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Alongside its Financial Services Growth and Competitiveness Strategy, the UK government has laid before Parliament, a draft of the Financial Services (Overseas Recognition Regime Designations) Regulations 2025 (the ORR...more
The Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Act 2025 (Commencement) Regulations 2025 have been made, which brings into force certain provisions of the Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Act 2025 from 16 July, in parallel with the...more
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) has released a horizon-scanning report examining the interconnections between banks and non-bank financial intermediaries (NBFIs)...more
On 15 July 2025, HM Treasury, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), and the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) published consultation papers proposing possibly significant reforms to the Senior Managers and Certification...more
The UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has published its final policy statement in relation to amendments being made to the UK framework on capital buffers. Together with the Capital Buffers and Macro-prudential...more
The UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has issued final policy statement PS10/25, setting out the annual fees for the 2025/26 financial year, following the consultation in April (CP8/25). The final policy introduces...more
The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published its spring 2025 risk assessment report alongside a press release, outlining key developments and emerging risks within the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA). The...more
When crafting an entry into the U.S. markets, U.K. and European financial institutions need to carefully plan an appropriate strategy. Sebastian Barling, host of “The Capital Ratio” is joined by financial institutions...more
On June 23, the Federal Reserve Board announced that reputational risk will no longer be a component of its bank-examination program. The same day, the Board released a revised edition of its Guidelines for Rating Risk...more
The UK Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery) has upheld the Financial Conduct’s Authority’s (FCA) decision to take action against two former executives of a bank for being “knowingly concerned” in the bank’s breach of the listing...more
The draft UK Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (Capital Buffers and Macro-prudential Measures) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025 were laid before the UK parliament and have been published, alongside an...more
On 20 May 2025, the UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) published a policy statement (PS6/25) on business conducted within branches of international banks operating in the UK, as well as its booking model expectations...more
The first four months of 2025 proved busy for the UK’s financial regulators, with both the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) publishing their strategy and business plan documents. As...more
The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has published a consultation setting out proposals for its fees for 2025/26. The proposals would make amendments to the Fees Part of the PRA Rulebook (Appendix) and include: (i) the...more
The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has published a Dear CFO letter outlining its prudential expectations regarding practices related to illiquid and structured financing portfolios. The PRA focuses on significant risk...more
The UK Bank of England (BoE) has published its consultation paper CP4/25 which contains proposals for depositor protection and the new resolution tool proposed by the Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill. The consultation...more
Proposed increases in the deposit protection limit from £85,000 to £110,000 and in the temporary high balance limit from £1 million to £1.4 million would take effect from 1 December 2025. There would be a transitional period...more
As the market for stablecoins continues to evolve in sophistication and scale, financial institutions in the UK and EU are increasingly exploring whether and how to engage with them, whether for treasury, payments, settlement...more
The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) published a policy statement (PS2/25) on streamlining firm-specific capital communications which simplifies the content and process of the firm-specific capital communications used to...more
HM Treasury has published a letter (dated December 18, 2024) from Andrew Bailey, BoE Governor, in his role as Chair of the Prudential Regulation Committee. In the letter, Mr Bailey sets out the response of the PRC to HMT's...more
The Prudential Regulation Authority has published a Dear CEO letter outlining its supervisory priorities for 2025 for domestic banks and international banks and large investment firms. The PRA's key areas of focus for 2025...more
The Prudential Regulation Authority has announced that, in consultation with HM Treasury, it has decided to delay the implementation of Basel 3.1 in the U.K. by one year until January 1, 2027. The PRA explains that it has...more
On 1 November 2024, the UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a joint policy statement (PS 18/24) on the prudential assessment of acquisitions and increases in control. The...more
In the aftermath of the 2007-09 global financial crisis, the G20 nations committed to reforming bank remuneration frameworks in response to criticism that excessive risk-taking at banks incentivised by poorly structured pay...more
1. Bank regulation - 1.1 PRUDENTIAL REGULATION - a) General - (i) International - FSB: Plenary December 2024 - Status: Final - The FSB has set out the outcomes of its Plenary that met on 3 and 4 December. Points of...more