The new regime will take effect on 1 January 2025, but will not diminish the responsibilities of financial services firms relying on the services of critical third parties....more
11/20/2024
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Final Rules ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FSMA ,
HM Treasury ,
Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Third-Party ,
Third-Party Risk ,
Third-Party Service Provider ,
UK
Critical Third Parties serving the UK financial sector must ready themselves for compliance with the newly proposed operational resilience requirements.
On 7 December 2023, the PRA, FCA, and BoE jointly published a...more
Regulator clarifies that existing FCA rules will continue to apply but will also reflect the evolving landscape of financial promotions on social media.
On 17 July 2023, the FCA published a guidance consultation (GC23/2)...more
7/21/2023
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Comment Period ,
Consultation ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Promotions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Guidance Update ,
High Risk Financial Products ,
Influencers ,
Marketing ,
Retail Investors ,
Social Media ,
UK
As contactless transactions boom, EU regulators publish draft guidelines on the interplay between the GDPR and PSD2.
Last year, more than half of all payments in the UK were made by card and contactless methods, while cash...more
11/4/2020
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Anti-Terrorism Financing ,
Data Protection ,
EU ,
European Data Protection Board (EDPB) ,
Financial Institutions ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Member State ,
New Guidance ,
Payment Systems ,
Personal Data ,
PSD2
UK government encourages regulated firms to share customer information within corporate groups, highlighting interaction with firms’ obligations under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 and GDPR.
The UK government has...more
Not too long ago, an investment manager looking to invest in a company might conduct due diligence, attend investor relation calls, peruse quarterly or annual filings, and consider standard ratios such as price to earnings...more
3/5/2020
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Data Privacy ,
EU ,
EU Market Abuse Regulation (EU MAR) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Investment Advisers Act of 1940 ,
MiFID ,
Regulation S-P ,
Risk Management ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Securities Exchange Act
The final guidelines create new obligations for insurers that will impact cloud outsourcing arrangements.
On 6 February 2020, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published its final...more
2/27/2020
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Draft Guidance ,
EIOPA ,
EU ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Insurance Industry ,
Outsourcing ,
Public Contracts ,
Reinsurance ,
Solvency II
Subcontractors, security, and audit and termination rights will require special consideration under forthcoming EBA outsourcing guidelines.
Recent growth in divestiture and carve-out deals in the M&A landscape, including...more
10/29/2019
/ Acquisitions ,
Banking Sector ,
Carve Out Provisions ,
Contract Terms ,
Divestiture ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
Exit Strategies ,
Financial Institutions ,
Mergers ,
Outsourcing ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Subcontractors ,
Third-Party Service Provider ,
Transitional Arrangements
The FSB is reviewing cloud provider concentration risk in the latest example of regulator concern over reliance on leading cloud providers by financial services institutions.
The Financial Stability Board (FSB), an...more
The guidelines create new obligations for financial, payment, and electronic money institutions that will impact cloud outsourcing and deployment of FinTech.
On 25 February 2019, the European Banking Authority (EBA)...more
3/19/2019
/ Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) ,
Cloud Storage ,
Commission Delegated Regulation ,
EU Directive ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
Financial Institutions ,
FinTech ,
Information Reports ,
MiFID II ,
Outsourcing ,
Payment Systems ,
UK