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APP fraud: UK PSR final policy on CHAPS mandatory reimbursement requirement

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The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has published a policy statement and final Specific Direction to banks and other payment firms participating directly or indirectly in CHAPS (the UK’s high-value payment system) to...more

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UK Payment Systems Authority Consults on Draft Statement of Policy on its Cost Benefit Analysis Framework

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The Payment Systems Authority has published a consultation paper on a draft statement of policy on its cost benefit analysis (CBA) framework. The draft statement builds on and replaces the draft CBA framework published...more

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

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The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has issued its final guidance to support payment service providers (PSPs) in assessing whether an APP scam claim raised by a consumer is not reimbursable under the new Faster Payments...more

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APP fraud: FCA consults on Approach Document changes to support proposed payments delay legislation

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The FCA is consulting on amendments to its Payment Services and Electronic Money Approach Document to provide guidance for payment service providers (PSPs) on how to apply the proposed outbound payments delay legislation...more

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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

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UK Payment Systems Regulator Publishes Response to Call for Views on Expanding Variable Recurring Payments

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The U.K. Payment Systems Regulator has published a response to its call for views on proposals for the expansion of variable recurring payments. VRPs allow customers to safely connect authorised payment providers to their...more

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Mandatory Reimbursement for App Fraud: What Payment Service Providers Need to Consider Ahead of Implementation

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The controversial new requirement for all in-scope Payment Service Providers (“PSPs”) to reimburse victims of Authorised Push Payment (“APP”) fraud are due to be introduced from 7 October 2024. This is a significant change...more

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UK Government Launches Consultation on Deregulating Commercial Agents

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The UK’s consultation on deregulating commercial agents could have knock-on impacts on payment services and create regulatory divergence from the EU....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

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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

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UK Tax Round Up - June 2024

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Welcome to the June edition of the UK Tax Round Up. This month features the latest Court of Appeal decision in a trilogy of recent cases regarding the loan relationship “unallowable purpose” test, an Upper Tribunal decision...more

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ZAG-MaRisk

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Am 27. Mai 2024 hat die Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht („BaFin“) die finale Fassung des Rundschreibens über die Mindestanforderungen an das Risikomanagement von Zahlungsinstituten („ZAG-MaRisk“)...more

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UK PSR publishes interim report on card scheme and processing fees

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On 21 May 2024, the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) published an interim report on its market review into card scheme fees and processing fees. The report focuses on the market position of Mastercard and Visa, with the PSR...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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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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The Payments Newsletter including Digital Assets & Blockchain, March 2024

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Key developments of interest over the last month include: the UK government publishing draft legislation on payment service contract termination rule changes; the Central Bank of Ireland providing insights into its regulatory...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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APP fraud: UK government publishes draft legislation allowing PSPs to delay payments for fraud concerns

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In its 2023 Fraud Strategy, the UK government committed to looking at changes to allow payment service providers (PSPs) more time to investigate suspicious payments to help tackle authorised push payment (APP) fraud. HM...more

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The Payments Newsletter including Digital Assets & Blockchain, February 2024

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Key developments of interest over the last month include: the European Parliament’s ECON Committee adopting draft reports on the European Commission’s PSR and PSD3 legislative proposals; ESMA consulting on 'reverse...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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