Following the FCA’s January 2025 response to the government’s request for ideas to support its growth mission for the UK economy, the regulator has now written to the Economic Secretary to the Treasury, and released other...more
Key developments of interest over the last month include: a new Bill containing detailed new information and account direct deduction obligations for banks and EMIs being introduced to the UK Parliament; the issuing of a...more
Banks and EMIs will need to consider the impacts of proposed new requirements to comply with information notices and account direct deduction orders on their policies, procedures and controls. For information notices, this...more
Key developments of interest over the last month include: the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau looking at digital payment privacy and consumer protections; the UK FCA publishing a discussion paper on admissions and...more
1/23/2025
/ Banking Sector ,
Blockchain ,
Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDCs) ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Data Privacy ,
Digital Assets ,
Digital Currency ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Institutions
Key developments of interest over the last month include: the UK FCA publishing a consultation on two-stage reforms to the payments and e-money safeguarding regime; the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announcing a...more
Given the sea change of payment services directive 2015/2366 (“PSD2”), one might expect the prospect of the proposed PSD3 and PSR to have psps groaning at the thought of yet more root and branch reg change projects. However,...more
On 19 September 2024, the FCA published an update on its review of the cash savings market and investigation into the practices of the largest 9 firms with easy access savings accounts. With a focus on the effectiveness of...more
The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has published a policy statement and final Specific Direction to banks and other payment firms participating directly or indirectly in CHAPS (the UK’s high-value payment system) to...more
On 30 July 2024, the Bank of England (BoE) published a discussion paper setting out its approach to innovations in money and payments (Discussion Paper). In the Discussion Paper, the BoE sets out its current view on...more
The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has published a policy statement (PS24/3) on compliance and monitoring under the Faster Payments System (FPS) APP fraud mandatory reimbursement requirement. The PSR has rowed back on some...more
The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have launched a joint call for information on the opportunities and risks of digital wallets for people and businesses. This comes as recent data...more
Coinciding with the publication of its first report on how it has taken forward its new secondary UK competitiveness and economic growth objective, the FCA has published a Call for Input (CfI) on how far it may be appropriate...more
The FCA has published the key findings from its multi-firm review of payment account providers’ systems and controls against money mule activity (ie where someone is recruited by criminals to move illegally obtained money)....more
Following the publication in July 2023 of a policy statement on payment service contract termination rules and freedom of expression, HM Treasury (HMT) has now published a further statement on implementation, timings and next...more
As part of the European Commission’s 2020 Retail Payments Strategy and following its 2022 review of PSD2 and related consultations, it has published legislative proposals to improve the functioning of PSD2. The first is for a...more
As previously referred to by the FCA (for example in its 2023/24 Business Plan) and following its Borrowers in Financial Difficulty (BiFD) project findings, it has launched a consultation setting out how it plans to...more
The European Commission has published its long-delayed report to the European Parliament and Council of the EU on the application of the Payment Accounts Directive (PAD). The findings are generally positive and no legislative...more
In a speech marking less than three months until the first Consumer Duty implementation deadline, the FCA has warned that firms can expect swift action if they ignore the Duty or pose the most harm to consumers. As part of...more
Key developments of interest over the last month include: the UK FCA’s publication of a portfolio letter to payments and e-money firms; the U.S. Federal Reserve announcing the July 2023 launch of its FedNow Service; and...more
5/4/2023
/ AML/CFT ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Assets ,
EU ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinTech ,
Payment Systems ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Transparency
The FCA’s evaluation of its 2019 personal current account (PCA) overdraft rule changes - introduced as part of its High-Cost Credit Review - paints a largely positive picture in terms of good consumer outcomes. However, the...more
The Joint Regulatory Oversight Committee (JROC), co-chaired by the FCA and the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) and with HM Treasury (HMT) and the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) as the other members, has published its...more
As part of the Hogan Lovells FinTech Fundamentals webinar series, on 22 March 2023 Financial Services Regulatory senior associate Jen Staniforth hosted a thought provoking panel discussion on the impact of the cost of living...more
The FCA has published a Portfolio letter setting out its priorities for payments and e-money firms amidst tightening economic conditions and the cost-of-living crisis. Among the three outcomes that it has set for firms in...more
Key developments of interest over the last two months include: the Central Bank of Ireland publishing a Dear CEO letter to the payments industry; the Bank of England and HM Treasury launching a consultation on a model for a...more
On 3 March 2023, the FCA published its third batch of portfolio letters setting out its expectations for firms implementing the Consumer Duty. We covered the previous two sets of letters in our Engage articles of 9 and 28...more