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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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The regulation of FMI - The Bank of England’s priorities for 2025

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The Bank of England has outlined its priorities for 2025 in the regulation of Financial Market Infrastructure. In a speech given on 10 February 2024, the Bank of England (the “Bank”) outlined its priorities for 2025 in the...more

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AI Regulation in 2025 - Has the UK Government’s Wait-and-See Gamble Played Off?

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After a flurry of AI-related papers from the previous UK Conservative government and regulators in 2023 and the first half of 2024 (and the establishment of the UK’s AI Safety Institute and the AI Policy Directorate),...more

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NYDFS launches Transatlantic Regulatory Exchange with Bank of England

On January 13, the NYDFS launched the Transatlantic Regulatory Exchange (TRE), an international secondment program with the Bank of England, which would allow collaboration between regulators by exchanging staff. The...more

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Comparative Guide: DLT and Innovations in Wholesale Settlement in Central Bank Money (UK)

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In our previous Comparative Guide, we explored innovations in private forms of digital money and money-like instruments available to retail customers, including fiatreferencing stablecoins, e-money and tokenised deposits. As...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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UK Policy Statement and Final Guidance on the Digital Securities Sandbox

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The Bank of England and Financial Conduct Authority have published a joint policy statement providing feedback to responses received to the Digital Securities Sandbox joint consultation (CP24/5). We discussed the proposals in...more

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Bank of England Seeks Innovation in Money and Payments, With a Focus on Distributed Ledger Technology

On 30 July 2024, the Bank of England published a discussion paper on its approach to innovation in money and payments (the Discussion Paper). A recurring theme is the Bank of England’s focus on the potential use of...more

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Key Regulatory Topics: Weekly Update 23-29 Feb 2024

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Amongst the broad range of updates this week, at international level, the FSB published its thematic peer review on MMF Reforms and the BCBS published the outcomes of its meeting held on 28 and 29 February, including that it...more

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The Edinburgh Reforms: Big Bang 2.0 or Thoughtful Change?

Following the recently introduced Solvency UK for insurers, the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt (the UK finance minister) has announced the Edinburgh Reforms, a further series of reforms aimed at the UK financial...more

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Financial institutions general regulatory news, March 2021

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UK FinTech: Kalifa Review final report - HM Treasury has published the final report on the review of the UK FinTech sector by Ron Kalifa OBE (the Kalifa Review). The Kalifa Review formally launched in July 2020 with...more

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UK Crypto-Assets Task Force Outlines the Path to Crypto-Asset Regulation

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The U.K. Crypto-Assets Task Force has published its Final Report. Established in March 2018 by the U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer as part of the U.K. government's FinTech Sector Strategy, the Task Force comprises...more

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