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UK Payments Regulator Consults on Reducing Maximum Level of Reimbursement for APP Scams

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Following feedback from industry and other stakeholders, the Payments Systems Regulator published a consultation paper on reducing the maximum level of reimbursement for the Faster Payments APP fraud reimbursement limit from...more

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UK Financial Conduct Authority Reports on Payment Account Access and Closures

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This new report sets out four thematic findings from the follow-up work the FCA has carried out, which are as follows: The FCA summarizes its expectations of payment account providers, including in respect of the Consumer...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

Israeli Capital Market, Insurance and Savings Authority Issues New and Revised Circulars

The emerging risks in the financial services market and the inception of the Regulation of Payment Services and Payment Initiation Law prompted the Capital Market, Insurance and Savings Authority (CMISA) to amend a series of...more

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Regulatory monitoring: EU version Newsletter - July 2024

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1. Bank regulation - 1.1 Prudential Regulation - (a) General - (i) International - BCBS: Consultation on report regarding various technical amendments and FAQs - Status: Consultation - Deadline for the submission of...more

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Regulatory monitoring - July 2024

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1. Bank regulation - 1.1 PRUDENTIAL REGULATION - a) General - (i) International - BCBS: Consultation on report regarding various technical amendments and FAQs - Status: Consultation - Deadline for the submission of...more

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APP fraud: UK PSR compliance / monitoring requirements and consumer comms guidance for October 2024

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The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has published a policy statement (PS24/3) on compliance and monitoring under the Faster Payments System (FPS) APP fraud mandatory reimbursement requirement. The PSR has rowed back on some...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

Israel: Opening Access to Payment Systems and Allocation of Identification Codes to Payment Service Providers

As part of its actions to increase competition in the payments market, and alongside the entry into force of the Regulation of Payment Services and Payment Initiation Law, 2023, the Bank of Israel has opened access to...more

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APP fraud: UK PSR draft guidance on distinguishing between APP scam claims and civil disputes

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The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) is consulting on draft guidance to support payment service providers (PSPs) in their assessment of whether an APP scam claim raised by a consumer is not reimbursable under the new...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

CFPB Report Targets Games and Virtual Worlds - What Blockchain Game and Metaverse Companies Need to Know

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) published a report on Banking in Video Games and Virtual Worlds (“Report”) that warns of greater scrutiny of and enforcements against the financial services offered in games...more

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APP fraud: UK PSR consults on CHAPS mandatory reimbursement requirement

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The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) is consulting on a proposal to direct banks and other payment firms participating directly or indirectly in CHAPS (the UK’s high-value payment system) to reimburse their customers who have...more

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UK Proposes Design of the Future Entity for UK Open Banking

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On April 19, 2024, the U.K.'s Joint Regulatory Oversight Committee published proposals on the design of the future entity for UK Open Banking. The JROC is composed of the Financial Conduct Authority, the Payment Systems...more

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CFPB and European Commission Release Report Regarding “Critical” Priority Areas for Consumer Financial Protection Issues

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In April 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) and the Commissioner for Justice and Consumer Protection of the European Commission (European Commission) announced that three meetings had been...more

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The UK’s Pursuit of Open Finance

In April 2024, the UK government reiterated its vision for open finance, with UK Economic Secretary Bim Afolami (MP) announcing the creation of the Open Finance Taskforce at the 2024 Innovate Finance Global Summit. The...more

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New UK Requirements for Payment Account Contract Terminations

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HM Treasury has published a policy note and a draft statutory instrument—The Payment Services and Payment Accounts (Contract Terminations) (Amendment) Regulations 2024—on strengthening requirements in the Payment Services...more

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Draft UK Legislation to Address Push Payment Fraud

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HM Treasury has published a policy note and a draft statutory instrument—The Payment Services (Amendment) Regulations 2024—on a risk-based approach to payments to mitigate against authorized push payment fraud. HM Treasury...more

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New Rules To Tackle Authorised Push Payment Fraud

Authorised push payment (APP) fraud in the UK is the largest type of payment fraud, both in number of scams and value of losses. It involves a fraudster convincing someone to send a payment to a bank account that the...more

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Upcoming Retail Payment Activities Act Regulation—Updates from the Bank of Canada

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As we highlighted in our Quarterly Fintech Update in 2023, a significant development in the Canadian retail payments industry is forthcoming within this year—namely, the implementation of a new regulatory framework under the...more

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UK “de-banking”: Government publishes draft legislation on changes to termination rules for PSPs

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In July 2023, the UK government committed to changing the requirements on payment service providers (PSPs) when terminating payment service contracts. HM Treasury has now published draft regulations amending the Payment...more

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Key Regulatory Topics: Weekly Update 23-29 Feb 2024

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Amongst the broad range of updates this week, at international level, the FSB published its thematic peer review on MMF Reforms and the BCBS published the outcomes of its meeting held on 28 and 29 February, including that it...more

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Payment services versus e-money issuance: Court of Justice of EU clarifies regulatory border

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A recent Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) judgment has considered where the boundary lies between regulated payment services and e-money issuance. Read on for a more detailed look at the reasoning of the ECJ in...more

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[Event] 8th Forum on FinTech & Emerging Payment Systems - April 9th - 10th, New York, NY

ACI’s 8th Annual Legal, Regulatory, and Compliance Forum on Fintech & Emerging Payment Systems will provide in-depth guidance on the latest regulatory developments at the Federal and State Level that you need to be aware of....more

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Key Regulatory Topics Weekly Update 16 February to 22 February 2024

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Of particular note this week in the EU, the Council adopted the legislative package to strengthen market data transparency which includes changes to the EU’s trading rules on market data, payment for order flow and commodity...more

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Play Safe - How scam-proof are you in the new world of mandatory reimbursement for APP fraud?

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Imagine this – a customer submits a payment instruction directing that all their life savings are transferred to a third-party account for the purposes of an investment. What do you do? While the scenario may appear...more

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[Event] 24th National Forum on Prepaid Accounts Compliance - April 8th, New York, NY

The 24th National Forum on Prepaid Accounts Compliance will address the latest developments impacting the prepaid industry and provide answers to the most pressing questions and challenges being faced by practitioners in this...more

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What the CFPB’s ‘Larger Participants’ Rule Means for FinTech Firms

Certain financial technology (FinTech) firms will soon be subject to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) supervisory authority under the Consumer Financial Protection Act, and should be prepared accordingly....more

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