On 11 March 2025, the UK government announced its decision to abolish the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) as part of a broader initiative to reduce regulatory burdens and stimulate economic growth. This action is intended to...more
The UK Government has announced the abolition of the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR), with a view to driving economic growth and reducing the burdens on business. The practical impact on firms is yet to be seen, and the...more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the UK Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) have issued a joint feedback statement on the usage and impact of big tech and digital wallets (FS25/1). The feedback statement was...more
The Banking Act 2009 (Wholesale Cash Oversight Fees) Regulations 2024 have been published, together with an explanatory memorandum. The Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 enabled the Bank of England to oversee certain...more
On 13 December 2024, the UK's Payment Services Regulator (PSR) published its Market review of UK-EEA consumer cross-border interchange fees final report (MR22/2.7) and Market review of UK-EEA consumer cross-border interchange...more
HM Treasury has published the National Payments Vision, outlining the government's plans for bolstering the U.K. payments sector. The Vision, which is an integral part of the latest Mansion House reforms, responds to the...more
The Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures has published two reports to the G20 that offer key insights and recommendations on the interlinking and interoperability of payment systems to enhance cross-border...more
Given the sea change of payment services directive 2015/2366 (“PSD2”), one might expect the prospect of the proposed PSD3 and PSR to have psps groaning at the thought of yet more root and branch reg change projects. However,...more
Over the past few years, the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) and Bank of England (BoE) have published a huge number of consultations, guidance documents and specific directions outlining the requirements under the new regime...more
The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has published a response to its December 2023 consultation (call for views) which set out initial proposals on how the PSR could support the expansion of Variable Recurring Payments (VRPs)...more
On 25 September, the U.K. Payment Systems Regulator confirmed that the maximum reimbursement limit for victims of Faster Payments Authorized Push Payment scams will be £85,000. The PSR began consulting on reducing the...more
After a short consultation period, the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has confirmed its decision to reduce the maximum level of reimbursement for the Faster Payments System (FPS) APP fraud mandatory reimbursement requirement...more
The FCA believes that there is a continuing problem with poor safeguarding practices across the industry due to poor implementation of the current regulatory framework under the Payment Services Regulations 2017 (PSRs) and...more
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
HM Treasury has published the Future of Payments Review report, setting out the Review's recommendations for HM Treasury, the regulators and industry that aim to improve the U.K.'s existing payments landscape for consumers....more
Following Royal Assent for the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023, the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has wasted little time in launching a consultation on the three legal instruments that will implement its policy on...more
The Joint Regulatory Oversight Committee (JROC), co-chaired by the FCA and the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) and with HM Treasury (HMT) and the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) as the other members, has published its...more