Latest Regulation & Compliance News: Finextra Research

Quarter of UK BNPL users charged late fees

Nearly a quarter of Brits that have used buy now, pay later services have been charged late payment fees, according to a survey for education charity the Centre for Financial Capability.

04 January 2024

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CFPB urged to strengthen open banking data protection safeguards

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's planned new open banking rules do not go far enough to protect consumer data, say two industry groups.

03 January 2024

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ECB to run first cyber resilience stress tests

The European Central bank is to run its first thematic stress tests on cyber resilience to determine how well individual banks would respond to and recover from a cyber attack.

03 January 2024

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Circle scores French regulatory registration

USD Coin issuer Circle has secured conditional Digital Asset Service Provider registration from French authorities and appointed JP Morgan and PayPal veteran Coralie Billmann to spearhead its operations in the country.

03 January 2024

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Finextra's top research reports of 2023

With 2023 drawing to a close, we take a look back at our most downloaded whitepapers, sentiment papers and surveys over the course of the past year. These reports are Finextra-led and cobranded, based on editorially balanced, independent, referenced desk-based and online research.

28 December 2023

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Finextra's top impact study reports of 2023

With 2023 drawing to a close, we take a look back at our most downloaded impact study reports over the course of the past year. Our impact study reports are how-to, best practice guides that support those in the financial industry in their utilisation and optimisation of particular technologies, as well as providing an outlook at future trends to watch.

27 December 2023

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OakNorth appoints Lord Adair Turner as chairman

House of Lords member Lord Turner of Ecchinswell - Jonathan Adair Turner - has experience across Standard Chartered Bank, Siemens UK, Merrill Lynch Europe, and McKinsey.

27 December 2023

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Finextra's year in review

With 2023 drawing to a close, we take a look back at our most popular news items, videos and community engagement activities over the course of the past year.

22 December 2023

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Revolut sees bumper revenue growth in 2023

UK fintech giant Revolut is set to make $1.9 billion in revenue this year, nearly double the $1 billion it recorded in the previous 12 months, according to Bloomberg.

21 December 2023

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PSR enforces "step-change" in reimbursement rules for APP fraud victims

The UK's Payment Systems Regulator has confirmed plans to improve protections for victims of authorised push payments (APP) fraud will come into force in October 2024.

20 December 2023

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Iosco issues DeFi policy recommendations

International securities regulator Iosco has set out nine policy recommendations designed to address market integrity and investor protection concerns connected to decentralised finance (DeFi).

20 December 2023

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Non-sweeping VRPs set for Phase 1 UK roll out in Q3 2024

Financial regulators in the UK have agreed plans for a Phase 1 roll out of non-sweeping variable recurring payments (VRP) by the third quarter of 2024, in a significant boost to open banking.

19 December 2023

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