HM Treasury has published a policy paper and two related statutory instruments (SI) on its approach to updating the UK's regulatory framework for central counterparties (CCPs). The Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 gave...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 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
On 2 July 2025, the House of Lords Financial Services Regulation Committee launched an inquiry into the growth of private markets in the UK....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 Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has issued a consultation paper (CP10/25) and draft updates to the supervisory statement 3/19. The consultation aims to enhance supervisory expectations on the management of...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
The UK Bank of England (BoE) has published its consultation paper CP4/25 which contains proposals for depositor protection and the new resolution tool proposed by the Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill. The consultation...more
On 11 March 2025, the UK government announced its decision to abolish the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) as part of a broader initiative to reduce regulatory burdens and stimulate economic growth. This action is intended to...more
The Silicon Valley Bank UK Limited Compensation Scheme Order 2025 (SI 2025/83) has been published, together with an explanatory memorandum. The order confirms in law that no compensation is due to the persons who held shares...more
The Bank of England has published a statement of policy setting out its approach to exercising its power to direct a CCP to address impediments to resolvability under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023. This power...more
The Bank of England has published a statement of policy setting out its approach to determining commercially reasonable payments to clearing members whose contracts are subject to a statutory tear up in CCP resolution,...more
The Bank of England has updated its approach to stress testing the U.K. banking system. From 2025 onwards, the BoE will move from an annual to a biennial frequency for its main bank capital stress test...more
The Bank of England has published the final report on its system-wide exploratory scenario. The SWES was a 'system-wide' exercise, incorporating a wide range of financial firms and business models, focusing not on the...more
The Bank of England has updated its approach to financial market infrastructure supervision. The BoE states that its approach to supervision continues to be underpinned by four core principles: (i) its supervisors rely on...more
The Bank of England has published a consultation on fundamental rules for financial market infrastructure firms. The BoE proposes to introduce a set of fundamental rules for FMIs incorporated in the U.K. The aim of the...more
The Bank of England published the findings of its third joint survey with the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority on the use of Artificial Intelligence and machine learning in financial services. The survey aims to build on...more
On November 14, 2024, the UK government unveiled its National Payments Vision (the Vision), a strategy designed to reshape the UK’s payments ecosystem. This Vision responds to the findings of the 2023 Future of Payments...more
The Bank of England has published a policy statement on its approach to enforcement and an updated Statement of Policy And Procedure on its approach to enforcement. The update follows the Financial Services and Markets Act...more
The Prudential Regulation Authority and Financial Conduct Authority have published a joint policy statement on operational resilience for critical third parties (CTPs) in the U.K. financial sector, which includes their final...more
The NPV aims to promote growth and international competitiveness by advancing open banking, re-evaluating the approach to regulating the sector, and continuing the fight against fraud....more
HM Treasury has published the National Payments Vision, outlining the government's plans for bolstering the U.K. payments sector. The Vision, which is an integral part of the latest Mansion House reforms, responds to the...more
On September 30, 2024, the UK Digital Securities Sandbox was officially declared open. The announcement was made by the Bank of England (BoE) and the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), following the consultation earlier...more
Firms have just over six months until the transition period for implementing the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and the Bank of England rules and guidance on operational resilience...more
Following the declaration of the international artificial intelligence (AI) “Safety Summit” at Bletchley Park (Bletchley Summit) on November 1, 2023, and the White House’s October 30, 2023, Executive Order on AI (Executive...more