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Covid-19 prompts FCA freeze on cash levy for smaller City firms

The regulator announced that it will cover costs by dipping into its cash reserves

The Financial Conduct Authority has frozen its minimum fee charge on small firms to help them adapt to the coronavirus pandemic and the impact it has had on the global economy.

The UK regulator said it had revised its funding arrangements in order to tackle the challenges presented by the public health crisis in its business priorities for the year ahead, published on 7 April.

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