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  • Enhanced competition law powers in the financial services sector

    29.10.2013
    The grant of concurrent competition powers to the FCA The government has proposed that the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) will be granted the same powers under UK competition law as are...
  • Hungary: end of the FSA

    02.10.2013
    This involves the NBH being given a more concrete task than previously for the financial intermediary system: of developing a macro-prudential policy to make the system more stable and robust so that it...
  • Poland: limit on interchange fees for credit and debit cards

    26.09.2013
    A maximum interchange fee of 0.5% is to be introduced on all Polish payment cards. Polish Lower House of Parliament passed the amendment to the Act on Payment Services. The draft bill was read in the Upper...
  • The Government responds to the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards Report

    12.07.2013
    The Government’s response is available here. Click here to read our Law Now on the Commission’s report. The Government’s response to the key recommendations of the Commission is as follows:...
  • Virtual Currencies: Bitcoin Trust to be Floated on Stock Exchange

    11.07.2013
    What is Bitcoin? Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency that was launched in 2009. This is a type of digital currency that uses cryptography to control its creation and management, rather than relying on any monetary...
  • Hungary: New tax on financial transactions

    26.07.2012
    The new tax will be levied on those payment service providers (PSPs) which have their registered seat or branch office in Hungary. Only the National Bank of Hungary will be exempt; it will need to pay...
  • Payment institutions

    09.04.2009
    The changes are intended to comply with EU law and contribute to the creation of a single euro payment area. They involve the repeal of the 2005 Money Transfers, Electronic Payment Instruments and Payment...
  • BIS: Finding a needle in a haystack: a machine learning framework for anomaly detection in payment systems

    15.05.2024
    This BIS working paper proposes a flexible, centralised, and layered transaction monitoring framework for pattern recognition and anomaly detection in high value payment systems, leveraging data-driven...

    This BIS working paper proposes a flexible, centralised, and layered transaction monitoring framework for pattern recognition and anomaly detection in high value payment systems, leveraging data-driven and non-linear machine learning tools.

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    https://www.bis.org/publ/work1188.pdf
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  • FCA: Board minutes

    09.05.2024
    FCA has now published the minutes of the meeting held on 29 February 2024.  Topics under discussion include: PRA and PSR updates.

    FCA has now published the minutes of the meeting held on 29 February 2024.  Topics under discussion include: PRA and PSR updates.

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    https://www.fca.org.uk/publication/minutes/fca-board-minutes-28-march-2024.pdf
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  • PSR: Ensuring our strategy is fit for the future

    09.05.2024
    At the midpoint review of its five-year strategy, PSR is asking for stakeholder views on its progress in a survey, to be completed by 5 June 2024.

    At the midpoint review of its five-year strategy, PSR is asking for stakeholder views on its progress in a survey, to be completed by 5 June 2024.

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    https://www.psr.org.uk/news-and-updates/thought-pieces/thought-pieces/ensuring-our-strategy-is-fit-for-the-future/
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