John Burns

John is one of the UK’s foremost compliance experts in payment services, and he is Managing Director of our Payment Services team. He provides technical support helping Banks, Payment Institutions and E-money Institutions manage their compliance and plan their commercial strategies in the light of changing regulations.John assists a vast portfolio of payment services clients and has been awarded for his efforts, winning the award of Best Compliance Consultant 2019 from the Compliance Register Platinum Awards.

Before joining Compliancy Services in 2015, John was Senior Manager, Compliance Advisory, for Global Transaction Banking at Lloyds Bank where he also acted as subject matter expert on payments. Prior to that he was the FSA’s (Financial Services Authority, predecessor to the Financial Conduct Authority) Technical Specialist on Payments where he dealt with the UK implementation of the 1st Payment Services Directive and the 2nd E-Money Directive. He was the first editor of the FSA’s PSR Approach Document, assisted with the development of PERG 15 and assisted HM Treasury with the drafting of the UK legislation. He was also a member of the European Commission’s Payments Committee, the ECB’s Forum on the Security of Retail Payments and the EBA’s Standing Committee on Consumer Protection and Financial Innovation.

In addition to his experience John also has an array of legal experience which he brings into his work as a compliance consultant. He has been a graduate member of Institute of Legal Executives, Chair of CHAPS Company Legal Advisory Group, Secretary to APACS/Payments Council Legal Advisory Group and member of EuropeanPayments Council Legal Support Group.

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