25 Sep, 2024 Payments firms face stricter safeguarding standards By Harry Eddis Frances Hodgkins Arjun Lakhani Olivia Murphy Bethan Poole Simon Treacy Richard Hay Sam Quicke +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...
22 Dec, 2022 Accurately describe how your crypto token is backed - or face the boot By Duncan Campbell In a two-for-one, the Upper Tribunal used its decision in Moneybrain to weigh in on two important regulatory themes: more stringent...
06 Dec, 2022 Financial promotions gateway to pose problem for crypto firms By Connie Faith James Morris Incoming restrictions on financial promotions will curtail how cryptoasset firms advertise in the UK. FCA consultation The FCA has...
26 Oct, 2022 FCA seeks views on the competition impact from Big Tech firms’ entry into retail financial services By Jonathan Ford Simon Treacy Stephen Clipsham With the increasing prevalence of Big Tech firms in UK financial services and their potential to expand further, the FCA has published a...
20 Jun, 2022 UK begins now to regulate later: Further updates on BNPL By Frances Hodgkins The UK has confirmed plans to strengthen the regulation of interest-free buy-now, pay-later arrangements. The announcement comes in the...
16 Jun, 2022 Payment firms take note: the FCA's Consumer Duty applies to you too! By Frances Hodgkins Simon Treacy The FCA is still finalising its rules in relation to the Consumer Duty, but many firms have already started preparing for its...
22 Apr, 2022 FCA finds inadequacies in challenger banks' financial crime controls By Martyn Hopper The FCA are continuing to press the challenger bank sector to improve its approach to anti-money laundering and sanctions compliance....
15 Mar, 2022 Is the FCA pushing blockchain analytics as an AML measure? By Duncan Campbell Our 2022 enforcement trends report predicts that technology disruptions may create new areas of AML risk and that the FCA will make more...
10 Jan, 2022 Temporary permissions: payments and e-money firms By Olivia Murphy The FCA has updated its guidance for EU-based payments firms operating in the UK on a temporary permission. Forms are now available for...
17 Dec, 2021 E-money laundering? By Ben Packer Simon Treacy Transparency International has turned the spotlight on the money laundering risks posed by the UK electronic money sector. Its report...
07 Dec, 2021 What’s on the regulatory horizon for UK payments in 2022? By Simon Treacy Our UK Payments Horizon Report 2022 sets out the important regulatory milestones for the year to come. The report covers the FCA’s...
15 Nov, 2021 Changes to take effect for payment transfers between UK and EU By Simon Treacy Nigel Patel The FCA has reminded UK payment service providers to prepare for changes to the law which will affect how they make cross-border...
12 Nov, 2021 We don’t need no digital authority By Linklaters A group of regulators has said “thanks, but no thanks” to the suggestion of having a new regulator on the block. Back in 2019, a...
27 Oct, 2021 Regulation by stealth - could "indirect" supervision be going out of fashion? By Linklaters In the FCA's words, the perimeter report is designed to clarify some of the regulatory perimeter's complexities, explain what the FCA is...
21 Oct, 2021 FCA suggests applying Senior Managers Regime to e-money and payments firms By Simon Treacy The Financial Conduct Authority thinks that its individual accountability regime should be extended to the payments and e-money sector....
20 Sep, 2021 The FCA's proposed consumer duty has unique implications for fintechs and challengers By Duncan Campbell To help fintechs and challengers prepare for the FCA's proposed consumer duty, we've teased out some characteristics that many such...