11/18/2025 1:44:32 PM Wider Consumer Duty lessons from the FCA's CFD value work By Sara Cody Duncan Campbell The FCA has made a push on contracts for difference (CFDs) recently with a warning not to push professional or redirection promotions to...
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...
11/5/2025 12:13:15 PM EU Directive on Distance Marketing of Financial Services: One month to the transposition deadline By Raza Naeem Victoria McGowan There is now just over a month to go until the deadline for transposing the EU Directive on financial services contracts concluded at a...
10/28/2025 4:39:13 PM First Challenge to FCA's New Investigation Publicity Policy Dismissed By Sophie Walden The High Court has dismissed a judicial review claim brought by an anonymised company ("CIT") challenging the FCA’s decision to publicly...
10/28/2025 3:23:16 PM FCA proposes new short selling rules for the UK By Raza Naeem James Morris Simon Treacy The Financial Conduct Authority is consulting on a new draft rulebook for short selling. As required by legislation, the FCA’s rules move...
10/22/2025 10:02:14 AM UK cryptoasset regulation: where are we now? By Harry Eddis Richard Hay James Morris Sam Quicke Olivia Murphy Sophia Le Vesconte Simon Treacy +4 more... Show less The UK is entering a key phase as it lays the foundations for its cryptoasset regulatory regime. Legislation to regulate cryptoassets...
10/21/2025 2:19:51 PM FCA secures US $101m redress from BlueCrest over conflicts management issues By Igor Tokmadzic The FCA has issued its Final Notice to BlueCrest Capital Management (UK) LLP (BCMUK), bringing to an end lengthy proceedings concerning...
10/15/2025 8:37:51 PM FCA signals openness to direct dealing and tokenisation for UK fund management industry By Raza Naeem Elliot Jack Premlata Fagan Simon Treacy +1 more... Show less The Financial Conduct Authority is consulting on how fund managers can enable direct-to-fund dealing and use tokenised registers. As well...
10/6/2025 12:56:45 PM FCA simplifies AoV reporting requirements but maintains rigorous standards By Premlata Fagan The FCA has now finalised its revised assessment of value reporting requirements, maintaining standards generally, whilst simplifying the...
10/3/2025 4:35:58 PM Conclusions pending: FCA reports on the application of the Consumer Duty to wholesale firms By Sara Cody Back in July, the government asked the FCA to report to it on the application of the Consumer Duty to wholesale firms. This followed...
10/1/2025 1:43:40 PM Applying the consumer duty to crypto – rules vs outcomes in action By Sara Cody In its 2024 Consumer Duty CFI, the FCA asked industry whether regulation founded upon high-level ‘outcomes-based’ requirements might be...
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...
9/23/2025 10:16:16 AM FCA tailors how its rulebook will apply to cryptoasset activities By Harry Eddis Richard Hay James Morris Olivia Murphy Sam Quicke Simon Treacy +3 more... Show less A new consultation from the Financial Conduct Authority shows more clearly the extent of the compliance burden to come for crypto...
9/8/2025 12:36:07 PM UK consults on closing the Payment Systems Regulator By Harry Eddis Richard Hay Frances Hodgkins Olivia Murphy Sam Quicke Simon Treacy +3 more... Show less HM Treasury has opened a consultation on moving the functions of the Payment Systems Regulator into the Financial Conduct Authority. The...