1/29/2026 2:09:43 PM FCA transparency drive delivers first Enforcement Watch publication By Sara Cody During discussions around the FCA’s 2024 attempt to secure greater powers to name firms under investigation – which concluded with a...
1/29/2026 1:42:54 PM Payments in 2026 #5 – Agentic AI By Harry Eddis Richard Hay Frances Hodgkins Olivia Murphy Imran Bhaluani Simon Treacy +3 more... Show less This year firms will need to apply pre-AI regulation to their adoption of the latest technologies. Automating customer journeys...
1/28/2026 4:02:25 PM Payments in 2026 #4 – Operational resilience By Harry Eddis Richard Hay Frances Hodgkins Olivia Murphy Imran Bhaluani Simon Treacy +3 more... Show less This year regulators will start using new powers to make sure that the payments sector is ready to withstand disruption. Putting DORA...
1/28/2026 4:02:02 PM Payments in 2026 #3 – PSD3 By Harry Eddis Richard Hay Frances Hodgkins Olivia Murphy Imran Bhaluani Simon Treacy +3 more... Show less This year firms will start preparing for an overhaul of EU payments regulation. Change on the horizon Towards the end of 2025 the...
1/28/2026 12:13:33 PM Here are the specifics – FCA sets out the application of the Consumer Duty to regulated cryptoasset business By Sara Cody The FCA has confirmed that its Consumer Duty will apply to regulated cryptoasset business. In response to industry feedback, it has now...
1/27/2026 10:16:21 PM Payments in 2026 #2 – Modernising UK payments regulation By Harry Eddis Richard Hay Frances Hodgkins Olivia Murphy Imran Bhaluani Simon Treacy +3 more... Show less This year the UK will start a multi-year project to upgrade how payment services and e-money are regulated. Innovation in the...
1/27/2026 10:16:01 PM Payments in 2026 #1 – Safeguarding By Harry Eddis Richard Hay Frances Hodgkins Olivia Murphy Imran Bhaluani Simon Treacy +3 more... Show less This year the UK Financial Conduct Authority is raising the bar for what payments and e-money institutions need to do to protect their...
1/27/2026 3:02:07 PM UK FCA opens review into long-term impact of AI on retail financial services By Raza Naeem Simon Treacy Sara Cody Recent advances in AI – particularly generative AI – could transform retail financial services. The Financial Conduct Authority has...
12/17/2025 11:08:01 AM Financial Regulation Legal Outlook 2026 By Stephen Clipsham Our Financial Regulation Outlook 2026 explores the key regulatory developments that we expect to see in the Banking, Asset Management and...
12/15/2025 10:25:58 PM UK makes milestone law to regulate cryptoassets By Harry Eddis Peter Bevan Richard Hay James Morris Olivia Murphy Sam Quicke Sophia Le Vesconte Simon Treacy +5 more... Show less HM Treasury has laid legislation before Parliament which will introduce a regulatory regime for cryptoassets. The new regime will start...
11/27/2025 11:23:54 AM PSD3 breakthrough: EU legislators agree payments regulation reforms By Harry Eddis Andreas Van Impe Marius Raetz Richard Hay Frances Hodgkins Olivia Murphy Fiona Garrahan Imran Bhaluani Simon Treacy +6 more... Show less The European Parliament and Council have agreed changes to the EU’s payments regulatory framework. A new Payment Services Regulation...
11/26/2025 3:53:50 PM EU authorities weigh up impact of AI regulation on financial services By Raza Naeem Simon Treacy EU financial services firms must consider how their adoption of AI relates to both the EU AI Act and the existing financial regulatory...
11/17/2025 2:08:44 PM FCA criticises how firms manage risks By Simon Treacy UK financial firms can do more to explain how they manage risks to their business, according to the Financial Conduct Authority....
11/10/2025 11:06:57 PM Catch up on our recent podcasts on agentic payments By Imran Bhaluani Sam Quicke It looks like the future of payments is going to be powered by AI. In a couple of podcasts, we explain what sets agentic payments apart...
11/7/2025 4:29:02 PM UK releases strategy for updating retail payments infrastructure By Harry Eddis Richard Hay Olivia Murphy Frances Hodgkins Simon Treacy +2 more... Show less UK regulators say changes to payments infrastructure should go beyond a like-for-like upgrade. According to a new strategy, the next...
9/29/2025 9:25:32 AM FCA lays groundwork for scrapping contactless limit By Simon Treacy The FCA is consulting on removing contactless payment limits. If the proposals are finalised, banks and other payment service providers...