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Incoming FCA chief says culture in banks’ own hands

The incoming chief for the Financial Conduct Authority has made it clear that banking culture is of utmost importance, but it is not the job of a regulator to change it.

Andrew Bailey
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The incoming chief for the Financial Conduct Authority has made it clear that banking culture is of utmost importance, but it is not the job of a regulator to change it.

Andrew Bailey, currently head of the Prudential Regulation Authority, said in a speech on May 9: "The culture of firms and the people that make them up…is of the utmost importance to financial regulators."

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