Published on 17 March 2019
This is the eighth and final blog in our series on the Contingent Reimbursement Model code (“CReM”) that purports to offer customers strong protection against certain types of Authorised Push Payment Fraud, or “APPF”.
This one concerns the “expectations”
and “standards” that firms should abide by, if they are signatories to the
code. Firms […]
Published on 15 March 2019
This is the seventh blog out of eight in our series on the Contingent Reimbursement Model code (“CReM”) that purports to offer customers strong protection against certain types of Authorised Push Payment Fraud, or “APPF”.
It adds considerable
work for the customer and in doing so reduces the numbers who will be […]
Published on 14 March 2019
This is the sixth blog out of eight in our series on the Contingent Reimbursement Model code (“CReM”) that purports to offer customers strong protection against certain types of Authorised Push Payment Fraud, or “APPF”.
In it we discuss how customers’ baseline rights in law are overlooked.
The CReM fails to adequately qualify […]
Published on 13 March 2019
This is the fifth blog out of eight in our series on the Contingent Reimbursement Model code (“CReM”) that purports to offer customers strong protection against certain types of Authorised Push Payment Fraud, or “APPF”.
Here we focus on who qualifies for cover, who is offering cover, and the vague contingency of […]
Published on 12 March 2019
This is the fourth blog out of eight in our series on the Contingent Reimbursement Model code (“CReM”) that purports to offer customers strong protection against certain types of Authorised Push Payment Fraud, or “APPF”.
We made the
point in Part III that firms demanded Name + Sort Code + Account Number as
mandatory […]
Published on 11 March 2019
This is the third blog out of eight in our series on the Contingent Reimbursement Model code (“CReM”) that purports to offer customers strong protection against certain types of Authorised Push Payment Fraud, or “APPF”.
It doesn’t,
not least because it fails to set out, as a baseline, what the customer’s
rights are in […]
Published on 10 March 2019
This is the second blog out of eight in our series on the Contingent Reimbursement Model code (“CReM”) that purports to offer customers (also known as Payment Service Users or “PSUs”) strong protection against certain types of Authorised Push Payment Fraud, or “APPF”.
This one is
on the types of fraud covered by […]
Published on 8 March 2019
The UK’s Payment Systems Regulator has announced the final version of the Contingent Reimbursement Model code (“CReM”) with the usual fanfare. This is the code, a year or more in the preparation, that purports to offer customers (also known as Payment Service Users or “PSUs”) strong protection against certain types of […]
Published on 28 January 2019
Project Carlton has been conceived as a stock take of the efforts to reform the UK payments business since 2014 and to evaluate the case for a change in direction.
The reform efforts have been spearheaded by the Payment Systems Regulator and its creature the Payment Strategy Forum, involving a supporting cast […]
Published on 17 January 2019
The Daily Express issued a “shock horror” story on 30th December that the EU was in financial meltdown over the loss of the UK’s budget contributions.
This seems overstated.
They have no need to worry for a little while if they get their €40 billion “divorce settlement” – which will be used to […]
