Key developments of interest over the last month include: the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau looking at digital payment privacy and consumer protections; the UK FCA publishing a discussion paper on admissions and...more
1/23/2025
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Key developments of interest over the last month include: the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer makes her first Mansion House speech and HM Treasury publishes the National Payments Vision, indicating a focus on economic growth...more
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is turning its thoughts to the year ahead in publishing a series of portfolio letters focusing on its 2025 supervisory priorities for retail banks, building societies, non-bank mortgage...more
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
On 20 February 2024, the FCA published details of recent good practice in Consumer Duty implementation and highlighted areas for improvement. As well as this, the FCA also published the results of a second survey of firms on...more
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