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Financial Services Compensation Scheme Website

Catalogue reference: T 592

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T 592

This series contains dated gathered versions (or 'snapshots') of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme Website. [Please note: These records may be accessed via the UK Government Web Archive using the links listed below (for a general...

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T 592

Title
Financial Services Compensation Scheme Website
Date

From 2006

Description

This series contains dated gathered versions (or 'snapshots') of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme Website.

[Please note: These records may be accessed via the UK Government Web Archive using the links listed below (for a general explanation of these parallel links, please see the Arrangement field)]:

Financial Services Compensation Scheme (http://www.fscs.org.uk/).

Financial Services Compensation Scheme (https://www.fscs.org.uk/).

Arrangement

Please see information at Divisional level.

This series contains more than one link to the 'snapshots' of this website. For some websites, the URL may change periodically. Despite this change to the URL these websites are part of the same record series as they represent the department or organisation's presence on the web at the time. Occasionally, more than one domain URL to the same website may run in parallel creating an overlap.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
  • Financial Services Compensation Scheme, 2001-2001
  • Treasury, 1667-1667
Physical description

archived website(s)

Access conditions

Open

Immediate source of acquisition

Gathered from original website.

Subjects
Topics
Official publications
Banking
Accruals

Future website versions may be anticipated.

Administrative / biographical background

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) is the UK?s statutory compensation scheme for customers of authorised financial services firms. It was set up under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 and became operational on 1 December 2001.

The FSCS is independent of the UK Government and the financial industry. It is funded by a levy on 'authorised financial services firms'. The scheme covers deposits, insurance policies, insurance brokering, investments, mortgages and mortgage arrangement.

The FSCS covers business conducted by firms authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), the independent watchdogs set up by government to regulate financial services in the UK and protect the rights of consumers. European firms (authorised by their home state regulator) that operate in the UK may also be covered.

The FSCS can pay compensation if a firm is unable, or likely to be unable, to pay claims against it. The FSCS does not charge individual consumers for using its service.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14182875/

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