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UK Financial Insights from Katten | Issue 16

UK Financial Insights from Katten is a monthly newsletter highlighting key noteworthy developments potentially affecting financial markets and funds in the UK and Europe....more

Hogan Lovells

UK FCA consults on two-stage reforms to safeguarding regime (Part 2)

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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

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Retail banking and consumer finance: UK FCA portfolio letters highlight 2025 supervisory priorities

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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

Morgan Lewis - Tech & Sourcing

CrowdStrike IT Disruption: UK FCA Publishes Lessons Learnt

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) on October 31, 2024 published observations and key lessons from how firms responded to the CrowdStrike IT outage. The outage caused disruption across several industries globally, and...more

A&O Shearman

UK Prudential Regulation Authority Policy Statement on the April Occasional Consultation Paper

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The U.K. Prudential Regulation Authority has published a policy statement to its occasional consultation paper (CP6/24). The statement provides feedback to responses the PRA received to the consultation paper, as well as the...more

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AI and Financial Stability: Questioning Tech-Agnostic Regulation in the UK?

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In our previous alert we mentioned a joint letter from the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to the UK Government on their strategic approach to artificial intelligence (AI) and...more

A&O Shearman

UK Prudential Regulation Authority Consults on Large Exposures Framework

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The U.K Prudential Regulation Authority began consulting on proposals to amend the prudential framework for large exposures. The proposals include changes to implement the remaining Basel large exposures standards, by: (i)...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Payment matters - October 2024

Upcoming global developments for the payment sector - Asia - 1. Hong Kong: Launch of Phase 2 of the e-Hong Kong Dollar Pilot Programme - On September 23, 2024, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) announced the...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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HM Treasury Statement on Reforms to Bank Ring-Fencing

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The House of Commons has published a written statement by Tulip Siddiq, Economic Secretary to HM Treasury, on the status of reforms to the bank ring-fencing regime. Ms Siddiq states that the U.K. Government will implement a...more

Paul Hastings LLP

Daily Financial Regulation Update -- Tuesday October 15

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October 14, 2024- Federal Reserve Board Governor Christopher J. Waller gave a speech entitled “Thoughts on the Economy and Policy Rules at the Federal Open Market Committee,” at “A 50 Year Retrospective on the Shadow Open...more

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Single Resolution Board Adapts MREL Policy to Align with the Daisy Chains Directive

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The Single Resolution Board has published a communication on the changes to its minimum requirements for own funds and eligible liabilities policy to be implemented in line with the "Daisy Chains Directive" (Directive (EU)...more

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UK FCA confirms extension to motor finance complaint handling pause

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In July this year the FCA announced that, following the launch of a review of historical motor finance commission arrangements and sales across several firms (January 2024), it was pushing back the timing for publication of...more

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Cash Savings Market Review update: UK FCA finds room for improvement

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On 19 September 2024, the FCA published an update on its review of the cash savings market and investigation into the practices of the largest 9 firms with easy access savings accounts. With a focus on the effectiveness of...more

A&O Shearman

UK Announces Final Reforms to Financial Services Retail Disclosure Requirements

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Post Brexit, the U.K. Government and Financial Conduct Authority are committed to the ongoing reform programme to reinvigorate the U.K.'s capital markets. As part of this, the Government and FCA are committed to replacing...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

The PRA and the Treatment of Overseas Branches

The UK’s banking regulator, the Prudential Regulation Authority ("PRA") has issued a consultation on its approach to the treatment of branches of international banks operating in the UK (CP11/24). Among the proposals is a...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

U.S.-U.K. treasuries convene to discuss financial stability goals

On September 3, the Department of the Treasury hosted the tenth official meeting of the U.S.-U.K. Financial Regulatory Working Group in Washington, D.C. Officials from both countries discussed economic and financial...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

FCA Proceeds with the ‘New’ Option for Investment Research Payments

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has recently published its Policy Statement on Payment Optionality for Investment Research (PS24/9), setting out its final rules on the new option to pay for investment research and...more

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Bank of England publishes discussion paper on innovations in money and payments

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On 30 July 2024, the Bank of England (BoE) published a discussion paper setting out its approach to innovations in money and payments (Discussion Paper). In the Discussion Paper, the BoE sets out its current view on...more

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English High Court Enforces Asymmetric Jurisdiction Clause in a Syndicated Loan Facility Agreement

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On 24 May 2024, the English High Court granted final injunctive relief to Barclays Bank Plc (Barclays), both in the form of an anti-suit injunction and an anti-enforcement injunction, arising out of a syndicated loan...more

A&O Shearman

Bank of England Publishes Resolvability Assessment of Major UK Banks 2024

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The Bank of England has published the findings from its second assessment of the eight major U.K. banks under the Resolvability Assessment Framework. The assessment finds that the major U.K. banks have continued to make...more

K&L Gates LLP

Digital Operational Resilience in the Financial Services Sector: EU and UK Update

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With under six months to go until the European Union Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) becomes applicable on 17 January 2025, DORA implementation projects are running full steam ahead. DORA lays down uniform...more

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Big Tech and digital wallets: UK PSR and FCA publish call for information

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The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have launched a joint call for information on the opportunities and risks of digital wallets for people and businesses. This comes as recent data...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

UK Financial Insights from Katten | Issue 12

UK Financial Insights from Katten is a monthly newsletter highlighting key noteworthy developments potentially affecting financial markets and funds in the UK and Europe....more

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Insolvency vs Arbitration – Privy Council’s revival of the “Established Approach”

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How does an arbitration clause, or an exclusive jurisdiction clause in favour of foreign courts, affect insolvency proceedings? The effect of an arbitration clause, or an exclusive jurisdiction clause in favour of foreign...more

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