| Date | Title | Description |
| 21.09.2026 | Мои три уровня проектирования UX для финтеха | Три уровня проектирования, на которых мы строим фундамент UX для финтех сервисов:
Регуляторный уровень;
Операционная прозрачность;
Уровень доверия пользователей.
Без них любой дизайн в финтехе — это UX поверх пустоты. Менять местами не реко... |
| 27.08.2026 | Government pushes Bank of England to innovate on payments and digital currencies | The Bank of England will be tracked on its progress on UK payments regulation after it was handed a new objective by ministers.
The central bank will be given a new secondary objective to support innovation in payment systems and new forms ... |
| 21.07.2026 | UK Crypto Debanking: Parliament Investigates as £1B in Transactions Rejected | By William Chan
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| 15.06.2026 | Fraud losses surge as scammers use AI to manipulate victims
Other losses | Fraud losses from people being tricked into transferring money to scammers surged by nearly a fifth last year, as criminals turn to AI to manipulate victims.
More than half a billion was stolen in 2025 after artificial intelligence created ... |
| 29.05.2026 | TrueLayer acquires Dutch fintech In3 to offer credit at checkout | TrueLayer, a UK payments fintech looking to disrupt the dominance of card payments, has acquired a Dutch fintech, in a move to expand its offering to credit products.
Backed by Stripe and Tiger Global, TrueLayer leverages open banking techn... |
| 13.05.2026 | Ministers to be handed ‘statutory powers’ to steer regulator’s growth agenda | Ministers will be handed new “statutory powers” to steer UK watchdog’s growth agenda and define what it means in different “regulatory contexts“.
In the King’s Speech, the government revealed its Regulating for Growth Bill – a cross-sector ... |
| 25.02.2026 | US giants dominate AI payments race amid Wall Street jitters | US giants continue to lead the charge in the payments industry’s AI acceleration even as the sector gets swept up in Wall Street’s tech jitters.
Visa led a three-horse race followed by Mastercard, then Paypal in the Evident AI’s inaugural i... |
| 19.02.2026 | Bank of Ireland’s UK arm hit with £3.8m fine for fraud failures | The Bank of Ireland’s UK arm has been slapped with a hefty fine after failing to hit the deadline by over a year to implement an anti-fraud service.
The lender was hit with a £3.7m fine from the Payments Systems Regulator (PSR) for missing ... |
| 08.02.2026 | UK Financial Regulators Drive Trust and Efficiency: A Dual Mandate Reshapes Markets | UK financial regulators are reshaping the nation's markets. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) champions consumer trust in the insurance industry. It tackles widespread low confidence. It addresses a significant protection gap. New Consu... |
| 02.02.2026 | UK payments stuck with ‘bolted on’ European regulation, says PSR boss | The boss of the UK’s payments regulator has said the body’s consolidation with the City watchdog will allow it to ditch overhanging red tape from Europe.
David Geale, who heads up the Payments System Regulator (PSR) and leads on payments at... |
| 28.12.2025 | UK’s Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) Takes Action to Enhance Governance in Card Scheme and Processing Fees | The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has set out changes that will give businesses more information on the card payment fees they pay. This follows its market review, which found that Mastercard and Visa don’t face competition due to rising ... |
| 02.07.2025 | Motor finance drags FOS complaints to highest since PPI scandal | The motor finance row has dragged complaints to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) to the highest level since the PPI scandal.
Consumers lodged 305,726 complaints with the FOS in the year ending March 31 2025, which edged towards highs o... |
| 10.06.2025 | FCA appoints deputy chief to steer growth mission | The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has made Sarah Pritchard its deputy chief executive, a new role the watchdog has forged to reflect its growing remit and bolster its efforts to support the government’s growth mandate.
The City’s main w... |
| 10.06.2025 | FCA boss: Buy now, pay later regulation is a trade off | The chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said the new clamp down on buy now, pay later (BNPL) regulation would be a “trade off” as he faced a grilling from MPs.
