Bank of England

302 results about this entity

Period: 02 Nov 2005 - 29 Jul 2025

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Bailey and Reeves clash over Revolut banking licence - FT

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Bailey and Reeves clash over Revolut banking licence - FT

The Bank of England governor has reportedly clashed with chancellor Rachel Reeves over efforts to accelerate Revolut's authorisation as a fully-licenced bank.

Bank of England mulls shelving of digital pound

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Bank of England mulls shelving of digital pound

The Bank of England is considering shelving plans for the creation of a digital pound amid growing scepticism over the project’s benefits.

BofE sets out model for delivering National Payments Vision

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BofE sets out model for delivering National Payments Vision

The UK is overhauling its approach to retail payments infrastructure, with a greater role for the Bank of England and the creation of a new industry-led delivery company to work alongside Pay.UK.

Bank of England fines Vocalink over compliance failure

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Bank of England fines Vocalink over compliance failure

The Bank of England has hit UK payments operator Vocalink with an £11.9 million fine after it missed a deadline to fix problems in its risk management framework.

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The Bank of England crowdsources ieas for new banknote design

The Bank of England is asking the public to give their views on what theme they would like to see represented in the design of the next series of banknotes.

UK banking regulators sketch out boundaries for co-operation in payments planning

The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) provides an opportunity to strengthen coordination between the Bank of England (the Bank), FCA, Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), and Payment Systems Regulator (PSR).

Bank of England accused of 'blundering' to security disaster as hundreds of laptops go missing

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Bank of England accused of 'blundering' to security disaster as hundreds of laptops go missing

The Bank of England has been castigated for losing hundreds of laptops and phones amid an escalating cyber threat.

Bank of England tests AI to spot real-time payment fraud

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Bank of England tests AI to spot real-time payment fraud

A project by the Bank of England and the London BIS Innovation Hub to use AI to spot unfolding and novel financial crime patterns in real-time retail payment systems showed promise but threw up a number of limitations to its efficacy.

The FCA bundles stablecoins into new crypto regime

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The FCA bundles stablecoins into new crypto regime

The FCA has published proposals for ensuring financial resilience in the face of upcoming regulations governing cryptoasset firms, with an added focus on stablecoins.

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Bank of England's renewed RTGS service goes live

On 28 April, our renewed RTGS service – known as RT2 – went live.

EU central banks explore synchronised settlement in FX

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EU central banks explore synchronised settlement in FX

The Bank for International Settlements and its central bank partners have successfully demonstrated how wholesale payment infrastructures, such as RTGS systems, can interoperate with each other for FX transactions via new technologies, such as distributed ledgers.

Digital pound offline payments 'challenging' - BofE

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Digital pound offline payments 'challenging' - BofE

Offline payment functionality is technically feasible for a future digital pound but there are trade-offs that make it challenging, according to new Bank of England research.

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