6/20/2022 10:48:19 AM UK begins now to regulate later: Further updates on BNPL By Frances Hodgkins The UK has confirmed plans to strengthen the regulation of interest-free buy-now, pay-later arrangements. The announcement comes in the...
12/17/2021 5:35:50 PM E-money laundering? By Ben Packer Simon Treacy Transparency International has turned the spotlight on the money laundering risks posed by the UK electronic money sector. Its report...
12/7/2021 10:13:53 AM What’s on the regulatory horizon for UK payments in 2022? By Simon Treacy Our UK Payments Horizon Report 2022 sets out the important regulatory milestones for the year to come. The report covers the FCA’s...
11/15/2021 12:14:59 PM Changes to take effect for payment transfers between UK and EU By Simon Treacy Nigel Patel The FCA has reminded UK payment service providers to prepare for changes to the law which will affect how they make cross-border...
11/12/2021 4:04:56 PM We don’t need no digital authority By Linklaters A group of regulators has said “thanks, but no thanks” to the suggestion of having a new regulator on the block. Back in 2019, a...
11/5/2021 5:30:17 PM Our latest payments podcast looks at what regulation would mean for BNPL By Simon Treacy In many ways, buy-now, pay-later is the classic fintech story. Technology creating a multi-billion-dollar industry out of nothing,...
10/14/2021 2:52:59 PM Where AI overlaps with financial services regulation By Simon Treacy Sophia Le Vesconte Early next year the UK’s Office for AI will release a white paper on governing and regulating artificial intelligence. This may pave the...
10/13/2021 3:53:42 PM SEC Enforcement Director outlines focus areas, including obfuscation of evidence, cyber and admissions By Doug Davison During a recent speech, Gurbir Grewal, recently named Director of the SEC's Enforcement Division, cited a recent Gallup poll showing that...
6/29/2021 6:31:51 PM 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...
6/23/2021 4:22:30 PM 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....
6/7/2021 8:22:04 AM The necessity of using supervisory technology By Olivia Murphy 'With the banking sector embracing digitalisation, banking supervisors must also adapt'. These are the words of Pentti Hakkarainen,...