Nikhil Rathi, who was reappointed as the regulator’s boss i... |
| 28.05.2025 | Over £1 Billion Lost to Fraud in the UK Last Year | UK Finance has released its latest annual fraud report, detailing the amount its members reported as stolen through payment fraud in 2024.
There were 3.13 million confirmed cases of unauthorised fraud reported in 2024 (up 14% compared to 20... |
| 22.05.2025 | The Red Tape Tango: Business and Government in Step for Growth | In the dance of economic growth, red tape often leads. It twirls and spins, entangling businesses in a web of regulations. But now, the UK government is calling for a new rhythm. The aim? To cut through the clutter and boost growth. However... |
| 21.05.2025 | Firms must be at heart of red tape overhaul, CBI boss says | The government’s efforts to slash red tape and regulation in a bid to boost growth are doomed to fail if they do not consult the very firms that “live and breathe” the UK’s regulatory barriers, according to the boss of Britain’s largest lob... |
| 03.05.2025 | Navigating the Storm: UK Business Leaders and the Crypto Frontier | The landscape of UK business is shifting. A recent survey reveals a wave of frustration among business leaders. They feel the weight of rising costs and stagnant wage growth. The Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, faces a storm of discontent. Despi... |
| 01.05.2025 | IoD: Business leaders remain frustrated with Reeves | UK business leaders are less optimistic about wage growth and cost expectations remain high, a new survey has suggested, in signs that Chancellor Reeves will continue to face a “strong sense of frustration” from company bosses.
The Labour g... |
| 28.04.2025 | Treasury to scrap valuation quango amid efficiency drive | The Valuation Office Agency will be folded into HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), the tax minister has said, in the latest sign of the government’s efforts to trim away fat from the operations of the state.
The arms length body responsible f... |
| 10.04.2025 | The Shifting Sands of UK Regulation and Employment Data | In the UK, the landscape of employment data and financial regulation is undergoing a seismic shift. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is grappling with challenges that threaten the integrity of its Labour Force Survey (LFS). Meanwhil... |
| 10.04.2025 | Nikhil Rathi reappointed FCA chief | Nikhil Rathi will be chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for another five years, leading it on its new directive from the government to slash unnecessary and duplicated regulation, the Chancellor has confirmed.
Rathi—a ... |
| 10.04.2025 | UK financial watchdogs Indian-origin CEO re-appointed for second term | London, Apr 10 (PTI) Nikhil Rathi, the Indian-origin chief executive of the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), was on Thursday re-appointed to his post for a second term by the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves.
Describing Rath... |
| 01.04.2025 | UK has become the epicentre of WhatsApp scams in Europe | The UK has become the epicentre of WhatsApp scams in Europe, with British consumers losing more money on the platform than in any other country.
Analysis compiled by Revolut revealed that in 2024, WhatsApp fraud accounted for 21 per cent of... |
| 27.03.2025 | Europe’s Defense Dilemma: Can It Break Free from U.S. Ties? | Europe stands at a crossroads. The continent is ready to invest billions into its defense sector. Leaders are eager to bolster local companies. Yet, the shadow of American defense giants looms large. The challenge is clear: can Europe decou... |
| 25.03.2025 | City regulator faces grilling on Treasury’s growth agenda | The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) was grilled by the Treasury Committee on Tuesday after it unveiled its new five-year strategy.
Members of the committee questioned the gap between the government’s growth agenda and how the FCA was prep... |
| 24.03.2025 | Rachel Reeves takes leaf out of gardening manual– but don’t expect flowery days to come | Gardening is typically something career politicians only enjoy once they have retired. But Rachel Reeves appears to be paying homage to the green-fingered guru Alan Titchmarsh in the lead-up to her Spring Statement to be delivered this Wedn... |
| 23.03.2025 | Banks turn to AI to lead fraud prevention efforts | As Britain’s biggest banks scale up their technology, lenders are turning to AI to fight fraud, a new report has found.
NTT Data’s ‘Banking Trends 2025’ report found over half of UK banks thought generative AI was key to fraud prevention.
