On 8 July 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published feedback to the Interim Working Group’s (IWG) Final Report which set out recommendations for the design and operations of the new governance framework of the credit information industry, the Credit Reporting Governance Body – CRGB.
In its feedback, the FCA supports
On 19 May 2025, HM Treasury issued a consultation on the first phase of its plans to update the Consumer Credit Act 1974.
We have published a new briefing note which looks at this consultation, its impact on firms and the proposed timeline for implementation.
On 16 June 2025, HM Treasury (HMT) issued an update on domestic premises suppliers and buy-now, pay-later (BNPL).
Background
In its consultation on the BNPL regime HMT proposed that domestic premises suppliers – businesses who sell, offer to sell or agree to sell goods or offer to supply or contract to
On 5 June 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a statement setting out some of the things it will need to consider should it introduce a redress scheme as part of its review into motor finance commission arrangements.
The FCA states that whilst it is not possible to predict the outcome of
On 23 May 2025, the Credit Information Market Interim Working Group (IWG) published a report in response to the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) Credit Information Market Study final report, which sought enhancements to the industry’s governance model. The report sets out recommendations for the design and operations of the new governance
On 20 December 2024, the House of Lords’ Financial Services Regulation Committee published a letter it had sent to the FCA’s Chief Executive, Nikhil Rathi, responding to his previous letter regarding motor finance commission.
The letter notes that the Committee is considering the implications of the recent decision to grant leave to appeal to the
On 19 December 2024, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published Policy Statement 24/18 ‘Further temporary changes to handling rules for motor finance complaints’ (PS24/18). PS24/18 follows the FCA’s earlier consultation, CP24/22.
In PS24/18 the FCA publishes rules in the Dispute Resolution: Complaints (DISP) sourcebook of the FCA Handbook
In the latest Global Regulation Tomorrow Plus episode, Matthew Gregory, Joe Bamford and Simon Lovegrove discuss some of the key issues concerning HM Treasury’s recent consultation on regulating the buy now pay later sector.
Listen to the podcast here.
Introduction
On 17 October 2024, HM Treasury (HMT) issued a consultation paper (CP) which sets out the government’s approach to regulating buy now pay later (BNPL). This CP builds on HMT’s previous consultations that ran between February 2023 and April 2023.
HMT’s latest CP is accompanied by a draft
The FCA has issued a short statement following the Court of Appeal judgment in certain cases concerning motor finance commission.
The FCA states that it is carefully considering the decision.
In September, the FCA extended its pause to the time firms have to provide a final response to customers about motor finance complaints involving a