FinTech Futures: Top five stories of the week – 7 April 2023
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
Rather than offload a 15% stake in the group this year, HM Treasury has pushed the date back to August 2025.
The Bank of England facilitated the deal over the weekend, in consultation with the Treasury.
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
The Bank and HM Treasury plan to “accelerate” work on the technology and policy architecture for a digital pound.
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
The government will strengthen rules for crypto trading platforms and crypto lending in line with traditional finance.
The two countries signed an MoU to remove regulatory barriers to fintech trade.
Lenders offering BNPL services will need to be approved by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
The taskforce will now set out to identify the UK’s use cases for a CBDC.
UK’s finance ministry says “the landscape has changed” in a short time.
The review intends to establish priority areas for industry, policy makers, and regulators.
Regulators across the globe issue statements addressing coronavirus precautionary measures.
Andrew Jenkins to become lead ambassador for fintech in the country
The fintech enables credit unions to digitise their services.
The FIP aims for enhanced cooperation over regulatory issues.
New guidelines aim to accelerate fintech growth.
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The UK’s HM Treasury is banning surcharges on credit and debit card payments. For prepaid card providers, the new rules put significant fee income related to card-loading at risk, according to Polymath Consulting. Banking Technology‘s sister publication Paybefore reports that the HM Treasury is putting an end to “rip-off” fees related to paying with a […]
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority’s study into competition in investment and corporate banking will focus on choice, transparency, bundling and cross-subsidisation in debt and equity capital markets, mergers and acquisitions and acquisition financing. It will also consider links between competition in these primary market services and related activities such as corporate lending and broking, and ancillary services.