L... |
| 21.03.2025 | The FCA must continue work on cutting card fees | The Payment Systems Regulator was doing vital work on reducing unfair card fees that are hammering retail. Now the FCA must pick up where it left off, says Tom Ironside
In their recently published report into scheme and processing card fees... |
| 20.03.2025 | City regulator appoints Asia-Pacific director in growth push | A top director at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will head up a new role in Asia as part of the regulator’s bid to boost growth, City AM has learned.
Camille Blackburn, who is currently the director of wholesale buy-side at the regul... |
| 19.03.2025 | The Rising Tide of Fraud: UK Fintechs Under Siege | The UK fintech landscape is facing a storm. Fraud is rising like a tide, threatening to drown businesses. A recent report from Alloy paints a grim picture. Seven in ten fintech firms report a surge in fraud. The numbers are staggering. Near... |
| 19.03.2025 | UK fintechs sound alarm on spike in organised crime | Seven in ten UK fintechs said fraud volumes in their business shot up over the last year, according to new research.
Alloy’s State of UK Fraud Report stated 79 per cent of UK fintech firms lost at least £500,000 to fraud in the 12 months to... |
| 18.03.2025 | Cutting the Red Tape: A New Era for British Business | In a bold move, the UK government is gearing up to cut the red tape that has long strangled businesses. Chancellor Rachel Reeves is set to meet with key regulators to unveil a plan aimed at slashing regulatory costs by a staggering 25%. Thi... |
| 17.03.2025 | Reeves to meet regulators as Starmer pledges to cut red tape | Rachel Reeves will meet with regulators on Monday, as the government sets out to cut the cost of regulation on businesses by a quarter.
The Chancellor has summoned eight regulators to Number 11 Downing Street, including the Financial Conduc... |
| 17.03.2025 | The Spring Statement is an opportunity to secure the UK’s economic future | The Chancellor should prioritise pension reform, enhanced use of digital verification and attracting FDI to kick start growth in the Spring Statement, says Chris Hayward
The Chancellor has vowed to kick-start the economy, and the upcoming S... |
| 17.03.2025 | Reeves ramps up pressure on regulators in plan to slash red tape | Chancellor Rachel Reeves has summoned regulators to Downing Street today as part of the government’s plan to slash red tape.
At the meeting, Reeves will announce further detail on how the government will be cutting regulations, while settin... |
| 14.03.2025 | Regulatory Tsunami: The FCA and PSR Merger Shakes the Financial Landscape | In a sudden twist of fate, the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) is set to merge with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). This decision, announced with little warning, has sent ripples through the financial sector. The news broke during a ... |
| 14.03.2025 | City regulator considering scrapping £100 contactless limit | The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced on Friday it was looking for opinions on scrapping the contactless card limit and whether changes could benefit the UK economy.
The current cap prohibits customers from making contactless card... |
| 12.03.2025 | Payments watchdog bosses given hours to tell staff of FCA merger | Payment Systems Regulator top brass did not know the watchdog was definitely being merged into the Financial Conduct Authority until just hours before it became public and used media leaks to prepare their response for the sweeping change, ... |
| 12.03.2025 | Keir Starmer to pledge red tape rollback in bid to ‘reshape the state’ | Sir Keir Starmer is expected to pledge to slash red tape for businesses in a bid to “reshape the state” of the UK amid what he will call a new “era of instability”.
