Jun 20, 2022 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...
Dec 17, 2021 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...
Dec 07, 2021 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...
Nov 15, 2021 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...
Nov 12, 2021 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...
Nov 05, 2021 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,...
Oct 14, 2021 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...
Oct 13, 2021 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...
Jun 29, 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...
Jun 23, 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....
Jun 07, 2021 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,...