12/10/2024 11:04:58 AM FCA outlines Consumer Duty focus areas for 2024/25 By Sara Cody In response to industry feedback that it would be useful to have all Consumer Duty areas of focus listed together, the FCA has published...
4/22/2025 7:11:35 AM The Cyber Governance Code: Restarting and reinforcing resilience conversations in financial services By Declan Mcloughlin The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre recently published its Cyber Governance Code of Practice, an important new tool to bolster cyber...
4/17/2025 8:05:05 AM FCA lays out more detail for how CCIs will replace PRIIPs By Raza Naeem Elliot Jack Premlata Fagan Simon Treacy +1 more... Show less The Financial Conduct Authority has opened a second consultation on the new product information regime for Consumer Composite...
4/16/2025 5:14:24 PM EU calls for ideas on improving supervision of financial markets By Raza Naeem Karen Cooper Simon Treacy The European Commission wants to hear about obstacles to financial market integration. As part of the EU’s new Savings & Investment Union...
4/4/2025 5:58:49 PM FCA suggests relaxing contactless payment limits By Alexia Katzaros The FCA is exploring a more “outcomes-based” approach to regulating retail payments. It is reconsidering current limits on contactless...
4/4/2025 3:09:01 PM PRA Hambro (Wyelands) fine: the SMCR bites for NEDs By Duncan Campbell The PRA has fined George Hambro, a former Notified NED of Wyelands Bank Plc, £72,000 for breaching Individual Conduct Rule (ICR) 2...
4/3/2025 9:43:20 AM Updated edition - AFME & Linklaters implementation guide on MiFIR / MiFID II reforms in the EU and UK By Karen Cooper Stephen Clipsham The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) and Linklaters have updated our joint implementation guide to help EU and UK firms...
3/31/2025 8:41:05 PM UK operational resilience regime starts to bite By Simon Treacy Financial services firms in the UK face more regulatory risk in the wake of operational incidents. Now that the UK’s operational...
3/26/2025 4:57:20 PM The FCA is spring cleaning (in its Consumer Duty CfI feedback statement) By Sara Cody Duncan Campbell Consultation season is coming, as the FCA publishes a roadmap for regulatory simplification. The FCA has published its feedback statement...
3/25/2025 5:55:22 PM The FCA's strategy puts financial crime enforcement first By Duncan Campbell Interventions and enforcement take a back seat for most of the FCA's 2025-30 strategy. Or do they? The need for speed Yes, the FCA...
3/25/2025 5:36:24 PM Payments firms prepare for new EU accessibility standards By Harry Eddis Olivia Murphy Andreas Van Impe Simon Treacy +1 more... Show less Payments tends to be a volumes business and so payment service providers strive to make their services widely accessible within their...
3/18/2025 11:50:03 AM FCA rejection of crypto firm application shows importance of effective risk assessments By James Morris Duncan Campbell Simon Treacy In a relatively rare crypto-related decision notice, the Financial Conduct Authority has chosen not to register a cryptoasset exchange...
3/17/2025 4:16:48 PM FCA review of customer support – culture, metrics and the removal of sludge By Sara Cody Duncan Campbell Journey mapping to identify potential ‘sludge’ and innovative uses of data analytics: just two examples of good practice in the FCA’s...
3/17/2025 4:15:11 PM FCA guidance on the fair treatment of vulnerable customers – the power of the personal touch By Sara Cody Duncan Campbell After the seemingly endless stream of Consumer Duty publications published in the first year after go-live, the apparent pause in recent...
3/17/2025 8:30:58 AM More support for overseas firms, crypto and start-ups: FCA pledges to support growth under UK Action Plan By Peter Bevan Simon Treacy The UK Government has released a cross-sectoral Action Plan for regulation. Building on the Chancellor’s Mansion House speech, the plan...
3/14/2025 5:44:51 PM DMCCA 2024 - Commencement date for the new consumer protection regime in sight By Premlata Fagan Clare Whittle With the enactment of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2025 (SI 2025/272), it is...
3/13/2025 8:56:51 PM No Board Champion? No Problem – the FCA drops its guidance on a board champion for the Consumer Duty. By Declan Mcloughlin In a recent speech drawing on comparisons with Alexander the Great, FCA Chief Executive, Nikhil Rathi, detailed initiatives designed to...