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PSR annual plan and budget

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The UK Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has published its annual plan and budget for 2025/26. The foreword by Aidene Walsh, Chair of the PSR, references the government's announcement to incorporate the PSR into the FCA and...more

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The Payments Newsletter including Digital Assets & Blockchain, April 2025

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Key developments of interest over the last month include: the Central Bank of Somalia announcing the launch of the Somalia Instant Payment System (SIPS), the country’s first nationwide instant payments infrastructure; the...more

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UK 2025 Regulatory Initiatives Grid published

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The Financial Services Regulatory Initiatives Forum (the Forum) has published the Regulatory Initiatives Forum Grid (the Grid), with the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) also updating its webpage. The previous Grid was...more

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BoE reports on digital pound developments and implementation

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The Bank of England (BoE) has published a series of documents regarding its work on implementing the digital pound. The Digital Pound Experiment Report on Offline Payments assesses the technical feasibility of implementing an...more

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New FCA work programme for 2025/26

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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published its work programme for 2025/26, alongside a press release summarising its approach to supporting the testing of innovative products and new firms. The work programme sets...more

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The U.K.'s Authorised Push Payment APP Fraud Reimbursement Scheme

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The UK’s Authorised Push Payment (APP) Fraud Reimbursement Scheme came into force on October 7, 2024. It requires in-scope payment service providers (PSPs) sending payments through either the Faster Payment System (FPS) or...more

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The Banking Act 2009 (Wholesale Cash Oversight Fees) Regulations 2024

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The Banking Act 2009 (Wholesale Cash Oversight Fees) Regulations 2024 have been published, together with an explanatory memorandum. The Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 enabled the Bank of England to oversee certain...more

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National Payments Vision: A Strategic Blueprint for the Future of UK Payments

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

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Mansion House: National Payments Vision

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HM Treasury has published the National Payments Vision, outlining the government's plans for bolstering the U.K. payments sector. The Vision, which is an integral part of the latest Mansion House reforms, responds to the...more

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Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures Reports on Interlinking and Interoperability of Payment Systems

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The Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures has published two reports to the G20 that offer key insights and recommendations on the interlinking and interoperability of payment systems to enhance cross-border...more

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HM Treasury Consults on Regulating Buy Now Pay Later

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HM Treasury has begun consulting on draft legislation regulating Buy Now Pay Later. HM Treasury is proposing to bring forward secondary legislation that would bring BNPL into Financial Conduct Authority regulation as soon as...more

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UK Financial Conduct Authority Reports on Payment Account Access and Closures

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This new report sets out four thematic findings from the follow-up work the FCA has carried out, which are as follows: The FCA summarizes its expectations of payment account providers, including in respect of the Consumer...more

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The UK’s Pursuit of Open Finance

In April 2024, the UK government reiterated its vision for open finance, with UK Economic Secretary Bim Afolami (MP) announcing the creation of the Open Finance Taskforce at the 2024 Innovate Finance Global Summit. The...more

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Allen & Overy and Standard Chartered launch guide to payment regulations in Asia

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Allen & Overy and international banking group Standard Chartered have today launched the first Guide to Payment Regulations for corporates and fintech customers navigating the evolving payments landscape in eight key markets...more

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BIS Issues Final Guidance on Stablecoin Regulation

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The global central bank cooperative body would bring stablecoins within the international standards for payment, clearing, and settlement systems....more

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Global Payments Newsletter, November 2021

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Key developments of interest over the last month include: Nigeria: eNaira digital currency launched United Kingdom: PSR publishes final report on card-acquiring services market review United States: Federal Reserve launches...more

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Payments regulatory news, June 2021 #2

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Hogan Lovells Global Payments Newsletter: June 2021 We have published our latest Global Payments Newsletter which reports on key developments of interest to the payments sector over the last month, including ...more

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Payments regulatory news, June 2021

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Proposed codified EU Regulation on cross-border payments: JURI draft report - The European Parliament's Legal Affairs Committee (JURI) has published a draft report containing a draft European Parliament legislative...more

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Payments regulatory news, May 2021 # 2

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PSRs 2017: FCA deadline extension for implementing SCA - The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced that it is providing firms with a further six months to implement strong customer authentication (SCA) for...more

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Payments regulatory news, May 2021

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Systemically important payment systems: ECB Regulation and Decisions - European Central Bank (ECB) Regulation (EU) 2021/728, which amends the Regulation on oversight requirements for systemically important payment systems...more

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Payments regulatory news, April 2021 # 4

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Draft Payment and Electronic Money Institution Insolvency Regulations - Recent regulatory developments focussed on the payments sector. See also our Financial institutions general regulatory news of broad relevance in the...more

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Payments regulatory news, April 2021 # 3

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Recent regulatory developments focussed on the payments sector. Reports on a BoE update on its policy for omnibus accounts in its RTGS service, and an LSB update on the CRM Code for APP scams. ...more

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Payments regulatory news, April 2021 # 2

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Omnibus accounts for payment systems operators and prefunding accounts: BoE update - The Bank of England (BoE) has updated its webpage on payment and settlement to add the following new sections to the information provided in...more

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Payments regulatory news, March 2021 # 3

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Strategic trends - Pay.UK report and Knowledge Hub Pay.UK has announced the publication of a report exploring the key trends that are shaping the future of retail payments. ...more

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PSR publishes two calls for views on APP scams and consumer protection in interbank payments

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The PSR is seeking views on potentially far ranging measures which aim to reduce authorised push payment (APP) fraud and improve protection for victims. Alongside this it is looking at increasing consumer protection in...more

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