The controversial new requirement for all in-scope Payment Service Providers (“PSPs”) to reimburse victims of Authorised Push Payment (“APP”) fraud are due to be introduced from 7 October 2024. This is a significant change...more
8/21/2024
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Crime Victims ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Fraud ,
HM Treasury ,
New Rules ,
Payment Systems ,
Reimbursements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
UK ,
UK Payment Systems Regulator
The FCA released its 2022/23 Annual Report last week together with data on its key enforcement trends. We consider below some of the key takeaways....more
7/28/2023
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Anti-Money Laundering ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Compliance ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Enforcement Statistics ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Crimes ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Fraud ,
Investigations ,
UK
In accordance with recent UK Finance statistics, in 2019 banks and card companies prevented £1.8 billion in unauthorised payment fraud and between 2018 and 2019 APP fraud losses increased by almost 30% to £456 million. In...more
In R v Barton & Booth, a five member Court of Criminal Appeal: 1) emphatically endorsed the Ivey test for dishonesty, firmly dismissing the previous two-stage test in Ghosh; 2) affirmed that, in relation to conspiracy to...more