James Dalton, Director of General Insurance Policy at the ABI, gave a speech to the Westminster Forum on the future of the insurance industry post-Brexit and lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic. Starting off on a...
The FCA has written to Debt Purchasers, Debt Collectors and Debt Administrators outlining: its view of the key risks debt purchase, debt collection and debt administration firms pose to their customers or the markets in...
The UK Government has announced the expansion of the Dormant Assets Scheme, which is a major boost as the UK recovers from the coronavirus pandemic. £800 million is set to be made available to communities across the UK...
With the end of the Brexit transition period in sight, the FCA has issued a press release reminding firms to be prepared. The FCA expects firms to have assessed the impact of the changes that will take effect, on both...
The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by Mastercard against a Court of Appeal ruling that annulled the Competition Appeal Tribunal’s (CAT) refusal to grant a collective proceedings order in Mastercard...
The Bank of England published the Financial Stability Report for December. The report sets out the Financial Policy Committee’s view on the stability of the UK financial system and what it is doing to remove or...
EIOPA has published the findings of a peer review on the supervisory practices related to the decision concerning the collaboration amongst supervisory authorities in relation to insurance cross-border activities, data...
The PRA has published a consultation paper setting out its proposed approach to designating entities within certain banking UK consolidation groups as responsible for ensuring that consolidated prudential requirements...
The European Payments Council (EPC) has published its report on payment threats and fraud trend for 2020. The report attempts to create awareness amongst stakeholders involved in the payments domain to allow them to...
On 16 June, the PSR and FCA set out its plans to work with the industry and develop shared solutions to deliver appropriate and sustainable access to cash that meet consumers’ needs, including responding to changing...
The United Nations (UN) Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) has published a consultation paper on a draft guidance document designed to support signatories of the Principles for Responsible Banking with...
The EBA has announced the reactivation of its Guidelines on legislative and non–legislative moratoria on loan repayments applied in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of the Guidelines is to ensure that...
Following a three-month public consultation, the European Payments Council (EPC) has published the first version of the Single European Payments Area (SEPA) Request-To-Pay (RTP) scheme rulebook. The rulebook covers the...
The PSR has published a Notice of intention to operate a confidentiality ring following the publication of its interim report in the market review into card-acquiring services in September 2020. Following a request by a...
FSCS has published its half year edition of Outlook, which gives an overview of the levy position. FSCS acknowledges that 2020 has been a challenging year for the financial services sector. It has adapted well to the...
Pay.UK published its findings from its research into the impact of COVID-19 on SME business banking. Overall, SMEs are more likely to say that they are satisfied (rather than dissatisfied) with their bank’s...
The FCA has published a ‘Dear CEO‘ letter addressed to Lloyd’s and London Market Insurers, providing an overview of the areas of focus of its supervision strategy. In particular, the letter sets out...
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