7/28/2025 9:16:47 AM History is made: U.S. Crypto Week sees Trump sign GENIUS Act into law, House advances two other key bills for digital assets By Joshua Ashley Klayman Jeffrey Cohen David Lucking Zila Acosta Grimes Tanin Kazemi Nina Zegarra-Schmidt +3 more... Show less On July 18, 2025, President Trump signed into law the GENIUS Act (Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins),...
7/28/2025 9:15:19 AM Guide to the UK's critical third party regime re services provided to the financial sector By Peter Bevan Raza Naeem Harry Eddis Julian Cunningham-Day Simon Treacy Victoria McGowan +3 more... Show less The UK’s critical third party regime came into force on 1 January 2025. The CTP regime enables the Government to designate entities -...
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:...
7/18/2025 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...
7/14/2025 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;...
7/9/2025 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...
6/26/2025 4:32:08 PM FCA criticises how e-money and payments firms manage risk By Harry Eddis Frances Hodgkins Olivia Murphy Arjun Lakhani Fiona Garrahan Simon Treacy +3 more... Show less The Financial Conduct Authority has called on UK payments firms to improve their compliance arrangements. It follows a review which has...
6/20/2025 1:34:10 PM MiCA and payment services: No dual authorisation for stablecoins required (for now...) By Marius Raetz James Morris Dr Clemens Boehm Transactions involving electronic money tokens ('EMTs') are subject to both payment services and crypto-asset regulation, which gives...
6/18/2025 5:32:35 PM Tech Legal Outlook 2025 - Mid-Year Update: GENIUS Act on stablecoins clears U.S. Senate - all eyes now on House of Representatives By Joshua Ashley Klayman Jeffrey Cohen Douglas Donahue David Lucking John Hwang Zila Acosta Grimes +3 more... Show less The Senate’s passage (68 to 30, with strong bipartisan support) of the GENIUS Act marks a massive step forward towards clarity in U.S....
6/6/2025 3:52:59 PM UK to allow wider sale of crypto exchange-traded products By James Morris Simon Treacy The Financial Conduct Authority has suggested opening up access some exchange-traded cryptoasset products for retail customers. Citing...
6/4/2025 1:31:00 PM UK & EU Fintech and payments regulation update – June 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.