FCA removes hundreds of illegal financial promotions and secures new criminal convictions as it intensifies its use of enforcement, data and international cooperation against scams and market abuse

An international action against illegal finfluencers resulted in three arrests and 650 social-media takedown requests, while the regulator issued 2,329 warnings about unauthorised or potentially fraudulent firms during 2025. The FCA also reported 17 criminal convictions involving offences including fraud, insider dealing and money laundering, alongside a £42 million penalty imposed on Barclays for AML control failures.