The Bank of England (BoE) has published a consultation paper outlining Phase 1 of its extension to settlement hours for the UK's renewed Real-Time Gross Settlement system (RT2) and CHAPS. RT2 went live in April. The BoE has...more
The Bank of England (the “Bank”) published a consultation paper (“CP”) on 29 July 2025 on proposals to extend Real-Time Gross Settlement (“RTGS”) and CHAPS operating hours. The CP follows the Bank’s 2024 discussion paper on...more
HM Treasury has published an update on the National Payments Vision (NPV), announcing plans to implement a new collaborative model for delivering the UK's next-generation retail payments infrastructure. The Payments Vision...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
In November 2024, the Bank of England published an Approach Document setting out its approach to the supervision of financial market infrastructures (“FMIs”) – specifically of central counterparties (“CCPs”), central...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
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
Background On 14 November 2024, the United Kingdom’s Chancellor of the Exchequer delivered a speech setting out the UK Government’s vision to grow and enhance the competitiveness of the financial services sector (the...more
The Treasury Committee has launched a call for evidence as it examines whether rules are needed to govern the acceptance of physical cash in the U.K. The Committee explains that the Bank of England has noted that the decline...more
The Payment Systems Regulator has published a policy statement confirming the maximum level of Authorized Push Payment scam reimbursement. The statement follows the PSRs recent announcement confirming its decision to reduce...more
Our UK Financial Services Group examine the UK’s new mandatory reimbursement rules that will require payment service providers (PSPs) to reimburse victims of scam transactions....more
On 25 September, the U.K. Payment Systems Regulator confirmed that the maximum reimbursement limit for victims of Faster Payments Authorized Push Payment scams will be £85,000. The PSR began consulting on reducing the...more
Amongst the broad range of updates this week, at international level, the FSB published its thematic peer review on MMF Reforms and the BCBS published the outcomes of its meeting held on 28 and 29 February, including that it...more
Consumers and service providers should take note of some of the enhanced risks upon an e-money institution’s insolvency. Technology is rapidly changing the way customers and businesses interact with financial systems....more
Key developments of interest over the last month include: the UK Payment Systems Regulator’s proposals on mandatory reimbursement for APP fraud; the Central Bank of Ireland’s announcement of a review of the Consumer...more
The Bank of England, Prudential Regulation Authority and Financial Conduct Authority (together, the supervisory authorities) have published a discussion paper proposing measures to supervise and enhance the resilience of...more
ISO 20022 payment messages: Pay.UK and BoE collaboration The Bank of England (BoE) and Pay.UK have published a joint press release announcing collaboration on ISO 20022 payment messages. The BoE and Pay.UK are implementing...more
Payment and Electronic Money Institution Insolvency Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/716) The Payment and Electronic Money Institution Insolvency Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/716) have been published, together with an explanatory...more
Recent regulatory developments focussed on the payments sector. Reports on a BoE update on its policy for omnibus accounts in its RTGS service, and an LSB update on the CRM Code for APP scams. ...more
Omnibus accounts for payment systems operators and prefunding accounts: BoE update - The Bank of England (BoE) has updated its webpage on payment and settlement to add the following new sections to the information provided in...more
ISO 20022 migration: BoE revised approach The Bank of England (BoE) has updated its webpage on ISO 20022 with the following information. - ISO 20022 migration: BoE revised approach - The Bank of England (BoE) has updated...more
ISO 20022: BoE confirms go-live in April 2022 will be on like-for-like basis - The Bank of England (BoE) has confirmed that it plans to go-live with the new messaging standard for UK payments, ISO 20022, in April 2022 on...more
CHAPS enhanced ISO 20022 messages: BoE industry review - The Bank of England (BoE) has published an industry review of the CHAPS enhanced ISO 20022 messages....more