The Government has taken the next step towards regulating buy-now pay-later. It is laying the legislation that will bring BNPL agreements...
HM Treasury has finalised measures designed to curb de-banking. New legislation adds new conditions for banks, e-money firms and other...
The Financial Conduct Authority is stepping up its work on AI in financial services. The results of its recent AI Sprint show how...
The UK Government has released draft legislation for regulating cryptoassets. The legislation defines the scope of which assets and...
The Bank of England is closely monitoring the implications of how artificial intelligence is used in financial services. In a new report...
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre recently published its Cyber Governance Code of Practice, an important new tool to bolster cyber...
On 8 April 2025, Ofgem opened the first application window to long duration energy storage projects for the new cap and floor regime. 1....
The FCA is exploring a more “outcomes-based” approach to regulating retail payments. It is reconsidering current limits on contactless...
Financial services firms in the UK face more regulatory risk in the wake of operational incidents. Now that the UK’s operational...
In a relatively rare crypto-related decision notice, the Financial Conduct Authority has chosen not to register a cryptoasset exchange...
The UK Government has released a cross-sectoral Action Plan for regulation. Building on the Chancellor’s Mansion House speech, the plan...
Strategic partnerships or alliances are on the rise in the payments and fintech space and in recent weeks we have seen traditional banks...
Weaknesses in governance, oversight and leadership are a root cause of many regulatory issues. This is the message from the Financial...
The European Commission has formally rejected draft rules on monitoring ICT supply chains under the Digital Operational Resilience Act....
Can a financial service be an ICT service? This question often came up in the course of implementing the EU’s Digital Operational...
The European Banking Authority has released a new batch of Q&A responses covering a range of PSD2 topics. In this post we cover the...