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UK FCA findings on digital design of loan processes in customers' online journeys

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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published the findings from its review on digital design in customers' online journeys when accessing consumer credit, with related press release, identifying good practices and...more

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UK Supreme Court Hands Down Combined Judgment Affecting Consumer Finance Sector

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The judgment brings clarity regarding the fiduciary duty and unfair relationships. The consumer finance sector now awaits the FCA’s plans for a new redress scheme covering commission arrangements....more

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BNPL UK statutory instrument partially in force

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The UK statutory instrument (The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities etc.) (Amendment) Order 2025) implementing the necessary legislative changes for progressing buy-now, pay-later (BNPL) regulation...more

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UK Supreme Court Rejects Treasury’s Intervention in Motor Finance Claims

As set out in our previous Cabinet News & Views issue of December 2024 here, the Court of Appeal has found that some commissions paid to car dealerships for arranging loans were potentially unlawful as the loan agreements did...more

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UK Financial Conduct Authority Supports Expedition of Appeals of Motor Finance Decisions

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The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has published a letter addressed to the Supreme Court regarding the applications for permission to appeal to the SC and requests for expedition in the recent motor finance commission...more

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The FCA Weighs In: Hopcraft, Wrench & Johnson Case Sends Ripples Through Motor Finance

In October, the English Court of Appeal (the “Court”) in its landmark case Hopcraft, Wrench & Johnson [2024] EWCA Civ 1282, ruled it was unlawful for car dealers to receive commission from motor finance providers, unless such...more

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

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

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Buy-Now Pay-Later reform: UK government publishes updated proposals – now over to the FCA

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HM Treasury has published its long-awaited response to the February 2023 consultation on its proposed approach to bringing Buy-Now Pay-Later (BNPL) within the FCA’s regulatory perimeter. The government is clear that “swift...more

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HM Treasury Publishes Draft Legislation to Regulate BNPL Lending

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A consultation that will remain open until 11 April 2023 offers further clarity on the proposals to regulate buy-now-pay-later products. On 14 February 2023, HM Treasury published its consultation and accompanying draft...more

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[Webinar] Buy-Now Pay-Later: HM Treasury consultation response - July 7th, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm BST

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Hogan Lovells Financial Services Regulatory team shares insights on HM Treasury's recently published response to its October 2021 consultation on the scope and form of a new regulatory regime for Buy-Now Pay-Later (BNPL)...more

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New FCA consumer credit information sheets in use from 25 October

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It’s just under three weeks until consumer credit firms must start using the FCA’s updated consumer credit information sheets which were published in May this year. In May 2021, the FCA updated its webpage on consumer...more

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UK Government Responds to Committee Report on Conduct Authority's Perimeter of Regulation

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The U.K. government has published a response to the Treasury Committee's report on the Financial Conduct Authority's perimeter of regulation. The Committee's Report is part of its ongoing inquiry, The Work of the Financial...more

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HM Treasury Seeks Input on the Future of Regulatory Coordination in Financial Services

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Launching the first phase of the Future Regulatory Framework Review, HM Treasury has issued a call for evidence on regulatory coordination in the financial services sector. The Financial Services Future Regulatory Framework...more

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Hard Brexit: implications for banking, payments and consumer finance products

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To ensure the financial system continues to work effectively if there is a "hard Brexit" HM Treasury has been finalising a series of statutory instruments which will ensure there is a workable legal framework for retail...more

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Consumer Credit Update

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This update takes a look at the FCA’s Interim Report and its initial views relating to the review of the provisions of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 (CCA), which show early signs of a more pragmatic approach to regulation than...more

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Orrick's Financial Industry Week In Review

Agencies Propose Simplifying Regulatory Capital Rules - On September 27, 2017, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Board and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency announced a proposed...more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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Activist investor Carl Icahn has taken a sizeable stake in Bristol-Myers Squibb, a move that reportedly caught execs at the drugmaker unawares and sets the stage for a potential sale....more

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UK Regulator Launches Call for Input on Review of High-Cost Credit 

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The Financial Conduct Authority launched a call for input into its review of high-cost credit, including the high-cost of short-term credit (HCSTC) price caps. The FCA took over regulation of consumer credit in April 2014....more

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