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FCA prepares fresh probe into bankers’ WhatsApp use

FN reveals that the FCA asked a host of City firms how they are tracking staff messages, with another review now imminent

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US WhatsApp crackdown spreads to global banking regulators

By Justin Cash

2024-05-23T23:00:00Z

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Inside the City’s uphill battle to monitor staff messages

By Justin Cash

2023-07-12T13:00:05Z

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Compliance teams are trying to monitor staff, but traders are finding ways around the rules
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JPMorgan’s WhatsApp fine shows compliance nightmare as banks spy on traders — Here’s what you need to know

By Lucy McNulty

2021-12-22T05:01:38Z

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Messaging apps like WhatsApp are causing headaches at banks and finance firms trying to keep tabs on remote-working traders

FCA to City: Use of WhatsApp, Signal or Telegram at work is ‘suspicious’

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Lucy McNulty

2021-03-28T23:01:28Z

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The FCA is keeping a close eye on the use of unauthorised messaging apps in finance as the UK’s largest firms grapple to monitor a pandemic-fuelled spike in the use of WhatsApp and its rivals among employees
The Solicitors Regulation Authority ordered Matthew Unwin to pay 600 in costs for the SRAs investigation of the matter

Ex-law firm staffer banned over WhatsApp sexual harassment

The former staff member at law firm DWF harassed a junior colleague with sexually explicit messages

Signal has seen a sharp rise in users after WhatsApp announced a controversial policy update

Signal sees ‘record pace’ of new users as WhatsApp goes ahead with controversial privacy update

A new set of terms and conditions from WhatsApp are set to come into effect on 15 May despite backlash

Fidelity International is among firms grappling to find better ways to monitor home-bound employees during the pandemic

Fidelity International turns to new surveillance tech to track staff communications

The company says the tech will enable ‘our ability to identify, stop and prevent adverse behaviours’ among regulated staff

Some banks will spend the next 12 weeks testing an app that enables compliance teams to track staff chats on Signal, as traders ditch rival WhatsApp

Banks rush to spy on traders’ Signal chats amid WhatsApp exodus

Surveillance firms are luring in bank clients to track Signal in what is becoming a perpetual whack-a-mole game between City workers and their compliance teams

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