Tag: Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
FCA levels the AI playing field for UK payments firms
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has partnered with tech giant NVIDIA in its latest move to accelerate AI innovation within the UK’s financial sector.“This...
FCA to regulate BNPL from 2026
New UK BNPL regulations to “protect shoppers from debt traps”The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to oversee the sector and introduce consumer protections.Announced on May...
FCA maintains support for increase of Contactless payments
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has reminded UK business and its payment community that it will close its feedback to its “Engagement Paper on...
FCA’s ‘whack-a-mole’ fight against finfluencers gets tougher
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) ongoing game of “whack-a-mole” with so-called ‘finfluencers’ may become even more challenging, according to a regulatory official.Speaking to...
FCA proposes new capital rules to fuel growth in investment firms
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has continued to streamline regulation as it takes aim at what qualifies as regulatory capital.The proposed change will affect...
FCA answers Prime Minister’s call with data rule reform
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has proposed removing unnecessary data requests for thousands of firms, as it responds to the UK Prime Minister’s growth-focused...
Pay360: Industry leaders share if new APP fraud rules are working...
When the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) introduced new rules around Authorised Push Payment (APP) fraud last October, it was fair to say it divided...
Fraud? UK payments industry reacts to Spring Statement
Following the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves’ Spring Statement yesterday, industry stakeholders have been left unsatisfied.Reeves' 30-plus-minute speech covered many bases, such...
Pay360: The good, the missing, and the payments of FCA’s five-year...
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) this week released its five-year strategy to improve its regulatory efficiency and reform some existing policies. With the Payment Systems...
Coalition demands FCA rescind “draconian” email policy
An industry coalition has urged UK ministers to push for an overturn of an unpopular Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) policy around ‘unnecessary’ emails.The FCA’s...
