UK Finance welcomes the opportunity to respond to the European Commission Communication on the Competitiveness of the Banking Sector and the Single Market in Banking. Given the close and interconnected nature of the UK-EU financial services relationship, we think it is important that the Commissions proposals fully reflect the role that open, well-regulated and mutually supportive financial markets play in…
UF
UK Finance
Industry association · United Kingdom · EU Transparency Register 537082732275-03
3
positions filed
in the 665 files tracked
3
legislative files
of 665 tracked
2
with a full position paper
attached to a submission
Counts here are a floor, never a total: they cover the 665 consultation files tracked so far (57,800 submissions, mostly 2021–26), so an organization's real filing history is larger, not smaller.
Who they are
Among the 1519 trade and business associations on this site, they rank #943 by legislative files engaged, a count of participation, not a measure of influence.
2.3
declared lobbying FTE
self-declared
€300K+
declared costs / yr (floor)
0
EP accreditations
as declared to the register
2018
in the register since
Declares membership of
- European Banking Federation →
- European Payments Council
- International Banking Federation
- European Federation for Factoring and Commercial Finance
- European Card Payment Association
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 15 Oct 2026).
- Register category
- Trade and business associations
- Registered as
- UK Finance Limited (UK Finance)
- Head office
- London, United kingdom
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 15 Oct 2026); cost bands are floors, not audited totals. Reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.
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Their record over time
UK Finance filed 3 positions between 27 Aug 2021 and 16 Sept 2026, across 3 of the 665 legislative files tracked here, attaching a full position paper 2 times.
2021 · 1 filed2023 · 1 filed2026 · 1 filed
What they argued
UK Finance is the collective voice for the banking and finance industry operating in and from the UK, representing more than 300 domestic and international firms. Our members include businesses that are large and small, corporate and mutual, retail and wholesale.
The consultation document notes third country sanctions are often applied where a nexus with the prohibiting country does not seem to exist. The Commission should consider that as global financial markets are interconnected, foreign currencies can create a nexus to the currency owner even if the transaction is outside that country.
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