The Bank of England and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) have finalised a package of changes to firms’ resolution reporting and disclosure requirements which reduces the burden of regulation while maintaining a robust and credible regime that supports growth and competition. The UK’s resolution regime is designed to ensure that banks can fail safely, without disruption…
Read moreThe Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) has rebuked the digital bank Monzo for failing to provide thousands of customers who were closing accounts with copies of their transaction histories. The CMA found that Monzo breached the Retail Banking Market Investigation Order between May 2021 and March 2022. The Order sets out that every customer must receive copies…
Read moreThe Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has said six banks have broken rules about keeping customers informed about changes to interest rates for overdrafts. Lloyds, NatWest, HSBC, Barclays, Metro Bank and Bank of Ireland all breached regulations, the regulator said. The high street banks broke the rules imposed by the CMA under the Retail Banking Market Investigation Order 2017. As a result…
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