Policy and Guidance

Financial market infrastructures: approaches to the bank holiday on 19 September

Frequently asked questions regarding banking services during the period of national mourning and the bank holiday on 19 September.

This statement is specific to properties in England or otherwise covered by the regime in the Building Safety Act 2022.

Confirmation of Payee is a name checking service for UK based payments which provides customers (both personal and business) greater assurance that they are sending payments to the intended recipient, helping to avoid making accidental, misdirected payments to the wrong account holder, as well as providing another layer of protection in the fight against fraud and scams. A payee is the term used to describe the person or business that you are paying money to.

The lending and valuation industries agree that owners, and/or prospective buyers of flats should have confidence that the home they live in or wish to buy is safe and free from fire safety defects.

Supply chain risk has been identified by UK Finance members as a high priority area and one that could benefit from an industry standard set of controls. Therefore, this framework has been developed to help firms minimise the risk of onboarding new or existing suppliers by providing a set of operational resilience focused controls that they can use during the supplier assurance process.