Topic: Payment services

The Dubai International Financial Centre is planning an overhaul of its approach to money services, crowdfunding and crypto, with the free zone’s financial regulator planning several changes to its policy framework ahead of a broader review of the regime next year.

04 May 2023

The Bank of England has announced its roadmap for a revamp of its real time gross settlement service, folding its ambitions for a wholesale CBDC into the plans.

15 February 2023

The UK government has called for input on plans to “future-proof” its post-Brexit, post-PSD2 payments regime after admitting the current framework has failed to foster open banking as desired.

17 January 2023

Eight years on since the enactment of the revised Payment Services Directive, the European Union’s banking regulator has complained of “significant divergence” among national regulators’ interpretation of its local substance requirements.

16 January 2023

The Bank of England’s deputy governor for financial stability Jon Cunliffe has spoken out about how the collapse of crypto exchange FTX will impact the UK’s plans for crypto regulation – while giving details on the central bank’s plans for a systemic payment systems regulatory regime and a digital pound.

22 November 2022

The German banking association says an EU plan to force adoption of instant euro-payments through legislation goes too far, and does not fix any obvious ill.

31 October 2022

The UK has so far taken a light-touch approach to the regulation of digital assets – but for many new entrants, the EU’s more comprehensive, holistic approach is giving better long-term certainty. Kelvin Ng reports from GBRR Live in London.

27 October 2022

The Financial Stability Board has published the priority themes for its cross-border payments plan – including greater engagement with the private sector at senior management level.

13 October 2022

The CEOs of the seven biggest US retail banks have faced questions over their ESG-focused initiatives and a spate of user account frauds at P2P network Zelle, in their annual grilling before the US Senate’s banking committee.

26 September 2022

The US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency should rescind its guidance opening the door to banks’ crypto activities, according to a new push by a quartet of Democratic senators, shortly after banking groups called for a larger role for the industry within crypto innovation.

15 August 2022