Modernising UK payments: HM Treasury's proposed overhaul of the payment services regime -

HM Treasury has launched a 12-week consultation on modernising UK payments regulation, proposing to shift technical requirements from legislation into FCA rules whilst keeping core consumer protections statutory. The overhaul covers tokenised payments, open banking reforms, and agentic payments, with implementation via secondary legislation.

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