Welcome to Banking Bites! This is our short summary flagging some key developments in your sector that we hope will inform your activities in your market....more
10/21/2022
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Bank of England ,
Climate Change ,
Economic Sanctions ,
EU ,
FDIC ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Foreign Investment ,
NY Supreme Court ,
Pending Legislation ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Russia ,
UK
New High Court case considers nature and scope of the Quincecare duty -
In June, the Court of Appeal expanded the scope of a bank’s duty of care to protect its customers from fraud to encompass instructions by those other...more
6/21/2022
/ Bank of England ,
Banks ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Climate Change ,
Criminal Liability ,
Duty of Care ,
Economic Sanctions ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Financial Accounting ,
Fraud ,
Insurance Industry ,
Member State ,
Money Laundering ,
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) ,
Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) ,
Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) ,
Risk Factors ,
Russia ,
Third-Party Service Provider ,
UK ,
UK Regulatory Reforms
Privy Council rules against extension of the Quincecare duty -
Does a bank owe a duty of care to a person who is the beneficial owner of funds held in the account of a customer of the bank and who has been defrauded by...more
5/31/2022
/ Beneficial Owner ,
Cybersecurity ,
Duty of Care ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Know Your Customers ,
Payment Systems ,
Privileged Communication ,
UK
Welcome to Banking Bites! This is our short summary flagging key developments in the UK that we hope will inform your activities in your market....more
5/17/2022
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Banking Sector ,
Corporate Governance ,
Diversity ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Ethnicity ,
EU ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Crimes ,
FTSE ,
Modern Slavery Act ,
Retail Banks ,
Russia ,
UK ,
UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) ,
Ukraine
Under the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (“SMCR”), firms are required to identify and report to the FCA any instances of disciplinary action taken in relation to conduct that would amount to a breach of one of the...more
2/10/2020
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Banking Sector ,
Blockchain ,
Bribery ,
Cartels ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (HKSFC) ,
Insurance Industry ,
Payment Systems ,
Risk Management ,
SMCR ,
Technology ,
UK ,
United Arab Emirates (UAE) ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies
Click here for an infographic timeline summarising the FCA, PRA and PSR business plans for 2019/20, together with key EU and UK financial services developments. The Financial Conduct Authority published its business plan on...more
4/24/2019
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Corporate Culture ,
Corporate Governance ,
Cryptoassets ,
EU ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Market Abuse ,
MiFID II ,
Open Banking ,
Payment Systems ,
Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) ,
SMCR ,
UK ,
UK Brexit ,
Withdrawal