On 14 January 2025, the Bank of England ("BoE") published a design note outlining its current thinking relating to the design of a digital pound (the "Design Note") and a progress update summarising the BoE’s work on...more
On 13 December 2024, the UK's Payment Services Regulator (PSR) published its Market review of UK-EEA consumer cross-border interchange fees final report (MR22/2.7) and Market review of UK-EEA consumer cross-border interchange...more
On 16 December 2024, the FCA published a discussion paper (DP24/4) (the “Discussion Paper”) on admissions and disclosures and market abuse regimes for cryptoassets. This is part of a series of publications by the FCA (and the...more
Following its trailing in the Mansion House speech, HM Treasury has published its National Payments Vision. This sets out the government's short and long-term areas of focus for the payments sector. The immediate priorities...more