The Bank of England (BoE) has published the Financial Policy Committee's (FPC) final response to the 2024 review of the Other Systemically Important Institutions (O-SII) buffer framework. This follows the March consultation,...more
The Bank of England (BoE) and the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have issued a joint statement reaffirming the effectiveness of their Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the supervision of Financial Market...more
Following its November 2024 consultation, the Bank of England (BoE) has published final fundamental rules for financial market infrastructure firms (FMIs), a supervisory statement setting out how the BoE expects FMI to comply...more
The UK Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has published a final policy statement and accompanying press release, confirming that the FOS is changing the interest rate applied to compensation awards to a time-weighted average...more
Alongside its Financial Services Growth and Competitiveness Strategy, the UK government has laid before Parliament, a draft of the Financial Services (Overseas Recognition Regime Designations) Regulations 2025 (the ORR...more
The Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Act 2025 (Commencement) Regulations 2025 have been made, which brings into force certain provisions of the Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Act 2025 from 16 July, in parallel with the...more
The Bank of England (BoE) has published a suite of publications in its capacity as the UK′s resolution authority, covering significant updates in relation to its approach to setting the minimum requirement for own funds and...more
The Bank of England's Financial Policy Committee (FPC) has published its July financial stability report alongside the record of its 27 June meeting. After assessing the risks to the UK financial system, the FPC reports that...more
The Bank of England and the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) have released a letter to PRA-regulated firms and relevant financial market infrastructure (FMIs) outlining the thematic findings from the 2024 Cyber Stress...more
The House of Lords Financial Services Regulation Committee (the Committee) has launched a call for evidence as part of its inquiry into the growth of private markets in the UK following the regulatory reforms introduced after...more
The Bank of England (BoE) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) have published a series of annual reports, which are set out below. - BoE Annual Report and Accounts. The BoE has set out its strategic investment...more
The Bank of England (BoE) has announced it has renewed its statement of commitment to the FX Global Code, based on the revised code dated December 2024. The FX Global Code outlines principles of good practice in the foreign...more
The Bank of England (BoE) has published a feedback statement in response to its December 2024 discussion paper on transitioning to a repo-led operating framework. The discussion paper proposed changes to the Sterling Monetary...more
The Bank of England and the UK Financial Conduct Authority have published a joint consultation paper proposing amendments to the UK EMIR trade repository reporting requirements, using their powers under article 9 of UK EMIR...more
The Capital Buffers and Macro-prudential Measures Regulations 2025 (SI 2025/653) have been laid before the UK parliament and published, together with an explanatory memorandum. The regulations restate relevant provisions of...more
The Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Act 2025 (Act) received Royal asset on 15 May 2025. Although deceptively short and dependant on the passing of further regulations in order to come into effect, it introduces significant...more
The UK Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Act 2025 has received royal assent and was published. The Act makes provision for recapitalisation costs in relation to the special resolution regime under the Banking Act 2009, in...more
The Bank of England (BoE) has published key elements to its 2025 Stress Test of UK Central Counterparties (CCPs), along with a spreadsheet containing the relevant market stress scenarios. This exercise, the fourth of its...more
The Bank of England (BoE) has updated its stress testing webpage, announcing it has published two stress test scenarios for use by banks and building societies that are not participants in its concurrent stress testing...more
April 17, 2025 - Federal Reserve Board Governor Michael S. Barr gave a speech entitled, “Deepfakes and the AI Arms Race in Bank Cybersecurity.” April 17, 2025- The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston published an article...more
On 8 April, the Bank of England (BoE) has published its response to the discussion paper on reviewing access to Real-Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) accounts for settlement. In the discussion paper, initially published on 8...more
April 11, 2025- The Credit Access and Inclusion Act was introduced to expand credit access for millions of Americans with limited or non-existent credit histories. April 14, 2025- Federal Reserve Board Governor...more
April 9, 2025- The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs passed a Congressional Review Act resolution to overturn the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s final rule on overdraft fees based upon the...more
April 9, 2025- The U.S. House Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology and Artificial Intelligence held a hearing entitled “American Innovation and the Future of Digital Assets...more
April 8, 2025 - Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Acting Chair Travis Hill gave a speech entitled “View from the FDIC: Update on Key Policy Issues” at the American Bankers Association Washington Summit....more