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HMT publishes latest NRA of money laundering and terrorist financing risks

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HM Treasury has published its latest 2025 National Risk Assessment (NRA) of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing, offering a comprehensive review of the UK's exposure to financial crime. Building on the 2015, 2017, and...more

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UK: “Duty of retrieval” rejected: why banks do not owe a duty to recover funds lost through APP fraud

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Banking fraud of all types is an ever increasing problem in today’s society, and takes a multitude of forms. On a basic level, frauds can be divided into two types. Unauthorised fraud, where the victim does not provide...more

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Financial Crime: The FCA’s Strategy for 2025 – 2030

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In its strategy for the next five years, financial crime remains a priority for the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). While the FCA acknowledges the significant efforts firms invest in their anti-financial crime systems,...more

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FSB letter to G20 finance ministers and central bank governors ahead of meeting

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The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has published a second consultation on payment transparency, and in particular proposed revisions to recommendation 16 (R.16). The revisions adapt the FATF Standards to the changes in...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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New Rules To Tackle Authorised Push Payment Fraud

Authorised push payment (APP) fraud in the UK is the largest type of payment fraud, both in number of scams and value of losses. It involves a fraudster convincing someone to send a payment to a bank account that the...more

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Key Regulatory Topics Weekly Update 16 February to 22 February 2024

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Of particular note this week in the EU, the Council adopted the legislative package to strengthen market data transparency which includes changes to the EU’s trading rules on market data, payment for order flow and commodity...more

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Play Safe - How scam-proof are you in the new world of mandatory reimbursement for APP fraud?

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Imagine this – a customer submits a payment instruction directing that all their life savings are transferred to a third-party account for the purposes of an investment. What do you do? While the scenario may appear...more

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Key Regulatory Topics: weekly Update 15 October to 21 October 2021

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Of particular note this week, HM Treasury published a policy paper on ‘Greening Finance: A Roadmap to Sustainable Investing’ which sets out the UK government’s ambition to support the financial services sector to align with...more

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Key Regulatory Topics: Weekly Update 13 September 2019 - 19 September 2019

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BREXIT - Preparing for Brexit in financial services: the state of play On 16 September, the Chief Executive of the FCA, Andrew Bailey, delivered a speech on the state of play of preparations for Brexit in the financial...more

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Key Regulatory Topics: Weekly Update - 9 August 2019 - 15 August 2019

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BREXIT - Post-Brexit options in the Luxembourg financial sector - Allen & Overy has published a list of available options for UK firms currently passporting their activities to Luxembourg or willing to provide services...more

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Key Regulatory Topics: Weekly Update 3 May 2019 - 9 May 2019

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BREXIT - Counter-Terrorism International sanctions guidance published On 3 May, the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs published statutory guidance, as required by section 43 of the Sanctions and...more

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Key Regulatory Topics: Weekly Update 18-25 April 2019

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BREXIT - April version of PRA and BoE policy statement on Brexit and related final policy materials - On 18 April, the PRA and the BoE published a further version of their joint policy statement on amendments to...more

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Key Regulatory Topics: Weekly Update 8 March - 14 March 2019

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BREXIT - On 7 February, ordinance no. 2019-75 relating to the preparatory measures in connection with the United-Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union in respect of financial services (the Ordinance) was published. ...more

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Key Regulatory Topics: Weekly Update 8 February 2019 to 14 February 2019

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BREXIT - Updated draft Financial Services (Miscellaneous) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 published On 12 February, HMT published an updated draft of the Financial Services (Miscellaneous) (Amendment) (EU Exit)...more

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A&O Key Regulatory Topics: Weekly Update 17 August 2018 – 23 August 2018

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BREXIT - No-deal Brexit: banking, insurance and other financial services technical notice - On 23 August, the UK government published guidance on the effect on banking, insurance and other financial services if the UK...more

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Key Regulatory Topics: Weekly Update 10 August 2018 – 16 August 2018

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BREXIT - Please see the ‘Other Developments’ section for an update on the minutes of the meeting between the Governor of the BoE and the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the June Financial Stability Report....more

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Allen & Overy's weekly update on Key Regulatory Topics - 8 June 2018 – 14 June 2018

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BREXIT - Please see the Payment Systems and Payment Services section for an update on the HoC’s European Scrutiny Committee thirtieth report of the 2017-19 parliamentary session....more

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Allen & Overy's weekly update on Key Regulatory Topics - 4 May 2018 – 10 May 2018

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BREXIT - UK Government response to HoL EU Committee report on Brexit and future of financial regulation and supervision - On 9 May, the UK Government published its response to the HoL EU Sub-Committee on Financial...more

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