In our previous blog post (here) on Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL), we examined the UK Government’s proposals to bring interest-free Buy Now,...
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On 18 June 2025, the Council of the European Union formally approved its negotiating mandates on the legislative proposals relating to...
On 28 May 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a consultation setting out its proposed rules for the two newly regulated...
Anti-money laundering (AML) risk is no longer a peripheral concern in M&A – it’s a central deal issue. As enforcement ramps up across...
On 28 May 2025, the FCA published a consultation paper outlining its proposed prudential rules for firms that issue qualifying...
The UK Government has saddled up to bring order to what it terms the “wild-west” of Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL). For years, BNPL has...
On 29 April 2025, HM Treasury published a draft statutory instrument in near-final form which will introduce a regulatory regime for...
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On April 9, 2025, the CDU, CSU, and SPD parties unveiled their coalition agreement, setting out the plans of the new government for the...
Open banking promises to unlock innovation and empower customers by enabling financial information to be shared between traditional banks...
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On 17 March 2025, the UK Government published a policy paper and accompanying press release outlining a new approach to ensure regulators...
On 3 February 2025, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a Dear CEO letter to payments firms that are supervised by the...
As we did in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, we have crowdsourced predictions for the year ahead from the Freshfields global fintech team....