30 Jun, 2021 FCA's ban on Binance By Frances Hodgkins The FCA has banned Binance Markets Limited from undertaking any regulated activities in the UK, and in so doing, took the opportunity to...
29 Jun, 2021 3 Takeaways: Interview with the Head of the New York Department of Financial Service’s Cybersecurity Division By Linklaters On June 15, 2021, I was fortunate to have had the chance to sit down with Justin Herring, Executive Deputy Superintendent, Cybersecurity...
29 Jun, 2021 New pressure points as lawmakers and antitrust authorities intervene in the digital economy By Linklaters Digital markets continue to be a clear focus for competition authorities globally and regulatory scrutiny is expected to increase even...
24 Jun, 2021 Upcoming rules on the advertising of crypto-assets in Spain By Gonzalo Diaz We have all seen certain crypto-currencies soar in price, while offers and advertising of these crypto-assets are growing. The Spanish...
24 Jun, 2021 Why operational resilience is the new tool in the regulators’ toolkit By Simon Treacy There’s something very satisfying about finding you have the right tool for the job. For a regulator, the tools of their trade are the...
23 Jun, 2021 SEC focused on cyber issues.... By Doug Davison Reports indicate that SEC enforcement has turned its focus to possible disclosure failures by victims of cyber breaches. SEC enforcement...
23 Jun, 2021 Football Index: widening the (regulatory) net By Ben Packer Football Index’s high-profile collapse could prove to be another lesson in how novel online products can fall through regulatory gaps....
22 Jun, 2021 CMA sets its sights on mobile ecosystems with latest market study By Kim Rust The UK's Competition and Market's Authority has launched a market study into mobile ecosystems, continuing its focus on competition in...
21 Jun, 2021 Raising the bar - the European Parliament moves to toughen the Digital Services Act By Clare Murray Guillaume Couneson A first set of amendments to the proposed Digital Services Act (DSA) were published by the European Parliament (EP) at the beginning of...
17 Jun, 2021 How cryptic is crypto? By Frances Hodgkins Following previous quantitative and qualitative studies since 2018, the FCA has now published its latest research on cryptoasset...
16 Jun, 2021 Strong and Stable… and Safe: The Bank of England consider Stablecoin Regulation needs By Michael Fatungase In a very interesting speech by Christina Segal-Knowles (the Bank of England's Executive Director for Financial Markets Infrastructure),...
15 Jun, 2021 SEC Charges Issuer With Cybersecurity Disclosure Controls Failures By Doug Davison The SEC sent a clear reminder to public companies grappling with cyber-attacks that information concerning cyber vulnerabilities and...
14 Jun, 2021 The EU's GDPR - looking back at Year 3 and forward to Year 4 By Linklaters Whilst GDPR awareness and enforcement have increased during the third year of the GDPR being in force, Y3 has also marked by data...
11 Jun, 2021 Third time (un)lucky? China finalises its Data Security Law By Alex Roberts Much anticipated, mainland China’s second cybersecurity pillar was finalised on 10 June in the form of the new Data Security Law (“DSL”)....
10 Jun, 2021 The future for the UK's fintech sector #5 - ESG challenges and opportunities for the sector By Rachel Barrett I recently participated in a client webinar with a panel of colleagues looking at the future for the UK's fintech sector. See this video...
08 Jun, 2021 Zero commission brokers under review by EU By Linklaters The recent influx of retail investors into trading and increasing popularity of trading apps has brought the zero-commission models...