FSA facilitates instalment option

An instalment pay-plan has been renegotiated by the regulator to enable firms to continue paying their regulatory fees and levies by this method in 2009/10.

A working group facilitated by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) and chaired by the Smaller Business Practitioner Panel - which included representatives of several trade bodies - again selected Premium Credit as the preferred supplier. Premium Credit will guarantee auto-acceptance to all FSA-authorised firms up to £50,000.

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