1/31/2025 1:28:20 PM Commission rejects DORA subcontracting rules By Raza Naeem James Morris Simon Treacy The European Commission has formally rejected draft rules on monitoring ICT supply chains under the Digital Operational Resilience Act....
1/30/2025 4:33:47 PM UAE’s Securities and Commodities Authority launches consultation on tokenisation framework By Gabriella Savastano Zoe Zhang The United Arab Emirates’ Securities and Commodities Authority (the SCA) has launched a public consultation on draft regulations for...
1/30/2025 11:48:49 AM The EU AI Act: What is it and what do payments firms need to know? By Olivia Murphy The EU AI Act is a regulation which applies directly in every Member State and seeks to impose requirements on the supply and use of AI...
1/28/2025 11:25:18 AM Navigating the US's new crypto terrain: Trump’s Week 1 approach to digital financial technology By Joshua Klayman Zila Acosta Grimes Nina Zegarra-Schmidt President Trump had a busy first week in office when it came to setting out his approach to digital financial technology. In addition to...
1/27/2025 6:35:22 PM Navigating the US's new crypto terrain: Trump's Executive Order on digital financial technology By Joshua Klayman Zila Acosta Grimes Nina Zegarra-Schmidt Prior to Inauguration Day some questioned whether – and to what degree – the Trump Administration was serious about prioritizing crypto....
1/27/2025 2:16:50 PM Games and Interactive Entertainment Legal Outlook 2025 By Verity Egerton-Doyle Alex Roberts Jennifer Calver Kris Ekdahl Gert-Jan Hendrix Laetitia Nicolazzi Patrick O'Connell +4 more... Show less Introduction As video gaming continues to increase in popularity, the worldwide market is firmly on an upwards growth trajectory. Revenue...
1/23/2025 5:37:35 PM Recent developments in FRAND issues at the Unified Patent Court in Europe By Simone Rohr Bolko Ehlgen With the Unified Patent Court (UPC) having issued its first two substantive decisions on FRAND (fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory)...
1/23/2025 10:32:24 AM EU shares key guidance on DORA By Raza Naeem James Morris Simon Treacy Can a financial service be an ICT service? This question often came up in the course of implementing the EU’s Digital Operational...
1/22/2025 3:00:35 PM The EBA's latest PSD2 guidance and its impact for payments firms By Olivia Murphy The European Banking Authority has released a new batch of Q&A responses covering a range of PSD2 topics. In this post we cover the...
1/17/2025 5:33:18 PM Payments in 2025 #5 – AI in payments By Harry Eddis Richard Hay Frances Hodgkins Olivia Murphy Arjun Lakhani Fiona Garrahan +3 more... Show less The payments industry has a strong track record of using AI to help spot and stop fraud. Now, as they explore other opportunities to...
1/17/2025 5:26:13 PM The European Commission's Recommendation on outbound investment in technology areas: what does it cover, and how does it differ from the US approach? By Christoph Barth Neil Hoolihan Jonathan Gafni Erasmia Petousi +1 more... Show less The European Commission has published its Recommendation on reviewing outbound investments in technology areas that are critical for the...
1/16/2025 8:55:11 PM DORA deadline day arrives: Here are five things firms still need to do By Raza Naeem James Morris Simon Treacy Even as the EU’s Digital Operational Resilience Act comes into effect, more work remains to be done. After a two-year implementation...
1/16/2025 5:43:35 PM US consumer digital payments under the spotlight: Key CFPB initiatives to target crypto, video games and more By Joshua Klayman Zila Acosta Grimes Nina Zegarra-Schmidt The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) has recently taken significant steps to strengthen consumer protections in...
1/16/2025 4:47:19 PM Payments in 2025 #4 – Future of retail payments By Harry Eddis Richard Hay Frances Hodgkins Olivia Murphy Arjun Lakhani Fiona Garrahan +3 more... Show less Policymakers in the EU and UK are, for now, allowing a diverse landscape of payment options to co-exist and compete. Instant payments The...
1/15/2025 4:25:23 PM Payments in 2025 #3 – Payment services By Harry Eddis Richard Hay Frances Hodgkins Olivia Murphy Arjun Lakhani Fiona Garrahan +3 more... Show less More regulatory change is on the horizon for payment services. The detail of key reforms to EU and UK payment services legislation will...
1/14/2025 12:22:39 PM Payments in 2025 #2 – Safeguarding By Harry Eddis Richard Hay Frances Hodgkins Olivia Murphy Arjun Lakhani Fiona Garrahan +3 more... Show less Later this year the Financial Conduct Authority will determine its approach to changing the safeguarding regime for payments firms....