Step-by-step guides for consumer credit firms applying for FCA authorisation on the online Connect system.

Introduced by business advisor and TV personality, Nick Hewer this guide outlines how to log in to Connect system, the different stages of the application, and how a firm can pay a fee at the end of the application process.

Watch the FCA Consumer Credit authorisation Step-by-Step Guides series:

1. Your application – an overview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtZwyEmv1u4

Download the PDF guide:
https://fca.org.uk/your-fca/documents/1-your-application-an-overview-authorisation-application-guides

2. Firm Details
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SimVzsNGF88

Download the PDF guide:
https://fca.org.uk/your-fca/documents/2-firm-details-authorisation-application-guides

3. Permission Types & Fees
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dctIHmeurLA

Download the PDF guide:
https://fca.org.uk/your-fca/documents/3-permission-types-and-fees-authorisation-application-guides

4. Consumer Credit Supplement
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uGfN_huqUk

Download the PDF guide:
https://fca.org.uk/your-fca/documents/4-consumer-credit-supplement-authorisation-application-guides

5. Disclosure of Significant Events
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qg-hiwPg2t8

Download the PDF guide:
https://fca.org.uk/your-fca/documents/5-disclosure-of-significant-events-authorisation-application-guides

6. Systems & Controls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWAVR9zeSOE

Download the PDF guide:
https://fca.org.uk/your-fca/documents/6-systems-and-controls-authorisation-application-guides

7. Compliance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0wdMaw8LME

Download the PDF guide:
https://fca.org.uk/your-fca/documents/7-compliance-authorisation-application-guides

8. Personnel Information
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZeREcOWP8w

Download the PDF guide:
https://fca.org.uk/your-fca/documents/8-personnel-information-authorisation-application-guides

9. Owners & Influencers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz0PPPKyYTo

Download the PDF guide:
https://fca.org.uk/your-fca/documents/9-owners-and-influencers-authorisation-application-guides

10. Supporting Documents
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVwfJHCI2sw

Download the PDF guide:
https://fca.org.uk/your-fca/documents/10-supporting-documents-authorisation-application-guides

11. Firm Declaration
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yznDU9u-yHU

Download the PDF guide:
https://fca.org.uk/your-fca/documents/11-firm-declaration-authorisation-application-guides

Watch the consumer credit step-by-step-guides on our website:
http://www.fca.org.uk/consumer-credit-applications-video-guides

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Andrew Bailey, Chief Executive discusses our Business Plan publication and the coming year.

The annual Business Plan gives details of the specific areas of work the FCA is prioritising for the next year.

The priorities in this Business Plan reflect the variety of changes affecting both financial services and the wider society. Firms are being challenged by rapidly evolving user needs, as well as heightened uncertainty in the economic and political outlook. Our Business Plan shows how we will use our resources to tackle these challenges. Preparing for and implementing the changes resulting from European Union (EU) withdrawal is inevitably the priority for our discretionary activity.

Our key planned activities for this year are set out in our EU chapter, our 7 priorities which cut across different financial sectors as well as our priorities for the seven specific sectors we regulate.

Much of what we do and the harms we try to address will continue to be priorities for future Business Plans and we will continue to monitor and adapt our approach to the ever-evolving landscape.

https://www.fca.org.uk/publications/corporate-documents/our-business-plan-2018-19?youtube

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