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Buy Now Pay Later - The Journey Continues (and the end is nearly in sight)

In an exciting week for consumer credit lawyers, in addition to the consultation paper on the reform of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 (CCA), we also have HM Treasury’s response to the feedback it received from the 61...more

UK Payment Systems Regulator to be abolished - what's next?

The UK Government has announced the abolition of the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR), with a view to driving economic growth and reducing the burdens on business. The practical impact on firms is yet to be seen, and the...more

The U.K.'s Authorised Push Payment (APP) Fraud Reimbursement Scheme

The UK’s Authorised Push Payment (APP) Fraud Reimbursement Scheme came into force on October 7, 2024. It requires in-scope payment service providers (PSPs) sending payments through either the Faster Payment System (FPS) or...more

The U.K.'s Authorised Push Payment APP Fraud Reimbursement Scheme

The UK’s Authorised Push Payment (APP) Fraud Reimbursement Scheme came into force on October 7, 2024. It requires in-scope payment service providers (PSPs) sending payments through either the Faster Payment System (FPS) or...more

MiCAR under the microscope - Part 6: Acquisition of qualifying holdings of casps and art issuers

The Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 on Markets in Crypto-assets (MiCAR) has further expanded the panel of regulated entities by introducing the regulatory status of Issuers of Asset Reference Tokens (ART Issuers) and crypto-asset...more

Buy Now, Pay Later regulation – the wait is (nearly) over

It has been a long time in gestation but finally, over three and a half years after the Woolard Review highlighted the potential risks of unregulated, but easily available, interest free credit facilities, we have the...more

2024: Regulation gets 'smart'?

In our annual financial services Horizon Scanning webinar, our regulatory team provided an overview of upcoming and expected changes for UK firms. Partners from our UK team considered regulatory updates on the horizon for...more

MiCAR under the microscope - Part 3: The issuance of stablecoins under MiCAR: Scope and requirements

The huge expansion of crypto-assets over recent years and the popularity of their underlying technology (distributed ledger technology (DLT) or blockchain) have come with their share of challenges, including a significant...more

Extension of financial promotion regime to cryptoassets – six key points

On 27 March 2023, the UK’s HM Treasury published draft legislation – The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) (Amendment) Order 2023 (the Order). The Order will extend the ‘financial promotion’...more

The Brexit Freedom Bill: What does it mean for the financial services industry?

On 22 September, just two months after the Financial Services and Markets Bill (FSM Bill) was introduced to Parliament, the government introduced the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (the Brexit Freedoms Bill). ...more

Financial Services and Markets Bill: The Designated Activities Regime in the UK

The Financial Services and Markets Bill creates a Designated Activities Regime that will impact both authorised and unregulated firms. The Designated Activities Regime is intended to maintain the purview of the Financial...more

Financial Services and Markets Bill: Back to the future - Revocation, restatement and replacement of onshored EU law

This briefing is one in a series on the Financial Services and Markets Bill (FSMB). In this briefing we discuss the revocation of onshored EU law contained in the FSMB, focusing on some questions of relevance to firms. ...more

Financial Services and Markets Bill - Big Bang 2.0, or more of the same?

On 20 July 2022, just before the UK Parliament’s summer recess, the long awaited Financial Services and Markets Bill (FSM Bill) was introduced to Parliament....more

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