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UK Treasury Committee Call for Evidence on Acceptance of Cash

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The Treasury Committee has launched a call for evidence as it examines whether rules are needed to govern the acceptance of physical cash in the U.K. The Committee explains that the Bank of England has noted that the decline...more

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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 APP fraud: What in-scope PSPs need to know about the new mandatory reimbursement regime

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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

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HM Treasury Consults on Regulating Buy Now Pay Later

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HM Treasury has begun consulting on draft legislation regulating Buy Now Pay Later. HM Treasury is proposing to bring forward secondary legislation that would bring BNPL into Financial Conduct Authority regulation as soon as...more

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UK Draft Payment Services (Amendment) Regulations 2024 Published

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HM Treasury has published a final draft version of the Payment Services (Amendment) Regulations 2024, enhancing efforts to address authorized push payment fraud. The draft Regulations amend regulation 86 of the Payment...more

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UK Payment Systems Regulator Publishes Policy Statement Confirming the Maximum Level of APP Scam Reimbursement

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The Payment Systems Regulator has published a policy statement confirming the maximum level of Authorized Push Payment scam reimbursement. The statement follows the PSRs recent announcement confirming its decision to reduce...more

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UK APP fraud mandatory reimbursement regime: Next steps for PSPs and overview of key publications

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With the new mandatory reimbursement requirements for Faster Payments and CHAPS now in force, we provide a quick reference guide to the key publications to date. As in-scope payment service providers (PSPs) move into the...more

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The UK Introduces a New Reimbursement and Compliance Monitoring Regime for Authorised Push Payment Scams

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Our UK Financial Services Group examine the UK’s new mandatory reimbursement rules that will require payment service providers (PSPs) to reimburse victims of scam transactions....more

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A New Safeguarding Regime: Five Points for Payments and E-money Firms

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For any UK fintech business involved with payments of electronic money (e-money) and any (experienced) investor in these businesses, safeguarding client funds is a key regulatory issue....more

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UK Open Banking: PSR consultation response on Phase 1 expansion of Variable Recurring Payments

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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

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UK Financial Conduct Authority Consults on Changes to the Safeguarding Regime for Payments and E-Money Firms

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The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority had published a consultation on proposals to address weaknesses in the safeguarding regime for payments and e-money firms. The FCA explains that there remain poor practices across the...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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Payments and e-money: UK FCA consults on two-stage reforms to safeguarding regime

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

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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

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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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UK Payment Systems Regulator Publishes Response to Call for Views on Expanding Variable Recurring Payments

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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

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Mandatory Reimbursement for App Fraud: What Payment Service Providers Need to Consider Ahead of Implementation

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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

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APP fraud: UK PSR compliance / monitoring requirements and consumer comms guidance for October 2024

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The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has published a policy statement (PS24/3) on compliance and monitoring under the Faster Payments System (FPS) APP fraud mandatory reimbursement requirement. The PSR has rowed back on some...more

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Am 27. Mai 2024 hat die Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht („BaFin“) die finale Fassung des Rundschreibens über die Mindestanforderungen an das Risikomanagement von Zahlungsinstituten („ZAG-MaRisk“)...more

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UK PSR publishes interim report on card scheme and processing fees

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On 21 May 2024, the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) published an interim report on its market review into card scheme fees and processing fees. The report focuses on the market position of Mastercard and Visa, with the PSR...more

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