15 Nov, 2024 Growth and competitiveness - a new strategy By Elizabeth Dowd Rachel Reeves has used her first Mansion House speech as Chancellor to put forward reforms aimed at making the UK financial services...
13 Nov, 2024 UK short selling regime is back on track By Stephen Clipsham The draft Short Selling Regulations 2024 have now been published, together with a draft explanatory memorandum. The UK Government...
25 Sep, 2024 Payments firms face stricter safeguarding standards By Harry Eddis Richard Hay Frances Hodgkins Arjun Lakhani Olivia Murphy Sam Quicke Bethan Poole Simon Treacy +5 more... Show less The Financial Conduct Authority has set out its stall to strengthen safeguarding rules for payments and e-money firms. Firms will need to...
19 Sep, 2024 UK plots post-PRIIPs policy By Raza Naeem Simon Treacy The Government and Financial Conduct Authority plan to put in place the UK’s new retail disclosure regime by summer 2025. According to a...
14 Mar, 2024 Your guide to UK Banking Regulation in 2024 By Alastair Holt Simon Treacy Alastair Holt and Simon Treacy have co-authored the UK chapter for GLI’s Banking Regulation 2024. Banks continue to operate in a...
14 Mar, 2024 UK unveils measures to curb de-banking By Harry Eddis Frances Hodgkins Arjun Lakhani Olivia Murphy Bethan Poole Simon Treacy +3 more... Show less New draft legislation shows how banks and other firms will have to give customers more info when ending payment contracts. The reforms,...
12 Mar, 2024 UK plans to slow down payments where fraud is suspected By Harry Eddis Frances Hodgkins Arjun Lakhani Olivia Murphy Bethan Poole Simon Treacy +3 more... Show less Banks and other firms will be able to delay processing payments where there are grounds to suspect fraud, according to draft legislation...
13 Dec, 2023 Prioritisation and sequencing: FCA doubles down on savings rates - and says Consumer Duty enforcement is coming By Quynh McGrath Elizabeth Dowd FCA Chair Ashley Alder and CEO Nikhil Rathi just appeared before the Treasury Committee. They reported on various areas of interest...
23 Nov, 2023 Three ways in which the Future of Payments Report could change UK payments By Simon Treacy Saurabh Gupta In the summer the government commissioned an independent review of the UK payments industry. Now that the report has landed we pick out...
22 Nov, 2023 Draft law draws outline of future UK short selling regime By Sebastian Barling James Morris Simon Treacy Draft regulations reveal more detail on how the government plans to reshape the UK’s short selling regime, confirming divergence from the...