Fintech

On 8 May 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced the appointment of David Geale as permanent executive director for payments and digital finance, and managing director of the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR).

In this role, Mr Geale will be responsible for helping to deliver the National Payments Vision and driving

On 6 May 2025, the Bank of England (BoE) published a speech by its deputy governor for financial stability, Sarah Breeden, entitled ‘International payment rails: the value of a harmonised gauge’. The speech explains why the digitalisation of money and assets is important to the BoE, why interoperability is important, and

On 2 May 2025, the Bank of England published a new webpage regarding an Artificial Intelligence Consortium.

The web page includes the terms of reference and the list of participants.

The purpose of the Consortium is to provide a platform for public private engagement to gather input from stakeholders on the capabilities, development, deployment and

On 22 April 2025, the House of Commons Treasury Committee confirmed that it would hold the first oral evidence session as part of its inquiry into finfluencers on 30 April 2025. The Financial Conduct Authority’s joint executive director for enforcement and market oversight, Steve Smart, and its director of consumer investments, Lucy Castledine, will give

On 15 April 2025, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) published its finalised Format for Incident Reporting Exchange (FIRE), a global standardised format aimed at streamlining cyber and operational incident reporting and enhancing cross-border cooperation.

FIRE is a common framework that financial firms can use to report operational incidents, including cyber