Industry responses

As well as proactively campaigning, the BSA frequently comments on consultative papers issued by the Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority, and by Government departments such as the Treasury or the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.

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BSA endorses the UK Money Markets Code

Date: 18 July 2017
Author: Jeremy Palmer

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Regulatory reporting

We are disappointed that the “inconsistencies” between the templates in the policy statement and the XBRL taxonomy were not discovered at the time of publication.

Date: 06 July 2017
Author: Andrea Jeffries

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Our response to FRED 67

We welcome any effort to improve, clarify and simplify accounting regulation.

Date: 30 June 2017
Author: Andrea Jeffries

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FCA regulated fees and levies 2017/ 2018

We welcome the falls in some of the proposed fee rates. But we note with some disappointment the general increase in the regulator's costs.

Date: 09 June 2017
Author: Andrea Jeffries

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BSA response to FCA CP17/11 Implementation of the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2): draft Approach Document and draft Handbook changes

Date: 08 June 2017
Author: Andrew Hopkins

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Refining the PRA's Pillar 2A capital framework

Date: 31 May 2017
Author: Jeremy Palmer

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Our response to consultation on the third PPF levy triennium – 2018/19 to 2020/21

An industry scorecard for the regulated financial services sector is a good start but we have some concerns about its applicability to a typical building society. There are also question marks over the scorecards for entities with a credit rating.