Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: A Debate About The Need, If Any, For a Federal Charter for Non-Banks Engaged in the Payments Business
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: A Close Look at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Proposal to Supervise Large Nonbank Providers of Digital Wallets and Payment Apps
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Back in 2018, a senior member of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) stated that “non-financial misconduct is misconduct, plain and simple”. Since then, the FCA has issued multiple discussion and consultation papers,...more
On 2 July 2025, the FCA published a further consultation paper on “tackling non-financial misconduct in financial services”. The industry has been eagerly awaiting publication of this paper, in the hope that it will address...more
On 28 June 2023, the European Commission (EC) published its proposals for both a revised Payment Services Directive (PSD3) and a new accompanying Payment Services Regulation (EU PSR). This package of reforms addresses certain...more
A consultation that will remain open until 11 April 2023 offers further clarity on the proposals to regulate buy-now-pay-later products. On 14 February 2023, HM Treasury published its consultation and accompanying draft...more
On 4 July 2019 the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published its findings following a review of the safeguarding arrangements in 11 non-bank payment service providers (“PSPs”). The FCA requires that all non-bank PSPs to...more
On 4 July 2019 the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published its findings following a review of the safeguarding arrangements in 11 non-bank payment service providers (“PSPs”). The FCA has identified certain compliance...more
In previous posts in our BankBCLP.com series on this topic, we’ve attempted to define “open banking” and the ways in which it is attracting increasing industry attention through open APIs. As our series continues, we describe...more
Council of EU Publishes UK Issues Paper on MLD4 - On November 24, the Council of the European Union published a note (dated November 8, 2013) from the Council Presidency to Council Delegations which includes a UK...more