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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...

4/3/2025 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 +1 more...

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...

3/12/2025 4:55:20 PM

UK confirms closure of Payment Systems Regulator

By Harry Eddis Richard Hay Olivia Murphy +4 more...

The UK will abolish the Payment Systems Regulator as part of an efficiency drive. The Government explains that axing the PSR is a...

3/12/2025 4:31:02 PM

FCA jettisons a key element of its enforcement transparency proposals - and everyone wins

By Duncan Campbell Sara Cody

The FCA is walking back much of the substance of its enforcement transparency proposals. We've got history Many will recall that its...

3/11/2025 8:32:54 PM

Here's your 2025 guide to Banking Regulation in the UK

By Alastair Holt Simon Treacy

Alastair Holt and Simon Treacy have co-authored the UK chapter for GLI’s Banking Regulation 2025. Banks entered the year facing an...

3/7/2025 11:21:47 AM

Subcontracting rule changes agreed, clearing path towards finalised DORA rulebook

By Raza Naeem James Morris Simon Treacy

Even though the Digital Operational Resilience Act started to apply in January, some parts of the DORA regulatory framework have not yet...

3/6/2025 1:46:44 PM

I predict a RIAAT on retirement income advice – 2025 supervisory and enforcement risks for investment advisers

By Oli Palmer

This is the second blog in a four-part series covering key supervisory and enforcement risks for investment advisers in 2025. The FCA...

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FCA outlines Consumer Duty focus areas for 2024/25

Updated edition - AFME & Linklaters implementation guide on MiFIR / MiFID II reforms in the EU and UK

UK operational resilience regime starts to bite

The FCA is spring cleaning (in its Consumer Duty CfI feedback statement)

The FCA's strategy puts financial crime enforcement first

Payments firms prepare for new EU accessibility standards

FCA rejection of crypto firm application shows importance of effective risk assessments

FCA review of customer support – culture, metrics and the removal of sludge

FCA guidance on the fair treatment of vulnerable customers – the power of the personal touch

More support for overseas firms, crypto and start-ups: FCA pledges to support growth under UK Action Plan

DMCCA 2024 - Commencement date for the new consumer protection regime in sight

No Board Champion? No Problem – the FCA drops its guidance on a board champion for the Consumer Duty.

UK confirms closure of Payment Systems Regulator

FCA jettisons a key element of its enforcement transparency proposals - and everyone wins

Here's your 2025 guide to Banking Regulation in the UK

Subcontracting rule changes agreed, clearing path towards finalised DORA rulebook

I predict a RIAAT on retirement income advice – 2025 supervisory and enforcement risks for investment advisers