FSA:英國金融服務監管局是英國金融市場統一的監管機構，行使法定職責，直接向財政部負責。由證券投資委員會改制而成，為獨立的非政府組織。

FSA對金融服務行業進行監管。保持高效、有序、廉潔的金融市場。幫助中小消費者取得公平交易機會；維護英國金融市場及業界信心；促進公眾對金融制度的理解，瞭解不同型別投資和金融交易的利益和風險；確保業者有適當經營能力及財務結構健全，以保護投資者；同時，教育投資者正確認識投資風險。監督、防範和打擊金融犯罪。

英國是目前世界上金融服務最完善、最健全的國家，並且通過金融服務監管局對（FSA）對所有在其境內註冊的金融服務機構進行嚴格的監管。目前接受FSA監管的公司有幾百家，但是有資質做外匯黃金投資的，只有數家。

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is an independent non-governmental body, given statutory powers by the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. We are a company limited by guarantee and financed by the financial services industry. The Board sets our overall policy, but day-to-day decisions and management of the staff are the responsibility of the Executive Committee.

We are accountable to Treasury Ministers and, through them, Parliament. We are operationally independent of government and are funded entirely by the firms we regulate. We are an open and transparent organisation and provide full information for firms, consumers and others about our objectives, plans, policies and rules, including through this website.