Financial Conduct Authority wastes £3.2m on Oracle licences it did not need

Sooraj Shah
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FCA thought it was getting a bargain but then realised it didn't need all the licences it had bought

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has admitted that it wasted £3.2m on Oracle software licences that it did not need. The organisation supervises the conduct of all regulated financial firms...

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