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On August 8, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published feedback on the creation of the primary regulator for open banking, the “Future Entity.” The Future Entity will establish and oversee core standards, including API...more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) have published a joint article through the Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum (DRCF), outlining their collaborative efforts and next...more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published the 2025 outcomes report of the open finance sprint, held in March. The Sprint brought together stakeholders to develop practical data-sharing use cases across four key...more
Motor finance, mortgage rule review work and Consumer Duty feature prominently in the work plans for this strategic priority. Firms should note that the FCA includes a warning in relation to the Duty that, where necessary, it...more
The FCA has published a Strategy Paper, outlining its strategy for the next five years. The FCA says it will focus on four priorities: (i) being a smarter regulator; (ii) supporting sustained economic growth; (iii) helping...more
The Financial Conduct Authority and Payment Systems Regulator have set out the next steps for open banking, focusing on variable recurring payments. In the statement the regulators explain the benefits of variable recurring...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 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
In the latest developments relating to the UK's open banking landscape, on 18 December 2023 the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) released a consultation paper outlining plans for expanding variable recurring payments (VRP)...more
Call for input: Industry needs to engage as the FCA moves forward on its transformative vision for open finance. Imagine a world in which you could access your bank accounts, credit cards, mortgage, pensions, savings...more
The open banking requirements under the Payment Services Directive (EU) 2015/2366 (“PSD2”) are now in force, under which an account servicing payment service provider (“ASPSP”) must grant an authorised third party service...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
Click here for an infographic timeline summarising the FCA, PRA and PSR business plans for 2019/20, together with key EU and UK financial services developments. The Financial Conduct Authority published its business plan on...more