohen's hand was apparently forced by the watchdog group Common Cause, which last month announced it was filing a complaint arguing that Cohen's $ 130,000 payment could be construed as an illegal 2016 campaign contribution.
The verdict of the OBR, an independent watchdog, was that despite a weaker outlook for the economy and tax revenues, the Chancellor had announced net tax cuts and new spending commitments.
The UK's information watchdog has said it will continue its investigation into Cambridge Analytica's role in the Facebook data scandal - even though the company has announced it is closing down.
Earlier this year, the country's financial watchdog South Korean Financial Services Commission announced legislation designed to tackle money laundering and to bring the space in line with banks» KYC obligations.
Announced at the first meeting of a cryptocurrency exchange study group established by the FSA in early March, the data release marks the latest effort by the financial watchdog in bringing greater transparency to the industry following a recent hack of one of the domestic exchange Coincheck.
The watchdog has announced it's opened a statutory inquiry into the Revelation Foundation, the group which runs the channel.
The Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith, the church's doctrinal watchdog, on Wednesday announced the conclusion of a years - long «doctrinal assessment» investigation of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, which represents 80 % of the Catholic nuns in the United States.
The deal comes as the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog prepares to announces whether or not the country is within compliance of a nuclear agreement they struck earlier this summer.
I believed Watchdogs PS4 version ran at 1080P / 60 FPS when I saw it announced on the official Sony website.
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS — The first opposition to an Arlington Heights Park District tax referendum proposal arose Tuesday when a local tax watchdog group announced it would not support the plan.
The Albany - based think tank and fiscal watchdog group Empire Center for Public Policy launched in 2005 as a project of the Manhattan Institute is being «re-launched» as an independent organization, the organization's president E.J. McMahon announced.
Former journalist and watchdog group leader Rachel Barnhart could announce a run for the NY - 25 seat in the coming days.
Energy watchdog Ofgem has announced their decision to refer the big six to the newly created competition and markets authority, which ultimately could see the firms broken up.
Watchdog Monitor announced the move today after the Francis report revealed the true extent of failings at the hospital, which led to 1,200 unnecessary deaths between 2005 and 2009.
JCOPE announced the hiring of Seth Agata, 57, on Tuesday for the top staff post at the watchdog entity, which polices the lobbying industry and investigates potential violations of public officers law.
Business secretary to announce creation of watchdog to monitor progress of white paper goals as biotech investment revealed
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn announced the pact on creating a new watchdog for the nation's biggest police department and said talks were progressing on three companion proposals to set new rules surrounding stop and frisk, including banning racial profiling.
The police watchdog, the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) today also announced it would also be holding its own investigation into the officers» behaviour after finding «procedural irregularities» in the way the initial inquiry was dealt with.
He appears to have irritated the ethics watchdog, which considers whether new jobs for former ministers could present a conflict of interest, by announcing his appointment before they were given time to review any potential conflict with his duties as MP and his former role at the Treasury.
On 11 September 2012 the Electoral Commission, the independent elections watchdog in the UK, announced it would run a public awareness campaign from Monday 22 October 2012 until polling day 15 November 2012.
He's a certified CPA and a government - spending watchdog, and sounded a lot like a die - hard tea partier when he announced his candidacy at Grand Central Station this morning.
Dick Dadey, the executive director of Citizens Union, a government watchdog group, had criticized Mr. Blake on Friday after his Hilltop job was announced.
Four former environment and climate change secretaries from three parties told the Observer they had concerns about «toothless» plans announced by the government last week, which suggested the new post-Brexit green watchdog would lack the power to take the government to court.
There seems to be no consensus on the answer, although a range of estimates were presented at a conference called last month * by a key federal watchdog agency to announce a $ 1 million grants program to investigate the prevalence of fraud, data fabrication, plagiarism, and other questionable practices in science.
Turner, a social scientist at City University of New York / Queens College, offered his cautionary story last month at a conference * called by a key federal watchdog agency to announce a $ 1 million grants program to investigate the prevalence of fraud, data fabrication, plagiarism, and other questionable practices in science.
The CFPB has announced that a student loan watchdog office is getting downsized.
The French financial regulatory watchdog Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) has just announced that the country is going to introduce a ban on the online advertisement of forex and binary options products in the country.
Watchdog agencies announce debt collection crackdown — Federal and state regulators announced a coordinated effort to fight a growing tide of debt collection abuses... (more)
Appenzellers make vigilant watchdogs and will sound off in a loud, deep voice to announce visitors - or simply to let you know that your neighbor has stepped outdoors.
He's a good watchdog, too, and will announce any visitor.
The scandal became widely known in early September after the CFPB announced the penalty — the largest in the financial watchdog's history — on Sept. 8.
Back in August 2014, the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission — Australia's consumer protection watchdogannounced that it would be taking Valve to court over its failure to abide by Australian Consumer law in its business practices.
It typically takes Ubisoft a few years to release Watchdogs after its announced.
At the Playstation conference, Ubisoft announced their new game for the Playstation 4, Watchdogs.
I'm also sensing some bonus content for Sony players is Watchdogs 2 is announced.
Gear up with exclusive WatchDogs items Today, Ubisoft ® announced a crossover between The Mighty Quest for Epic Loot and WatchDogs, the highly anticipated open - world hacking game.
Last week, however, the same watchdog group pointed out that the announced leader of the independent review, Norman Augustine, a past presidential science and technology adviser and leader of important technical assessments for NASA and Congress, is receiving substantial payments from ConocoPhilips for past service on the board of directors.
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