The Prime Minister is set to make an announcement on Thursday about his pla... |
| 23.01.2025 | UK to launch independent firm to boost variable recurring payments | :British regulators are setting up an independent company that will advance variable recurring payments, allowing third-party financial service providers to access banking information and initiate payments on behalf of consumers or business... |
| 28.09.2024 | Real-Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) system and CHAPS Annual Report 2023/24 | Foreword
Delivery of the RTGS and CHAPS services supports the Bank’s mission to promote the good of the people of the United Kingdom by maintaining monetary and financial stability. RTGS ultimately lies at the heart of every electronic paym... |
| 20.09.2024 | UK Payments Association Investigates APP Fraud, Produces Documentary | The Payments Association has released an “investigative documentary” regarding the impact of Authorised Push Payments (APP) fraud. The project was released in partnership with Cardaq and We Fight Fraud. The documentary aims to explore how f... |
| 09.09.2024 | Open Banking: A New Dawn for Financial Innovation | The UK is at a pivotal moment in financial technology. Open banking is no longer just a buzzword; it’s a reality. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has wrapped up its roadmap for open banking, marking a significant milestone. This... |
| 09.09.2024 | Open Banking Roadmap Ushers in New Era for FinTech Innovation | The UK has forged ahead on a major crossroads for open banking as the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announces it has completed its roadmap of the implementation of the financial technology.
All nine banking providers mandated by t... |
| 22.08.2024 | Treasury and FCA worried by payments regulator’s fraud refund scheme | - |
| 02.05.2024 | What the government can do to stop Australians from losing $5,200 a minute to scams | Source: joshua hoehne/unsplash. article-article-body
What if the government was doing everything it could to stop thieves making off with our money, except the one thing that could really work?
That’s how it looks when it comes to scams, wh... |
| 22.08.2023 | The FinTech of Tomorrow: What VCs Anticipate for 2023 and Early 2024 | Greece, North Macedonia, Ukraine ~
Company:
In the ever-evolving realm of financial technology, innovation remains the driving force behind seismic shifts in how we manage, invest, and leverage our financial resources. As we navigate the pa... |
| 30.06.2023 | Statement launches a card payment providers comparison site for UK SMBs, and bags a £1.5 million Pre-seed round | UK-based start-up Statement has built a comparison site for small businesses to find card payment providers to suit their needs and budget - based on previous merchant statements. Founded by Ed Hardy (CEO, ex Worldpay), and Olivia Stannah (... |
| 29.06.2023 | UK Crypto, Stablecoin Rules Receive Royal Assent, Passing Into Law | A U.K. bill giving regulators the power to supervise crypto and stablecoins was approved by King Charles Thursday, marking the last formal stage that makes the bill law.
Royal assent, a purely procedural step following agreement from lawmak... |
| 19.09.2022 | Consumer Credit Cards Charges Conundrum Costs Cash Carriers | The Economist magazine recently ran an article — somewhat provocatively titled “Can the Visa-Mastercard duopoly be broken” — that began by pointing out just how much the current retail payments infrastructure costs to use. The focus was on ... |
| 21.06.2022 | Watchdog set to review fees charged by Visa and Mastercard | |
| 19.04.2022 | UK Crypto Industry Hopes for More Clarity From Planned Stablecoin Rules | The U.K.’s crypto industry is hopeful the nation’s forthcoming stablecoin regulations will clear up “gray areas” for issuers.
Last Monday, the U.K.’s Treasury, the government's finance arm, announced it would regulate stablecoins under its ... |
| 04.04.2022 | UK watchdog may step in to protect UK businesses from climbing card fees | The news: The UK’s Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) sent information requests to card networks after finding merchant fees have “increased significantly” in recent years, per the regulator's annual plan and budget.
More on this: The PSR’s pl... |
| 05.02.2022 | UK Announces Interim Chairs of Financial Conduct Authority and Payment Systems Regulator | HM Treasury, which is the UK government’s economic and finance ministry (maintaining control over public spending, setting the direction of the nation’s economic policy and working to achieve strong and sustainable economic growth), announc... |
| 04.08.2021 | Fraud Victims Let Down by Poor Support from Banks | Some of the UK’s largest banks are failing to provide adequate support to fraud victims, according to research from consumer rights group, Which?
Poor customer service and a lack of support for victims has left customers feeling abandoned a... |
| 07.06.2021 | New forms of digital money | We are keen to hear from a wide range of respondents on the topics and questions posed in this paper, including the payments industry, technology providers, payments users, financial institutions, academics, other central banks and public a... |
| 01.04.2021 | Payment Systems Regulator in the UK Provisionally Finds Five Service Providers Violated the Law by Engaging in “Cartel Behavior” in the Pre-Paid Cards Sector | The Payments Systems Regulator (PSR) in the UK stated on March 31, 2021 that it “provisionally” finds five firms violated the law by “engaging in cartel behavior” in the pre-paid cards market.
