Earlier this year around 1,000 firms took part in a “dry-run” to test the process for reporting registers under the EU’s Digital...
HM Treasury has launched an independent review of PESAR, the Payment and Electronic Money Special Administration Regime. PESAR was...
In a consultation the Bank of England proposes requiring UK financial market infrastructure to meet 10 new Fundamental Rules. The rules...
The Financial Conduct Authority has set out its stall to strengthen safeguarding rules for payments and e-money firms. Firms will need to...
Against the backdrop of a rapidly evolving payments landscape, the Bank of England has launched a discussion paper on how it should...
The European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) have finalised their much-anticipated technical standard on subcontracting ICT services...
As our mid-year legal outlook shows, the legal impact of AI adoption is not limited to the tech sector. Financial services firms are...
The payments industry faces yet more change in 2024. From DORA and MiCA preparations in the EU to a smarter regulatory framework and...
Need to know:A draft EU law suggests requiring financial firms to open up access to their customers’ dataFirms would have to join schemes...
In 2022 the Government published a consultation which set out proposals to widen the Banking Act 2009 to bring systemically important...
The UK Government has launched an independent review into the future of payments. What is the review? According to its terms of...
Late in 2022, the Monetary Authority of Singapore consulted on various new regulatory measures for digital payment token (DPT) providers....
In this blog series we have been considering a variety of legal issues that are arising with the development of the metaverse. Given that...
The UK is at an important crossroads as it seeks to retain its role as a leading fintech hub. Last week we joined a panel of Linklaters...
Whatever form of metaverse ultimately emerges, it will require huge technological developments in terms of network infrastructure,...
The UK regulators have already introduced rules for regulated firms to build their operational resilience. Now they are turning their...