Published on 7 December 2018
The Bank of England recently woke up and issued its Financial Stability Report and Stress Test results – November 2018. In it the Bank warned that a “further deterioration in Italy’s financial outlook could result in material spillovers to the euro area and the UK” .
In its more detailed comments the […]
Published on 20 November 2018
“Request to Pay” or “RtP” is a new service planned for the UK by Pay.uk (formerly known as New Payment System Operator), and is likely to be adopted in some form within the Single Euro Payments Area as well.
The basic concept is that an invoice for regular utility supplies – like […]
Published on 19 November 2018
The EUObserver published an abridged version of our article that appeared earlier in “Lawyer Monthly”, about how the USA has had to apply mounting pressure on Cyprus to interdict the operation of the “Cyprus business model”.
You can download the EUObserver version here
This business model is the interaction of several factors:
the […]
Published on 16 November 2018
We have sent a response to the Payment Systems Regulator on their consultation regarding the Contingent Reimbursement Model draft code.
This is about reimbursing victims of Authorised Push Payments Fraud – or not.
You can download our response here
This is one of the worst documents we have come across in a very long […]
Published on 14 November 2018
We made a presentation on 8th November to Vendorcom’s Special Interest Group on Faster Payments about the vulnerability that fraudsters exploit in the Faster Payments system which enables Authorised Push Payments Fraud, and how none of the New Payments Architecture, Confirmation of Payee, or the Contingent Reimbursement Model will resolve it.
You […]
Published on 12 November 2018
We made a presentation on 8th November 2018 to the Operations conference of the London Association of Foreign Banks on PSD2, focusing on:
Conduct-of-Business rules
eBanking security, the EBA Regulatory Technical Standards, the interconnection with Open Banking, and how ASPSPs should accommodate Third-Party Providers
the obligation of credit institutions to provide […]
Published on 30 October 2018
On 18th October 2018 Pay.uk – the re-branded New Payment System Operator – held a launch event and distributed brochures about their new service called Confirmation of Payee, or CoP. We have previously labelled Pay.uk’s approach to CoP as a “CoP-out” and so it has proved.
CoP is the service that up […]
Published on 23 October 2018
On 18th October 2018 Pay.uk – the re-branded New Payment System Operator – held a launch event and distributed brochures about their procurement process for a strategic partner with whom to develop the New Payments Architecture – or “NPA” – for the UK’s retail payments.
The prospectus was entitled “Enabling a vibrant […]
Published on 12 October 2018
Based on research we carried out for Project Carlton and communications via our constituency MP, we made a submission on NPSO’s proposed “Confirmation of Payee” service and on Authorised Push Payment Fraud, and into the Treasury Select Committee for their inquiry into the work of the Payment Systems Regulator.
You can download […]
Published on 26 September 2018
If you have ever tried to listen to a damaged 78 rpm record of Harry Lauder’s “Keep Right On To The End Of The Road”, Theresa May’s speeches since Salzburg will be familiar in both form, and content, and in their constant re-covering of the same ground as the stylus slides […]