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The Payment Services and Payment Accounts (Contract Termination) (Amendment) Regulations 2025

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The Payment Services and Payment Accounts (Contract Termination) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (SI 2025/688) have been published, alongside an explanatory memorandum. The regulations amend regulation 51 of the Payment Services...more

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UK FCA Publishes Consultation Paper on a Prudential Regime for Cryptoasset Firms

Published concurrently with Consultation Paper 25/14 (CP 25/14) on the proposals for stablecoin issuance and cryptoasset custody in the UK, Consultation Paper 25/15 (CP 25/15) sets out the UK Financial Conduct Authority’s...more

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The Capital Buffers and Macro-prudential Measures Regulations 2025

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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

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FCA Handbook Notice 130

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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published Handbook Notice 130, which outlines updates to the FCA Handbook, including changes for fund managers stemming from the recommendations of the Investment Research Review...more

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PSR consolidated policy statement on APP scams reimbursement requirement

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The UK Payments Systems Regulator (PSR) has published a consolidated policy statement (PS25/5) concerning the authorised push payment (APP) fraud reimbursement requirement within the Faster Payments system, which came into...more

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PRA Announces Updates to Approach of Responsible Openness to International Banks

On 20 May 2025, the UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) published a policy statement (PS6/25) on business conducted within branches of international banks operating in the UK, as well as its booking model expectations...more

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Quarterly Sanctions Update | Q2 2025

In the second quarter of 2025, EU and UK sanctions policy continued to take shape against a complex and shifting geopolitical backdrop. The European Union sharpened its focus on Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’ by proposing new...more

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PRA policy statement on identification and management of step-in risk

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The UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has published a policy statement on the identification and management of step-in risk (PS5/25). The policy statement provides feedback on responses to consultation paper (CP) 23/23...more

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BoE response to discussion paper on reviewing access to RTGS accounts for settlement

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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

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UK moves to permanently exempt UK and EEA pension schemes from the derivatives clearing obligation

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A draft of the Pension Fund Clearing Obligation Exemption (Amendment) Regulations 2025 has been published alongside an explanatory memorandum. The draft Regulations will amend the UK European Market Infrastructure Regulation...more

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The UK Cyber Security and Resilience Bill

The UK government has recently announced that it plans to introduce a Cyber Security and Resilience Bill (Bill). The Bill seeks to update the 2018 Network and Information Security Regulations, which implemented the European...more

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Regulation Round Up - June 2024

Welcome to the UK Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation. Key developments in June 2024: 28 June PRIIPs Regulation: The Joint Committee...more

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The New CCI Regulations: Changes to the UK PRIIPs Regime

Following a series of consultations, and as part of its wider overhaul of the UK’s financial services regime, in November 2023, the UK government published a draft statutory instrument that will replace existing European...more

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UK regulators expectations on governance and DI within financial services firms

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The recent proposals from the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) on diversity and inclusion (D&I) include proposals in respect of governance and oversight within in-scope firms....more

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D&I as a non-financial risk: considerations for control functions

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Proposals from the UK financial regulators aimed at improving diversity and inclusion (D&I) in the UK financial services sector include an explicit expectation for all in-scope firms to consider a lack of D&I as a...more

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Tracking and improving inclusion in financial services: practical challenges and how to navigate them

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The latest UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) proposals for improving diversity and inclusion in financial services include requiring firms to report on six new inclusion metrics....more

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D&I in financial services: UK proposals for mandatory data reporting and public disclosure

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Post six in our blog series on the UK Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority proposals to improve diversity and inclusion (D&I) in UK financial services considers the D&I data firms would be required...more

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FCA and PRA DI Proposals - Balancing data protection considerations against D&I reporting duties

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The latest post in our blog series looking at the UK Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority proposals to improve diversity and inclusion (D&I) in the financial services industry focusses on data...more

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D&I in FS: Data protection and D&I reporting

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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) are consulting on proposals to introduce a new financial services regulatory framework on diversity and inclusion (D&I) in the financial...more

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UK's PRA Sets Regulatory Priorities for International Banks

On 10 January, the UK’s Prudential Regulation Authority (“PRA“) wrote to international banks active in the UK to update them on regulatory priorities for 2023. While these clearly reflect current macroeconomic drivers,...more

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UK Financial Services Consumer Regulation Reset: The “Consumer Duty”

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (the FCA) is introducing sweeping new regulatory obligations for financial services firms that serve UK retail customers, referred to as the "consumer duty" (the Duty). The Duty represents a...more

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Blacklines Comparison of the New UK/EU Withdrawal Agreement Terms

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Yesterday, the EU and U.K. in principle agreed new terms for the withdrawal agreement giving effect to the U.K.’s exit from the European Union. These include a revised political declaration and protocol concerning Northern...more

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New UK Regulations to Govern Whistleblowing in Financial Institutions

This month, the FCA and PRA announced a new regime for whistleblowing that will start to be phased in from March 2016. This is part of the broader desire on the part of the UK regulators to encourage individuals to raise...more

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Abu Dhabi Global Market Publishes New Commercial Regulations and begins Financial Regulation Consultation

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On 15 June 2015, the Abu Dhabi Global Market (Global Market), Abu Dhabi’s financial free zone, published the following six new regulations concerning the regulation of non-financial services in the Global Market: -...more

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