On 12 January 2021, the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC) issued the Regulating the Informatization Work of Insurance Intermediaries Measures (Insurance Intermediaries Measures), which took effect on 1...more
11/12/2021
/ Capital Markets ,
China ,
Consumer Insurance Products ,
Foreign Exchanges ,
Foreign Investment ,
Hong Kong ,
Indonesia ,
Insurance Regulations ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Singapore ,
Vietnam
The tracker covers a range of developments across the region, including steps taken by the Chinese authorities to decentralise regulations in the insurance sector, a new amendment bill passed by the Hong Kong Legislative...more
4/1/2021
/ China ,
Consumer Insurance Products ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Hong Kong ,
Indonesia ,
Insurance Regulations ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Life Insurance ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Singapore
China is marching on to be the world's pioneering cashless society but unfortunately there is an almost complete absence of foreign counterparts in the huge Chinese domestic or cross border transactions initiated from China....more
8/27/2019
/ China ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
E-Commerce ,
Foreign Investment ,
Foreign Investment Entities (FIEs) ,
Internet Retailers ,
Licensing Rules ,
Payment Services Directive ,
PBOC ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Telecommunications ,
Third Party Payments
On December 29, 2017, the Standardization Administration of China, jointly with the PRC General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, issued the Information Security Technology – Personal...more
11/14/2018
/ China ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Cooperative Compliance Regime ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data-Sharing ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Information Technology ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Requirements
Foreign investment in cloud services is heavily restricted in China. For years, international cloud operators have been struggling to identify structures that address regulatory concerns, but at the same time enable a service...more
On 28 June 2018, the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Commerce released the Foreign Investment Market Access Special Administrative Measures (Negative List) (2018 Version), which will become...more
In March of this year, the State Council released the Scientific Data Administrative Measures, a set of rules with the seemingly innocuous aim of collecting and making public the results of government-funded scientific...more
Some of the 800+ Hogan Lovells lawyers who look at the TMT Industry Sector share their perspectives on the future. From Tokyo to Mexico; from Blockchain to satellites; from M&A to privacy.
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12/22/2017
/ 3D Printing ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Blockchain ,
Competition ,
Digital Single Market ,
Disruptive Technology ,
Driverless Cars ,
Drones ,
E-Commerce ,
Emerging Markets ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Silicon Valley ,
Technology Sector ,
Telehealth ,
Unmanned Aircraft Systems
Following serious incidents of civilian drones entering the airspace of Chinese airports and causing flight delays last April, China’s civil aviation authority has issued the Real-name Registration of Civil Unmanned Aircraft...more
The numbers - Outbound M&A transactions collapse -
In the wake of record levels of outbound direct investment ("ODI"), a currency under downward pressure and diminishing foreign exchange reserves, the Chinese government...more
On 30 June 2016, the industry self-regulating body, the Asset Management Association of China published what, on the face of it, appeared to be a fairly innocuous document entitled Questions and Answers regarding the...more
3/23/2017
/ CEPA ,
China ,
China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Markets ,
Foreign Investment ,
Foreign-Owned Corporations ,
Investment Funds ,
Investment Management ,
Joint Venture ,
MOFCOM ,
Private Funds ,
Regulatory Oversight
Welcome to the Hogan Lovells Global Payments Newsletter. In this monthly publication we provide an overview of the most recent payments, regulatory and market developments from major jurisdictions around the world as well as...more
1/18/2017
/ Africa ,
Banking Sector ,
Banks ,
Blockchain ,
BSA/AML ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Credit Cards ,
EU ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
Facebook ,
Financial Fraud ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Markets ,
FinTech ,
France ,
Germany ,
India ,
Indonesia ,
Italy ,
Malaysia ,
MasterCard ,
Mobile Apps ,
Mobile Banking ,
Money Transfer ,
Payment Services Directive ,
Popular ,
Prepaid Payment Products ,
PSD2 ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Reporting Requirements ,
RTS ,
Scams ,
Stock Exchange ,
Technology ,
Third-Party ,
UK ,
Visa Inc ,
Western Union