<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Sterling Playbook — The Wire</title><link>https://sterlingplaybook.com</link><description>Source-led UK payment regulation research notes. Static edition.</description><language>en-gb</language><lastBuildDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2026 09:00:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title>Safeguarding reform: distinguish the regime from the implementation file.</title><link>https://sterlingplaybook.com/wire/safeguarding-supplementary-regime-now-in-force/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sterlingplaybook.com/wire/safeguarding-supplementary-regime-now-in-force/</guid><description>A dated source note on PS25/12 and the questions a control owner should take back to the business.</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A monthly return needs a daily evidence trail.</title><link>https://sterlingplaybook.com/wire/what-monthly-safeguarding-reporting-changes-for-control-owners/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sterlingplaybook.com/wire/what-monthly-safeguarding-reporting-changes-for-control-owners/</guid><description>How to organise ownership and source data for REP027 without treating submission as assurance.</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>APP reimbursement starts with the scope of the claim.</title><link>https://sterlingplaybook.com/wire/app-reimbursement-what-in-scope-means-operationally/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sterlingplaybook.com/wire/app-reimbursement-what-in-scope-means-operationally/</guid><description>Separate the payment route, customer eligibility and claim assessment before applying a cap.</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>What to extract from a payment-infrastructure notice.</title><link>https://sterlingplaybook.com/wire/payments-infrastructure-notices-what-an-emi-team-should-extract/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sterlingplaybook.com/wire/payments-infrastructure-notices-what-an-emi-team-should-extract/</guid><description>Turn a scheme notice into a change record that names the affected service, owner and evidence.</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A firm name is the beginning of a register check.</title><link>https://sterlingplaybook.com/wire/why-a-firm-name-is-not-enough-when-checking-fca-status/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sterlingplaybook.com/wire/why-a-firm-name-is-not-enough-when-checking-fca-status/</guid><description>Legal entity, reference number, permissions and contact details belong in the same verification record.</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Read the period, the requirement and the finding.</title><link>https://sterlingplaybook.com/wire/how-to-read-a-final-notice-without-overgeneralising-it/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sterlingplaybook.com/wire/how-to-read-a-final-notice-without-overgeneralising-it/</guid><description>A final notice is a specific record. It is not a timeless rating of a firm.</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>