EU regulators—financial services

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AML: FATF plenary approves revised standards on payment transparency and guidance on financial inclusion and RBA

The latest Financial Action Task Force (FATF) plenary has announced, among other developments, that it has approved revisions to Recommendation 16 of the FATF Standards on strengthening payment transparency, in addition to endorsing new guidance on financial inclusion and the risk-based approach (RBA). The guidance includes approaches to address de-risking and the application of simplified due diligence (SDD). At the same time, the FATF has revised its assessment methodology to bring it in line with changes to Recommendation 1 of its Standards.

EBA publishes final draft technical standards on operational risk

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published three final draft technical standards for the implementation of the EU Banking Package. They will allow supervisors to monitor institutions’ compliance, in order to promote consistent and enhanced supervision. The EBA is seeking to ensure comprehensive and accurate representation of operational risk in banks' financial statements.

Government to exempt domestic premises suppliers from requiring credit broking permissions to offer BNPL

HM Treasury (HMT) has announced that, following industry and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) engagement, the government has decided to exempt domestic premises suppliers from requiring credit broking permissions to offer buy-now, pay-later (BNPL) products as a payment option.

The FCA’s new Enforcement Guide has landed–including its new investigations publicity policy

Financial services analysis: Sara Cody, knowledge consultant at Linklaters analyses the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) new Enforcement Guide (ENFG), considering what has changed in the FCA’s approach to publicising investigations and outlining other significant changes.

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