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
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
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
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
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
The UK is widely regarded as a global leader in Open Banking, and regulators and industry participants believe there is strong potential to build on that success. Regulatory efforts on that front are led by Joint Regulatory...more
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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