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South Korean President Yoon removed as court upholds impeachment April 04, 2025 | Wooyoung Lee

South Korea’s top court ruled  unanimously today to permanently remove President Yoon Suk Yeol from office following his impeachment over a declaration of martial law that triggered a political crisis and mobi... (more story)

Power to 'modify' decisions could avoid unhelpful 'ping pong,' EU judge says April 03, 2025 | Lewis Crofts

Giving EU judges the power to change a regulator’s decision and not just review its legality would avoid the “unsatisfactory ping-pong” of cases, according to Ulf Öberg, a judge at the EU’s lower-tier General Court.

European Commission urged to ‘revisit’ financial data access proposal April 02, 2025 | Fanny Roux

The European Parliament and the Council of the EU have asked the European Commission to simplify its financial data access proposal, known as FIDA, before resuming discussions on it. This request follows conce... (more story)

Ex-Barclays boss Staley knew risk of misleading FCA over Epstein, UK court told April 02, 2025 | Martin Coyle

Former Barclays boss Jes Staley made false claims about his relationship with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, a UK court was told today as closing arguments began in a month-long trial. Staley is fighting... (more story)

Ex-Wyelands director George Jay Hambro fined GPB72,000 by UK watchdog (update*) April 02, 2025 | Sofia Gerace

A former non-executive director at collapsed Wyelands Bank was handed a fine of 72,000 pounds by the UK prudential watchdog for breaches of conduct rules between 2017 and 2020. Last month, audit company PwC ha... (more story)

Visa, Mastercard see formal proposal for duty to report on UK profitability April 02, 2025 | Phoebe Seers

Visa and Mastercard should have to report their UK financial performance on an ongoing basis, the country’s payments regulator formally proposed today as it opened a consultation on remedies in the market for ... (more story)

Deutsche Bank units fined over 'greenwashing' scandal April 02, 2025 | Martin Coyle

Two Deutsche Bank units have been fined 25 million euros ($27 million) by German prosecutors over allegations of "greenwashing" financial products. Today's fine follows similar action taken against one of the ... (more story)

No commissions wouldn't mean cheaper car finance, UK Supreme Court hears April 02, 2025 | Sofia Gerace

UK judges at the Supreme Court have heard on Wednesday that if car finance lenders paid no commissions to brokers, the car finance provided to customers wouldn't be any cheaper. The remarks from the barrister ... (more story)

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Banking mergers across EU clouded by ECB’s ‘Danish compromise’ stance April 01, 2025 | Jean Comte

Banco BPM is to go ahead with its plan to buy asset manager Anima despite its supervisor, the ECB, pushing against the favorable capital requirements treatment that the bank was expecting. The central bank's s... (more story)

Reforms to UK payments landscape go beyond my expectations, review author says April 01, 2025 | Phoebe Seers

The author of an influential UK "future of payments" review has said recent government reforms to sector regulation have gone further than even he imagined. Joe Garner’s review set in motion events that led to... (more story)

Billions at stake as UK car-finance challenge arrives at Supreme Court March 31, 2025 | Sofia Gerace

The future of the UK car finance industry is at stake this week with a three-day hearing of the country's highest court from tomorrow. Judges are tasked with examining whether commissions paid by lenders to de... (more story)

UK FCA is focused on long-term growth, not flash fixes, director says March 28, 2025 | Sofia Gerace

With the UK financial watchdog increasingly focused on delivering reforms to help boost sustainable growth in the country, its director of infrastructure and exchanges has stressed that the focus is on the lon... (more story)

UK payments lobbyists focus on Consumer Standard Of Caution for fraud March 27, 2025 | Phoebe Seers

After a series of victories for the payments industry in its fight for a less constrictive regulatory regime, attention is now likely to turn to an often-overlooked provision in the UK’s fraud-reimbursement ru... (more story)

Concerns about lost focus on payments are reasonable, UK regulator says March 26, 2025 | Phoebe Seers

Concerns that a move to abolish the UK’s dedicated payments regulator could result in less focus on payments are “absolutely reasonable,” a senior official from that regulator has said. “If we don’t think abou... (more story)

On EU-level financial supervision, leaders make steps but uncertainty remains March 21, 2025 | Fanny Roux

Regulatory changes to EU financial services are needed to “create truly integrated and deeper European capital markets, by achieving the Capital Markets Union as a matter of urgency,” EU leaders concluded at t... (more story)

Removal of US FTC commissioners stirs court fight on presidential power March 19, 2025 | Claude R. Marx and Dwight A. Weingarten

US President Donald Trump’s firing of Democratic Federal Trade Commission members Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter is setting up a likely Supreme Court fight that could dramatically reshape the executive branch.