7/22/2025 5:17:50 PM The countdown begins: FMIs given one year to put fundamental rules into practice By James Morris Simon Treacy The Bank of England has finalised its Fundamental Rules for financial market infrastructure. Having originally proposed a six-month...
7/21/2025 1:16:39 PM The Consumer Duty and BNPL – uncomfortable accommodation or a meeting of minds? By Sara Cody Earlier this year the Government laid legislation before Parliament to bring more BNPL agreements into the scope of UK regulation (see:...
7/21/2025 9:48:10 AM Balancing transparency and confidentiality: U.S. court shields Google’s EC settlement documents from disclosure By William Leslie John Eichlin Laura Pinilla Mario Sáenz +1 more... Show less Global competition investigations and litigation raise a myriad of challenges: a lesser commented one is protecting the benefits of...
7/18/2025 11:38:45 AM China’s DPO reporting obligation goes live immediately By Alex Roberts Tiantian Ke Today (18 July), the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) issued a notice requiring certain personal information processors to report...
7/18/2025 9:11:01 AM FCA shapes rules for BNPL at start of one year countdown to new regime By Harry Eddis Clare Whittle Frances Hodgkins Arjun Lakhani Olivia Murphy Fiona Garrahan Simon Treacy +4 more... Show less Buy-now pay-later providers often rely on exemptions to remain outside the scope of regulation. As the UK plans to tighten these...
7/16/2025 9:57:33 AM Asia Fintech and Payments Regulatory Update: July 2025 By Peiying Chua Alex Roberts Teguh Arwiko Gabriella Savastano Kishore Bhindi +2 more... Show less We are delighted to publish our latest Asia Fintech and Payments regulatory update, a horizon scan of regulatory highlights across the...
7/15/2025 8:05:35 PM One step closer to the next generation of UK retail payments infrastructure By Olivia Murphy In November last year the Government released its north star for UK payments in the form of the National Payments Vision. The NPV...
7/14/2025 9:13:06 AM Hong Kong Proposes New Licences for Virtual Assets Dealing and Custody By Carl Fernandes Kishore Bhindi Natalie Lam Clara Hackney +1 more... Show less The Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau and the Securities and Futures Commission have jointly issued two public consultations;...
7/10/2025 10:26:01 AM New EU guidance: Automotive players can collectively negotiate licenses for technologies protected by Standard Essential Patents By William Leslie Schweta Batohi Marilena Nteve Théo Mayer +1 more... Show less BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen and ThyssenKrupp have received the European Commission’s blessing to collectively negotiate patent...
7/9/2025 9:17:01 AM UK & EU Fintech and payments regulation update – July 2025 By Harry Eddis Richard Hay Simon Treacy Frances Hodgkins Arjun Lakhani Olivia Murphy +3 more... Show less In this monthly update, we summarise the latest legal and regulatory developments for firms in the payments sector. We also publish...
7/9/2025 9:09:03 AM Asia Fintech and Payments regulatory update - June 2025 By Peiying Chua Alex Roberts Teguh Arwiko Gabriella Savastano +1 more... Show less Welcome to the Linklaters Asia Fintech and Payments regulatory update for June 2025 – a horizon scan where we flag key updates for...
7/9/2025 8:49:28 AM Tech Legal Outlook 2025: Mid-Year Update By Jennifer Calver Clare Murray We are delighted to launch the Tech Legal Outlook 2025: Mid-Year Update. This latest edition considers some of the key trends across the...
7/8/2025 8:31:06 PM Final pieces of DORA rulebook fall into place By Raza Naeem James Morris Simon Treacy In the last couple of years EU financial entities have been busy implementing the Digital Operational Resilience Act. DORA started to...
7/3/2025 9:45:35 AM Enforcement of the UK’s Online Safety Act: where are we? By Ben Packer Rebecca Dickie Annabel Rodgers Endersby Ofcom, the UK’s online safety regulator has kicked off enforcement under the UK’s Online Safety Act 2023 (OSA)– what can we learn from...