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Mansion House: UK Chancellor of the Exchequer announces reform of the ring-fencing regime

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The UK Chancellor of the Exchequer has delivered a speech at Mansion House, London which heralded a large number of UK regulatory reforms with significant impact on the financial services sector. These were announced...more

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UK: The Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Act 2025

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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

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UK FCA consults on two-stage reforms to safeguarding regime (Part 2)

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The FCA believes that there is a continuing problem with poor safeguarding practices across the industry due to poor implementation of the current regulatory framework under the Payment Services Regulations 2017 (PSRs) and...more

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HM Treasury Publishes Draft Update to Special Resolution Regime Code of Practice

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HM Treasury has published a draft new chapter for the Special Resolution Regime Code of Practice that reflects reforms introduced by the Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill....more

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HM Treasury Statement on Reforms to Bank Ring-Fencing

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The House of Commons has published a written statement by Tulip Siddiq, Economic Secretary to HM Treasury, on the status of reforms to the bank ring-fencing regime. Ms Siddiq states that the U.K. Government will implement a...more

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UK Announces Final Reforms to Financial Services Retail Disclosure Requirements

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Post Brexit, the U.K. Government and Financial Conduct Authority are committed to the ongoing reform programme to reinvigorate the U.K.'s capital markets. As part of this, the Government and FCA are committed to replacing...more

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UK Proposes Design of the Future Entity for UK Open Banking

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On April 19, 2024, the U.K.'s Joint Regulatory Oversight Committee published proposals on the design of the future entity for UK Open Banking. The JROC is composed of the Financial Conduct Authority, the Payment Systems...more

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New UK Requirements for Payment Account Contract Terminations

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HM Treasury has published a policy note and a draft statutory instrument—The Payment Services and Payment Accounts (Contract Terminations) (Amendment) Regulations 2024—on strengthening requirements in the Payment Services...more

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Key Regulatory Topics: Weekly Update 23-29 Feb 2024

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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

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UK Regulators Published Reforms and Proposals in January 2024 That Will Impact the Banking Sector, Including a Consultation on...

In this alert we consider various reforms and proposals to the banking sector announced by UK regulators. On 11 January 2024, HM Treasury published a consultation paper on enhancing the UK’s Special Resolution Regime for...more

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UK Prudential Regulation Authority Publishes Review of Bank Ring-Fencing Rules

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The U.K. Prudential Regulation Authority has published a Review of the PRA ring-fencing rules for U.K. banks. The ring-fencing regime came into force in 2019 and the PRA is required to review the rules it has made under the...more

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UK Seeks to Enhance Resolution Regime for Small Banks Following SVB Failure

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HM Treasury has launched a consultation that sets out proposals for enhancing the Special Resolution Regime by introducing a new means for the Bank of England, as the U.K. resolution authority, to use stabilization powers to...more

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UK Prudential Regulator's Rules for Small Banks Coming at Start of 2024

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The U.K. Prudential Regulation Authority has published a policy statement and rules for implementing the Strong and Simple Framework. The framework is intended to simplify the prudential regulation of non-systemic banks and...more

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UK Future of Payments Review Report calls for National Payments Vision and Strategy

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HM Treasury has published a report on the Future of Payments Review 2023 (the Report), which was launched as part of the Chancellor's Mansion House Reforms in July 2023. The Report aims to provide a 'high-level, strategic...more

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UK Financial Services Regulatory Initiatives Forum publishes seventh edition of Grid

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The eagerly awaited seventh edition of the Financial Services Regulatory Initiatives Grid was published on 30 November 2023 by the Financial Services Regulatory Initiatives Forum. The Regulatory Initiatives Grid sets out the...more

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UK: Autumn Statement – financial services announcements at a glance

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The Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP, presented HM Treasury’s Autumn Statement for growth on 22 November 2023.  We summarise below the key proposals relating to financial services regulation....more

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UK Government Publishes a Response to its Consultation – Failure or Success?

On 30 October 2023, HM Treasury (HMT) published a response to its May 2022 consultation (the Consultation) on its approach to managing the failure of systemic digital asset (including stablecoin) firms (the Response)....more

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UK stablecoins regulatory regime: FCA and Bank of England publish proposals

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Following HM Treasury’s October 2023 policy update on plans for regulating stablecoins, the Bank of England (Bank) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have published discussion papers providing more details on aspects...more

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UK Outlines Bank Ring-Fencing Reforms

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Government plans to add more flexibility to the regime, but its long-term future remains undecided. On 28 September 2023, HM Treasury published further papers in relation to the planned reform of the UK bank ring-fencing...more

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UK/EU ESG Regulation Monthly Round-Up – March-June 2023

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As we reach the midway point of 2023, the Hogan Lovells Sustainable Finance and Investment practice thought it would be useful to provide a review of recent key ESG developments from March-June 2023 to assist with navigating...more

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UK Statutory Instrument Published to Bring Cryptoassets Within Financial Promotions Regime

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On 7 June 2023, the U.K. government published a statutory instrument (the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) (Amendment) Order 2023 (FP (Amendment) Order) and related explanatory memorandum)...more

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JROC Publishes Report on Future of Open Banking in the UK

The UK is widely regarded as a global leader in Open Banking, and regulators and industry participants believe there is strong potential to build on that success. Regulatory efforts on that front are led by Joint Regulatory...more

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Ashley Alder to Chair UK Financial Conduct Authority

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HM Treasury has announced the appointment of Ashley Alder as Chair of the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority. Mr Alder will succeed interim chair Richard Lloyd, who has served as interim Chair since Charles Randell stepped down...more

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UK Treasury Committee Makes Recommendation for Future Regulatory Framework Review

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The House of Commons Treasury Committee has published a report on the Future of Financial Services Regulation setting out its view on the priorities for regulatory change in the U.K. now that the U.K. has left the EU. The...more

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Access to Cash Designation Measures Confirmed

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HM Treasury has published a summary of responses it received to its consultation on protecting access to cash across the U.K. In the response, HM Treasury confirms that it will be proceeding with the proposal to designate...more

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