On 28 February 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) issued Handbook Notice 127.
This Handbook Notice describes the changes to the FCA Handbook and other material made by the FCA Board under their legislative and other statutory powers on 30 January and 27 February 2025.
On 30 January 2025, the FCA Board
In our latest Global Regulation Tomorrow Plus podcast, Kevin Harnisch, Mark Highman, Katie Stephen and Hannah McAslan-Schaaf discuss the failure to prevent fraud offence under the UK’s Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023, which comes into force on 1 September 2025, and how it might impact US firms.
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On 27 February 2025, the European Banking Authority (EBA) issued its opinion responding to the European Commission’s (Commission) proposed changes to its draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) on the information to be provided to Member State competent authorities when authorising the offer to the public of asset-referenced tokens (
On 26 February 2025, the Financial Action task Force (FATF) issued a public consultation seeking input on best practices in mitigating proliferation financing risks. The consultation is intended to help FATF produce a report that will improve country and private sector understanding of current proliferation financing risks. This will cover the evasion techniques
On 18 February 2025, the Dutch Central Bank (De Nederlandsche Bank, DNB) posted an update on the Instant Payments Regulation (IPR). The IPR entered into force on 8 April 2024 and payment service providers (PSPs) needed to comply with a first set of obligations from 9 January 2025, with more
On 26 February 2025, the European Commission (Commission) adopted an Omnibus Sustainability package and an Omnibus Investment package.
The Commission’s work programme, published on 11 February 2025, announced a first series of “Omnibus” packages intended to address overlapping, unnecessary or disproportionate rules that are creating unnecessary burden for EU businesses. The
On 25 February 2025, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) updated Recommendation 1 and its Interpretive Note, with corresponding amendments to Interpretive Notes to Recommendations 10 and 15, as well as related Glossary definitions to better support financial inclusion. The updates follow the February 2025 FATF Plenary where it was noted that