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Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures Reports on Interlinking and Interoperability of Payment Systems

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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

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Hogan Lovells PSD3 Impacts Report: Getting ahead of the evolving EU payments regulatory landscape

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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

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UK Payment Systems Regulator Confirms Maximum Reimbursement Limit for Authorized Push Payment Scams Reimbursement

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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

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APP fraud: UK PSR confirms reduced maximum level of reimbursement

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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

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APP fraud: UK PSR final policy on CHAPS mandatory reimbursement requirement

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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

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UK Payment Systems Authority Consults on Draft Statement of Policy on its Cost Benefit Analysis Framework

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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

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UK Payments Regulator Consults on Reducing Maximum Level of Reimbursement for APP Scams

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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

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UK Financial Conduct Authority Reports on Payment Account Access and Closures

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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

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APP fraud: UK PSR draft guidance on distinguishing between APP scam claims and civil disputes

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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

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Draft UK Legislation to Address Push Payment Fraud

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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

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APP fraud: UK PSR consults on implementing instruments for mandatory reimbursement requirement

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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

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Open Banking: JROC recommendations on next phase aim to keep UK ahead of the pack

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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

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Innovations in Payments: Regulation, Infrastructure, and Opportunities

Much is written about revolutionary developments in payments, but the reality of progress in such a complex area is that it is often evolutionary. Legislators, regulators, and industry have been working incrementally to...more

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UK Payment Services Regulator Announces Closure of Phase 1 Technical Environment for Confirmation of Payee Services

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The U.K. Payment Systems Regulator has announced a phase-out of the Phase 1 technical environment that enables certain U.K. payment services providers to provide confirmation of payee services. The PSR's Specific Direction...more

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Global Payments Newsletter, December 2021

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Key developments of interest over the last month include: In this Newsletter: For previous editions of the Global Payments Newsletter, please visit our Financial Services practice page. It is expected that the implementation...more

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Payments regulatory news, August 2021 #2

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CRM code for APP scams: LSB update The Lending Standards Board (LSB) has published a press release setting out the next steps for the contingent reimbursement model code (CRM code) for authorised push payment (APP) scams. ...more

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Payments regulatory news, August 2021

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Confirmation of Payee Phase 2: PSR letter to Specific Direction 10 banks and UK Finance The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has published a letter it has sent to the UK's six biggest banking groups (directed under the PSR's...more

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Payments regulatory news, June 2021 #3

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Payment and Electronic Money Institution Insolvency Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/716) The Payment and Electronic Money Institution Insolvency Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/716) have been published, together with an explanatory...more

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COVID-19: FCA Announcement on Key Workers in Financial Services and other issues

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The FCA has published a series of measures and regulatory guidance on how financial services firms should deal with the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. In our previous client notes, “Planning in a Time of Pandemic:...more

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UK Payment Systems Regulator Publishes Policy Statement on Confirmation of Payee Requirements

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The U.K. Payment Systems Regulator has published a policy statement setting out its final decision on varying Specific Direction 10, which requires payment service providers to implement the Confirmation of Payee system by...more

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UK Proposals for Confirmation of Payee Exemptions

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The U.K. Payment Systems Regulator has opened a consultation on proposals to vary its Specific Direction 10 on Confirmation of Payee. Confirmation of Payee is a system that ensures that certain identifiers (including name,...more

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Authorised Push Payment Scams

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Following a super-complaint by Which?, the Payment System Regulator (“PSR”) investigated and consulted in 2016 and 2017 on whether and how victims of authorised push payment (“APP”) scams should be better protected....more

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Global Payments Newsletter, March 2017

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Welcome to the Hogan Lovells Global Payments Newsletter. In this monthly publication we provide an overview of the most recent payments, regulatory and market developments from major jurisdictions around the world as well as...more

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