On 30 March, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published Policy Statement PS26/3 (the PS), which confirmed the introduction of an industry-wide motor finance redress scheme (the Scheme). The Scheme is intended to...more
4/3/2026
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Compliance Dates ,
Consumer Lenders ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Credit Agreements ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Lenders ,
Loans ,
New Regulations ,
Redress Payments ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
UK
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) held a webinar on 18 March regarding its expectations for cryptoasset firms’ anti-money laundering (AML), counterterrorist financing (CTF) and proliferation financing frameworks (AML...more
3/20/2026
/ AML/CFT ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
Anti-Terrorism Financing ,
Blockchain ,
Compliance ,
Cryptoassets ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Customer Due Diligence (CDD) ,
Digital Assets ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinTech ,
Money Laundering ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
Sanctions ,
Transaction Monitoring ,
Travel Rule
HM Treasury has just published a consultation paper seeking views on proposed legislative changes to the appointed representatives (AR) regime under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA). The regime, which allows...more
2/13/2026
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Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
HM Treasury ,
New Legislation ,
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Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
UK
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) hosted a webinar on 29 January on the new regime for cryptoasset regulation that will commence 25 October 2027.
The FCA stressed the importance for cryptoasset businesses to act now...more
1/29/2026
/ AML/CFT ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
Cryptoassets ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Assets ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinTech ,
New Regulations ,
Registration Requirement ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
UK
As part of the UK’s rapid overhaul of its digital assets regulatory regime, the Bank of England this week issued a consultation paper on the bank’s “Proposed regulatory regime for sterling-denominated systemic stablecoins”....more
11/14/2025
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Consultation Papers ,
Digital Assets ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
FinTech ,
HM Treasury ,
New Regulations ,
Payment Systems ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
Stablecoins ,
UK
This briefing covers the FCA’s proposed rules for market abuse in cryptoassets (MARC) in (DP24/4) and follows our earlier coverage on the proposals for the FCA’s admissions and disclosures (A&D) regime proposed in that...more
1/28/2025
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Compliance ,
Crypto Exchanges ,
Cryptoassets ,
Digital Assets ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Insider Trading ,
Market Abuse ,
Market Manipulation ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
UK
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has released its first publication (DP24/4) on its future rules for U.K. cryptoasset market participants. This discussion paper seeks input on the FCA’s proposed rules for admissions and...more
1/17/2025
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Compliance ,
Cryptoassets ,
Digital Assets ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Market Abuse ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Securities Regulation ,
UK
The U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today published its high-level proposals for a major overhaul of the U.K.’s cryptoasset regulatory regime. Whilst substantive rules have not been issued today, the FCA’s...more
The U.K.’s banking and financial services regulators have recently issued guidance updating their approach to handling applications to approve acquisitions of U.K.‑regulated businesses. This guidance is of interest to...more
11/21/2024
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Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Institutions ,
General Partnerships ,
Hedge Funds ,
Limited Partnerships ,
Private Equity ,
Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) ,
Significant Influence Test ,
UK ,
UK Brexit