Oct 03, 2024 Next steps for UK product regulation – the new Product Regulation and Metrology Bill By Harriet Hanks Andrew Austin Ananya Maheshwari The OPSS (Office for Product Safety and Standards - the UK’s product safety regulator) proposed an overhaul of the UK’s current product...
Sep 25, 2024 FCA's further report on de-banking focuses on the Consumer Duty By Sharon Tong Anthea Bowater The FCA has published its follow-up report on “UK Payment Accounts Access and Closures: Update” (the Update Report). In its last report,...
Sep 20, 2024 Business Judgement Rule Decisions – A How-To Guide By Moritz Pellmann Nicholas Schoch Anna Eichner Anna Köhler Dawid Ligocki +2 more... Show less In today’s dynamic business environment, decision-making frequently entails venturing into unknown territory. It is often challenging to...
Sep 18, 2024 Stop that payment! FCA guidance on delaying payments suspected to be APP fraud By Emma Probyn Christine Simpson Christopher Chan Abisha Bastian +1 more... Show less On 9 September 2024, the FCA launched a Consultation in which it proposes changes to its guidance to payment service providers (PSPs)....
Sep 03, 2024 Herding cats: English law and Decentralised Autonomous Organisations By Claire Harrop Christopher Bernard Joana Fragata Background On 11 July 2024, the Law Commission published a scoping paper (the Scoping Paper) on Decentralised Autonomous Organisations...
Sep 03, 2024 FCA publishes final rules on bundling payments for investment research and execution By James Smethurst Borja Ruiz De Gopegui Christopher Bernard Cameron MacDonald +1 more... Show less On 26 July 2024, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published its policy statement on payment optionality for investment research...
Aug 22, 2024 The new European AML package - a comprehensive overview By Jan Struckmann Alicia Hildner Janina Heinz Few areas of regulatory law are evolving as rapidly as European money laundering law. Over the past few years these requirements have...
Aug 20, 2024 POP’ing it like the FCA By Chris Ranson Richard Ho Tom Godwin Claire Harrop Christopher Bernard Jennifer McCarthy +3 more... Show less The FCA recently published a consultation paper (CP24/13) setting out its proposed rules for the new public offer platform (POP) regime....
Aug 19, 2024 Strategic risk spotlight on EU-China investigations: How to reconcile EU investigations with Chinese law in light of recent EU General Court order By Moritz Pellmann Xin Liu Nicholas Schoch Pauline Peng Camillo von Haugwitz +2 more... Show less In an order dated 12 August 2024, the General Court of the European Union (‘General Court’) dismissed an application for interim measures...
Aug 02, 2024 UK regulators keen to understand the future of digital wallets By Claire Harrop Noah Schmidt Christopher Bernard Rhea Dennis +1 more... Show less On 15 July 2024, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Payment Services Regulator (PSR) published a call for information (CFI) on...
Aug 01, 2024 Law Commission publishes Draft Bill on digital assets as personal property By Emma Probyn Claire Harrop Christine Simpson Georgia Onslow +1 more... Show less On 30 July 2024 the Law Commission of England and Wales published a supplemental report and amended draft bill which would introduce a...
Aug 01, 2024 One year of the FCA’s UK Consumer Duty - The regulator takes stock By Michael Raffan Elisabeth Overland Christopher Bernard Fran Kaehr +1 more... Show less Over the past several years, a major focus for UK authorised firms and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) alike has been the...