Flavour physics from an approximate U(2)^3 symmetry

The approximate U(2)^3 symmetry exhibited by the quark sector of the Standard Model, broken in specific directions dictated by minimality (Minimal U(2)3), can explain the current success of the CKM picture of flavour and CP violation while allowing for large deviations form it at foreseen experiments. On top of this, one can consider all the possible breaking terms appearing in the quark Yukawas (Generic U(2)3), and derive the most relevant bounds on these new parameters. In this extended framework, if needed, one could account for the recently observed CP asymmetry in D → ππ, KK decays, while being consistent with all the other constraints.