Following the January 2024 launch of a review of historical motor finance commission arrangements and sales across several firms, the FCA has announced that it now plans to set out the findings from the review in May 2025...more
On 17 July 2024, the King’s Speech and associated background briefing notes were presented and published. These contain a summary of the new government’s plans, including a number of proposed bills which could be of...more
In December 2023, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) carried out a review of the most recent board and/or committee reporting from 20 larger insurance firms (including general and life insurers, insurance intermediaries...more
The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) is consulting on a proposal to direct banks and other payment firms participating directly or indirectly in CHAPS (the UK’s high-value payment system) to reimburse their customers who have...more
The Bank of England has published the final versions of three Codes of Practice on wholesale cash distribution and accompanying Guidance relating to information gathering, third-party arrangements and cash centre closures and...more
A speech by the Bank of England’s Deputy Governor for Financial Stability, Sarah Breeden, at the Innovate Finance Global Summit 2024, considered the implications of new technologies for digital money, retail payments, and...more
The FCA has published its final rules and guidance aimed at strengthening protections for borrowers in financial difficulty, incorporating aspects of the Tailored Support Guidance (TSG) introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic...more
On 20 February 2024, the FCA published details of recent good practice in Consumer Duty implementation and highlighted areas for improvement. As well as this, the FCA also published the results of a second survey of firms on...more
On 19 March 2024, the FCA published its Business Plan for 2024/25 setting out its planned programme of work for the coming year. The FCA states that it remains resolute in supporting the vital role the financial sector plays...more
Key developments of interest over the last month include: the UK government publishing draft legislation on payment service contract termination rule changes; the Central Bank of Ireland providing insights into its regulatory...more
In July 2023, the UK government committed to changing the requirements on payment service providers (PSPs) when terminating payment service contracts. HM Treasury has now published draft regulations amending the Payment...more
In its 2023 Fraud Strategy, the UK government committed to looking at changes to allow payment service providers (PSPs) more time to investigate suspicious payments to help tackle authorised push payment (APP) fraud. HM...more
Key developments of interest over the last month include: the European Parliament’s ECON Committee adopting draft reports on the European Commission’s PSR and PSD3 legislative proposals; ESMA consulting on 'reverse...more
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On 14 February 2024, the European Parliament announced that its Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee (ECON) had adopted draft reports on the European Commission's legislative proposals for a Directive on payment services...more
On 25 January 2024, the Bank of England and the UK Government (through HM Treasury) published a response to the consultation (the “Consultation Response”) that was launched last year on a UK retail central bank digital...more
As part of measures introduced under the Financial Services and Markets Act (FSMA) 2023, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Bank of England (BoE) have published consultations relating, respectively, to maintaining...more
On 19 December 2023, the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) published its final policy statement on fighting authorised push payment (APP) scams alongside three legal instruments that will give effect to the new mandatory...more
In the latest developments relating to the UK's open banking landscape, on 18 December 2023 the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) released a consultation paper outlining plans for expanding variable recurring payments (VRP)...more
The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has published a policy statement (PS15/23) on scope, criteria, liquidity, reporting and disclosure requirements under the Strong and Simple framework. This is a set of prudential...more
Following a large number of complaints from motor finance customers in relation to discretionary commission arrangements entered into before the FCA's 2021 ban was introduced, the FCA has announced that it is using its powers...more
From 31 July 2024, the FCA's Consumer Duty will apply to closed products and services (that is, products that were closed prior to the 31 July 2023 deadline for new and existing products or services open to sale or renewal)....more
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a final report containing remedies for the credit information market to help deliver better lending decisions for borrowers and improve competition and innovation for market...more
On 6 November 2023, the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) published a Dear CEO Letter addressed to deposit-taking entities (e.g. banks) in relation to innovations in deposits, e-money and stablecoins. The Dear CEO Letter...more
As mentioned in HM Treasury’s October 2023 policy update on plans for regulating stablecoins, the Bank of England (Bank) has published a discussion paper providing more details on its proposed regulatory regime for systemic...more
On 30 October 2023, the UK government published an update on its legislative approach for regulating fiat-backed stablecoins, following on from its consultation on the UK regulatory approach to cryptoassets and stablecoins in...more