As stated in a release, three out of five parti... |
| 24.01.2019 | UK payments regulator back with card-acquiring services review | The UK’s Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has published its final terms of reference for a market review into the supply of card-acquiring services.
UK payments under review
It explains that card payments are an increasingly important paymen... |
| 23.11.2018 | PSR pushes for payee confirmation paradise | The UK’s Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) is calling for feedback again so it can help protect people from authorised push payment (APP) scams
The justice seeker is back!
This follows on from February, when the PSR announced the outcome of i... |
| 24.07.2018 | PSR calls for feedback on card acquiring services | The UK’s Payments Systems Regulator (PSR) is reviewing card acquiring services and wants feedback.
According to the PSR, card payments are critical to the smooth running of the UK economy.
Hannah Nixon, MD of the Payment Systems Regulator, ... |
| 13.06.2018 | PSR calls for feedback on data in payments | Please send responses
The UK’s Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has launched a discussion paper about data in the payments industry and wants your views on its future shape.
Hannah Nixon, managing director of the PSR, says: “The UK’s payment... |
| 08.05.2018 | Medicare payments system gets $107m cash splash | The federal government will spend a further $106.8 million on a replacement for its 30-year-old Medicare payments system, bringing the total cost of the project to more than $170 million.
The project to replace health and aged care payments... |
| 29.03.2017 | PSR pushes for greater payments competition and innovation | PSR at the Barbican Centre in London
The UK’s Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) is calling for even more competition and creativity in the sector over the next 12 months.
At the launch of its “Annual Plan and Budget for the year 2017/18”, hel... |
| 07.12.2016 | U.K. Regulator Proposals Take Aim at Competition Barriers to Payments Infrastructure | The U.K.’s Payments Systems Regulator (PSR) plans a sea change to the U.K. payments system after determining an inability for new payments infrastructure projects to compete as alternatives to the three interbank payment systems, Bacs, Fast... |
| 28.07.2016 | PSR calls for UK payments infrastructure reform | Hannah Nixon, PSR
The UK’s Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) says the nation’s payments infrastructure needs to undergo reform to increase competition and to better meet consumer needs.
The announcement was made as the PSR unveiled the final ... |
| 11.03.2016 | PSR’s payments push for more indirect access | Craig Tillotson, CEO of Faster Payments
The UK’s Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) is pushing for more competition in the supply of indirect access to payment systems.
In its interim report “Market review into the supply of indirect access to... |
| 25.02.2016 | PSR tells banks to sell stakes in VocaLink to increase payments competition | The regulator is asking banks to sell their stakes in VocaLink
The UK’s Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) says banks should sell their stake in the nation’s payments infrastructure, VocaLink, to “help increase innovation and competition”. The... |
| 15.07.2015 | PSR appoints chair of the Payments Strategy Forum | The Payment Systems Regulator, the new economic regulator for UK payment systems, has appointed Ruth Evans as the chair of the Payments Strategy Forum.
Evans is currently chair of The Authority for Television on Demand, the independent co-r... |
| - | PSR craves competitive comments on UK’s New Payments Architecture | The UK’s Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) is as approachable as ever with a ‘Call for Input’ on competition issues with the nation’s New Payments Architecture (NPA).
According to the regulator, the NPA is the UK payments industry’s proposed ... |
| - | UK watchdog may step in to protect UK businesses from climbing card fees | The news: The UK’s Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) sent information requests to card networks after finding merchant fees have “increased significantly” in recent years, per the regulator's annual plan and budget.
More on this: The PSR’s pl... |
| - | UK payments regulator sets the pace for APP fraud rules | The news: The UK’s Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) proposed requiring banks to reimburse authorized push payment (APP) fraud victims within 48 hours under most circumstances, per Finextra.
APP fraud is when victims are tricked into transfer... |
