10 Dec, 2024 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...
17 Jan, 2025 Payments in 2025 #5 – AI in payments By Harry Eddis Richard Hay Frances Hodgkins Olivia Murphy Arjun Lakhani Fiona Garrahan +3 more... Show less The payments industry has a strong track record of using AI to help spot and stop fraud. Now, as they explore other opportunities to...
16 Jan, 2025 DORA deadline day arrives: Here are five things firms still need to do By Raza Naeem James Morris Simon Treacy Even as the EU’s Digital Operational Resilience Act comes into effect, more work remains to be done. After a two-year implementation...
16 Jan, 2025 Payments in 2025 #4 – Future of retail payments By Harry Eddis Richard Hay Frances Hodgkins Olivia Murphy Arjun Lakhani Fiona Garrahan +3 more... Show less Policymakers in the EU and UK are, for now, allowing a diverse landscape of payment options to co-exist and compete. Instant payments The...
15 Jan, 2025 Payments in 2025 #3 – Payment services By Harry Eddis Richard Hay Frances Hodgkins Olivia Murphy Arjun Lakhani Fiona Garrahan +3 more... Show less More regulatory change is on the horizon for payment services. The detail of key reforms to EU and UK payment services legislation will...
14 Jan, 2025 Payments in 2025 #2 – Safeguarding By Harry Eddis Richard Hay Frances Hodgkins Olivia Murphy Arjun Lakhani Fiona Garrahan +3 more... Show less Later this year the Financial Conduct Authority will determine its approach to changing the safeguarding regime for payments firms....
14 Jan, 2025 PRA Dear CEO letter on 2025 supervisory priorities for insurance firms By Premlata Fagan On 9 January 2025, the PRA published a Dear CEO letter outlining its 2025 supervisory priorities for the UK insurance sector. This...
13 Jan, 2025 Payments in 2025 #1 – Operational resilience By Harry Eddis Richard Hay Frances Hodgkins Olivia Murphy Arjun Lakhani Fiona Garrahan +3 more... Show less Operational resilience rules will start to be enforced in the EU and UK this year. Payments firms can anticipate more scrutiny about...
10 Jan, 2025 RIP to PRIIPs - Hi to CCIs By Elliot Jack Premlata Fagan Raza Naeem As 2024 drew to a close, the FCA set the ball rolling towards a new era for disclosure of product information to retail investors in...
10 Jan, 2025 Insurance and Pensions Regulation: 25 for 2025 By Alastair Holt Jimi Piggott-Bader Premlata Fagan Clare McMullen +1 more... Show less The UK government capped off 2024 with a call to its main regulators – including the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) – asking for ideas...
18 Dec, 2024 EU says good-quality DORA registers are within reach By Raza Naeem James Morris Frances Hodgkins Simon Treacy +1 more... Show less Earlier this year around 1,000 firms took part in a “dry-run” to test the process for reporting registers under the EU’s Digital...
16 Dec, 2024 FCA takes first step on its crypto roadmap By Harry Eddis Richard Hay James Morris Olivia Murphy Sam Quicke +2 more... Show less The FCA recently issued its crypto roadmap to map the future development of a comprehensive regulatory regime for cryptoassets. Now the...
13 Dec, 2024 FCA feeds back to firms on complaints and root cause analysis By Jankee Gohil The FCA has published the key findings of a review of firms’ approaches to complaints and root cause analysis, setting out examples of...
13 Dec, 2024 Five FCA findings on ‘what good looks like’ for Consumer Duty Board reports By Oli Palmer The FCA has published the findings of its review into firms’ approaches to the preparation of the first annual Consumer Duty Board...
12 Dec, 2024 Advice Guidance Boundary Review: FCA consults on a proposed new regime of targeted support for pensions By Premlata Fagan As promised in its feedback statement to its Advice Guidance Boundary proposals (set out in DP 23/5), the FCA has published its first...
12 Dec, 2024 Financial Regulation Legal Outlook 2025 By Stephen Clipsham Our Financial Regulation Outlook 2025 report explores the key regulatory developments that we expect to see in the Banking, Asset...
12 Dec, 2024 UK opens review of its administration regime for payment firms By Harry Eddis Richard Hay Frances Hodgkins Olivia Murphy Arjun Lakhani Sam Quicke +3 more... Show less HM Treasury has launched an independent review of PESAR, the Payment and Electronic Money Special Administration Regime. PESAR was...