7/28/2025 7:26:00 AM The DPC Frontier: FCA Charges Ahead on Regulating Buy Now, Pay Later By Claire Harrop Cyrus Pocha Tricia Moffat 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,...
7/17/2025 2:55:08 PM The UK government’s new financial services strategy: a catalyst for growth? By Michael Raffan Emma Rachmaninov James Smethurst Cyrus Pocha Claire Harrop Christopher Bernard +3 more... Show less On the evening of Tuesday 15 July 2025, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, delivered her second Mansion House speech, in...
7/15/2025 3:27:40 PM UK Government and regulators announce reforms to the Senior Managers and Certification Regime By David Mendel Amy Rentell Emily Smith In 2023, the Financial Conduct Authority (the FCA) and the Prudential Regulation Authority (the PRA) published a joint discussion paper...
7/10/2025 10:28:13 AM E-money and payment firms face FCA scrutiny over risk management and wind-down planning By Cyrus Pocha Claire Harrop Tricia Moffat On 20 June 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published its findings following a multi-firm review into risk management and...
7/2/2025 5:35:32 PM Council adopts position on PSD3 and PSR – key take-aways By Alexander Glos Alicia Hildner Jimena Gonzalez Eva Schneider Daniel Klingenbrunn +2 more... Show less On 18 June 2025, the Council of the European Union formally approved its negotiating mandates on the legislative proposals relating to...
7/1/2025 9:33:24 PM A Political Breakthrough: EU reaches deal on bank resolution framework By Alicia Hildner Alexander Glos Background On June 25, 2025, the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament reached at political agreement to reform the...
7/1/2025 12:34:24 PM Closing the advice gap: FCA consults on detailed proposals for targeted support By James Smethurst Elisabeth Overland Shuke Wen Phoebe Campbell +1 more... Show less The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a consultation paper (CP25/17) on 30 June 2025 setting out its detailed proposals for...
6/23/2025 3:19:34 PM How (not) to regulate for growth: House of Lords committee report on the UK regulators’ secondary international competitiveness and growth objective By Cyrus Pocha Emily Smith Fran Kaehr On 13 June 2025, the House of Lords Financial Services Regulation Committee (the Committee) published its report on the secondary...
6/13/2025 9:29:29 AM PISCES Q&A – key features of the world’s first regulated crossover market By Tom Godwin Richard Ho Jennifer McCarthy The FCA has now published its final rules for prospective operators of the new PISCES platforms (Private Intermittent Securities and...
6/12/2025 3:56:15 PM FCA proposes rules for stablecoin issuers and cryptoasset custodians By Cyrus Pocha Claire Harrop Borja Ruiz De Gopegui Noah Schmidt +1 more... Show less On 28 May 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a consultation setting out its proposed rules for the two newly regulated...
6/11/2025 3:47:26 PM Navigating AML Risks in M&A: Implications of the New EU AML Package By Patrick Cichy Alexander Glos Jan Biermann Jan Struckmann Sara Dietz +2 more... Show less 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...
6/11/2025 9:52:42 AM FCA consults on proposed prudential rules for cryptoasset firms that issue qualifying stablecoins and safeguard qualifying cryptoassets By Claire Harrop Cyrus Pocha Borja Ruiz De Gopegui Noah Schmidt +1 more... Show less On 28 May 2025, the FCA published a consultation paper outlining its proposed prudential rules for firms that issue qualifying...