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HM Treasury Puts the FCA in Charge of UK Payments
A Treasury consultation would fold the Payment Systems Regulator into the Financial Conduct Authority, put Open Banki...
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The Bank of England Held at 3.75%, but Its Dissenters Now Want to Hike, Not Cut
A 6-3 vote and a hawkish August Monetary Policy Report reframed the debate around energy and the closed Strait of Hor...
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As the Banks Report, the Government Is Taking the Ring-Fence Apart
On 14 July the Treasury and the Prudential Regulation Authority opened paired consultations to implement the ring-fen...
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What To Watch When Lloyds Presents H1 2026 Results And A New Strategy
Charlie Nunn and William Chalmers step up at 09:30 BST on Thursday to set out first-half numbers and a refreshed plan...
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As the Overseas Funds Landing Slots Run Out, EEA UCITS Face Losing Their UK Access
Miss the allocated window and Temporary Marketing Permissions fall away immediately. With the final umbrella slots no...
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Boards Have Until 31 July to Prove Consumer Duty Outcomes. The FCA Is Grading the Evidence.
The third annual Consumer Duty board report is due by the end of the month. It has quietly become the document the FC...
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DWP and FCA Open the Value-for-Money Rulebook That Will Decide Which DC Schemes Survive
The joint consultation that opened on 13 July turns the Pension Schemes Act's GBP 25bn scale bar and value-for-money ...
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The FCA Wants T+1 Tested by the End of 2026. The 2027 Go-Live Is the Easy Part.
The FCA wants UK firms making the changes now and ready to test by the end of 2026, two years before Britain, the EU ...
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FCA Puts Own Funds At The Heart Of Its Crypto Prudential Guidance
Two guidance consultations, GC26/4 and GC26/5, close on 30 July and move the FCA's incoming crypto regime from a ques...
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PISCES Cleared Its Biggest Trade At A 10% Discount
Four months into live trading, the UK's private-share regime has real auctions and four approved operators. What Wayv...
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Car Finance Payouts Were a 2026 Promise. The Tribunal Calendar Now Reads 2027.
The FCA's £7.5bn redress scheme is finalised and lenders are fully provisioned, but the Upper Tribunal has listed the...
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Building Societies Now Write Nearly a Third of Britain's New Mortgages. Can They Keep Funding It?
The mutual sector is taking share from the big banks in both savings and mortgages, without a single new rule. With n...