The NPV aims to promote growth and international competitiveness by advancing open banking, re-evaluating the approach to regulating the sector, and continuing the fight against fraud....more
Assertive regulators are bringing greater clarity and new challenges as they step up oversight of fintech innovation.
As the fast-growing fintech industry thrives, the sector has begun to attract greater regulatory...more
The FCA, Bank of England, and PRA have published updated rules for firms post-Brexit and intend to delay many (but not all) onshoring changes.
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..The FCA has published an updated version of the FCA Handbook,...more
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Elisabeth Stheeman of the Financial Policy Committee outlined the new frameworks for building operational resilience against cyber risks and protection of payment chains.
On 9 September 2020, Elisabeth Stheeman, an...more
Andrew Bailey outlined what payments market participants can expect from regulators seeking to address financial stability risk in the world of payments, including as part of the rise and adoption of global stablecoins.
On...more
Bank for International Settlements selects Bank of England as the UK centre to host new FinTech hub.
On 30 June 2020, the Bank of England announced that it had been selected to host a centre of the Bank for International...more
The consolidation of UK payment system operators marks another big step in delivering on the New Payments Architecture.
What happened?...more
Bank of England announces that, for the first time, a non-bank payment services provider has accessed the UK payments system directly.
The Bank of England has announced that a regulated payment services provider (PSP) has...more
The Bank of England (BoE) announced on 19 July 2017 that it is extending direct access to its real-time gross settlement (RTGS) service to non-bank payment service providers (i.e., e-money institutions and payment service...more
RTGS service to be interoperable with distributed ledger technology, to allow greater access and to provide sophisticated data interface for liquidity management.
There is an important opportunity for early-stage...more