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Our Top 5 Banking Litigation Cases From 2024 - Looking Back to Look Forward

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2024 was a busy year for the Courts in England and Wales when it came to banking and wider financial services disputes. We were spoilt for choice when selecting our top 5 cases and, inevitably, have left out some significant...more

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Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Designated Activities) (Supervision and Enforcement) Regulations 2025 published

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The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Designated Activities) (Supervision and Enforcement) Regulations 2025 have been published, alongside an explanatory memorandum. The Regulations amend the Financial Services and...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

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Cadwalader Climate - April 2024 #5

In this edition we discuss several updates aimed at the financial sector, including transition planning reports published by the Network for Greening the Financial System, prudential guidance from the Bank of England on how...more

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Exemptions from UK Financial Promotions Gateway Published

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The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Exemptions from Financial Promotion General Requirement) Regulations 2023, which come into force on September 27, 2023, set out the exemptions to the new U.K. regulatory gateway...more

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Happy FFFourth! June 2023 - A LIBOR Commencement Speech

The London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) will stop being published on the basis of panel bank quotes and will be replaced by alternative replacement rates after today. In the spirit of the season, below is the commencement...more

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FCA Seeks Feedback on ‘Synthetic’ USD LIBOR

On November 23, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) released its further consultation to require the administrator of LIBOR to publish a synthetic version of 1-, 3-, and 6-month U.S. dollar LIBOR settings for a...more

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FCA Issues Statement on the End of Synthetic Sterling LIBOR

On September 29, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) issued a statement that the publication of the 1-month and 6-month synthetic sterling LIBOR would permanently cease at the end of March 2023....more

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Cadwalader Corner Q&A: Pete Hahn, Emeritus Professor, The London Institute of Banking and Finance

What do you envision will be the toughest challenge facing bank regulators in the next five years?   Throughout the world, bank consolidation has often resulted in 3-5 dominant national providers. Some may think...more

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Joint Guidance Released to Help Banks Conduct Due Diligence on Fintech Companies

On August 27, 2021 the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency released guidance on Conducting Due Diligence on Financial...more

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Banking and finance regulatory news, September 2020 # 2

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Credit unions: PRA 2020 annual assessment of category 5 credit unions - The UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has updated its webpage on credit unions to publish letters sent to directors of category 5 credit...more

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Financial institutions M&A: Sector trends - February 2020: Consumer Finance

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Financial institutions M&A sector trends: consumer finance — H2 2019 and outlook for 2020 - Financial sponsors see opportunities to back new entrants targeting under-serviced customer segments, including gig economy...more

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Financial Daily Dose 12.18.2019 | Top Story: Fiat Chrysler and Peugeot Boards Agree to $50 Billion Merger

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Fiat Chrysler and rival Peugeot have agreed to binding merger terms that, if approved by US and European regulators, would create a “$50 billion auto giant that would rank among the world’s largest car companies by sales”....more

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Financial institutions M&A: Sector trends - January 2019: The face of consumer finance is changing

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Consumer finance:* Credit cards/Consumer credit - Deal activity involving credit card businesses blooms—trade consolidators, financial sponsors and big banks see opportunities - Buyers scrutinise historic compliance...more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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Activist investor Carl Icahn has taken a sizeable stake in Bristol-Myers Squibb, a move that reportedly caught execs at the drugmaker unawares and sets the stage for a potential sale....more

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Hogan Lovells Global Payments Newsletter - January 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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