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Further Reform for UK Private Fund Managers: The Government’s Road Map for Growth in Financial Services

Goodwin on 7/23/2025

On 15 July 2025, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves delivered her Mansion House 2025 speech unveiling the Leeds Reforms, a programme for financial services reforms to drive investment and growth in the sector....more

UK consumer credit reform and buy-now pay-later regulation – May 2025 developments

Hogan Lovells on 5/20/2025

On 19 May 2025, HM Treasury released a suite of publications as part of its ongoing efforts to modernise the UK’s consumer credit framework. These include the Consumer Credit Act Reform – Phase 1: May 2025 Consultation, the...more

The Payments Newsletter including Digital Assets & Blockchain, March 2025

Hogan Lovells on 3/25/2025

Key developments of interest over the last month include: the UK government publishing a pro-growth Action Plan for regulators and regulation, including pledges from the FCA of relevance to payments and digital assets firms;...more

UK/EU/International ESG Regulation Monthly Round-Up – November 2024

Hogan Lovells on 12/9/2024

In November, we got a tantalizing glimpse into what the future looks like for sustainable finance in the UK in the annual Mansion House speech. We highlight some of the key ESG regulatory announcements below. November also...more

The Payments Newsletter including Digital Assets and Blockchain, November 2024

Hogan Lovells on 11/27/2024

Key developments of interest over the last month include: the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer makes her first Mansion House speech and HM Treasury publishes the National Payments Vision, indicating a focus on economic growth...more

UK Proposes New Approach To Regulate ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Market Amid Rising Consumer Debt Concerns

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 11/5/2024

In the UK, 14 million people used “buy now, pay later” (BNPL) at least once in the six months leading up to January 2023. Frequent users were more than four times as likely as other consumers to have missed a payment on a...more

UK retail banking and payments: Regulatory return to the office - recent developments to be aware of

Hogan Lovells on 10/4/2024

After a relatively quiet period over the summer due to the general election, the post-holiday period has been a busy one on the retail banking, consumer finance and payments regulatory front. There have also been some FCA...more

UK/EU ESG Regulation Monthly Round-Up – March-June 2023

Hogan Lovells on 7/10/2023

As we reach the midway point of 2023, the Hogan Lovells Sustainable Finance and Investment practice thought it would be useful to provide a review of recent key ESG developments from March-June 2023 to assist with navigating...more

JROC Publishes Report on Future of Open Banking in the UK

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 5/1/2023

The UK is widely regarded as a global leader in Open Banking, and regulators and industry participants believe there is strong potential to build on that success. Regulatory efforts on that front are led by Joint Regulatory...more

Global Payments Newsletter, April 2022

Hogan Lovells on 4/28/2022

Key developments of interest over the last month include: HM Treasury announces package of crypto measures including next steps on UK regulatory approach to cryptoassets, stablecoins and DLT in financial markets; Philippines...more

Global Payments Newsletter, October 2021

Hogan Lovells on 10/29/2021

Key developments of interest over the last month include: United Kingdom: HM Treasury responds to Payments Landscape Review call for evidence Hong Kong: HKMA publishes white paper exploring the idea of a CBDC Italy: Bank of...more

Financial institutions general regulatory news, July 2021

Hogan Lovells on 7/6/2021

UK and Singapore Financial Partnership on financial services HM Treasury has announced that it has agreed a new "Financial Partnership" between the UK and Singapore which will support increased financial services between the...more

Crypto Coming of Age: UK Regulation Hits Cryptoasset Business

Latham & Watkins LLP on 1/13/2020

New regulatory requirements, including registration and customer disclosure requirements, apply to regulated and unregulated persons carrying on relevant cryptoasset business. On 20 December 2019, the UK government published...more

Financial Regulatory Observer – March 2019: FRO in-depth: The future of cryptoassets regulation

White & Case LLP on 4/1/2019

Partners Julia Smithers Excell and Stuart Willey, and associate Laura Kitchen of global law firm White & Case take a deep dive on the latest publications from EU and UK regulators aimed at providing supervisory clarity on the...more

UK Financial Conduct Authority—Regulated Firms Can Go to the Cloud

Pillsbury - Global Sourcing Practice on 8/12/2016

July 7, 2016, saw the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) publish fresh guidance in order to clarify the requirements which apply to the financial services firms it regulates when outsourcing to the cloud. When the FCA...more

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