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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
Open Banking Limited (OBL) has published two data collection frameworks for approval by the Joint Regulatory Oversight Committee (JROC), one for API availability and performance (under the theme ‘Levelling up availability and...more
Following the publication in April of its recommendations for the next phase of Open Banking in the UK, the Joint Regulatory Oversight Committee (JROC) has now set out an ‘ambitious programme of work’ to take those...more
A report from the Taskforce on Innovation, Growth and Regulatory Reform provides recommendations for how the UK can “re-imagine” its approach to regulation post-Brexit. On 16 June 2021, the Taskforce on Innovation,...more
The paper identifies potential gaps in protections for consumers, with a focus on consumer-to-business payments via the Faster Payments System. In November, Pay.UK, the retail payments authority, released a summary paper...more
As third-party access to consumer financial data expands, regulators balance innovation, customer choice, and data protection. Consumers’ rights to access and use their personal financial information has been a key focus of...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
Open Banking is an initiative mandated by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in 2017. It is intended to facilitate better competition in the banking sector by mandating protocols that facilitate the secure...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
The proposals would grant consumers increasing rights to require providers to share access to their data directly with chosen third parties. The UK government has released a consultation advocating the introduction of...more
Following a super-complaint by Which?, the Payment System Regulator (“PSR”) investigated and consulted in 2016 and 2017 on whether and how victims of authorised push payment (“APP”) scams should be better protected....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
This post is the first in a series discussing open banking, its implementations, and its implications. “Open banking” is a phrase that has been coined to capture a current theme in financial sector innovation – one that...more