This article, updated quarterly, looks ahead to the areas expected to be prioritised by financial services regulators across the globe; we look at the key regulatory trends emerging from the past year which inform our...more
8/8/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Capital Requirements ,
Climate Change ,
Crisis Management ,
Cryptoassets ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
UK ,
United States
This article, updated quarterly, looks ahead to the areas expected to be prioritized by financial services regulators across the globe; we look at the key regulatory trends emerging from the past year which inform our...more
5/14/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Banking Sector ,
Climate Change ,
Crisis Management ,
Cryptoassets ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Greenwashing ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
Strategic Planning ,
UK
On 27 June 2023, the UK signed a long-awaited Memorandum of Understanding ("MoU") with the European Union ("EU") to increase co-operation on financial services.
The MoU has been a long time coming: regulatory cooperation...more
As the world emerges from the turmoil caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the financial services sector is going through a time of considerable change. This section highlights some developments to be aware of in key regulatory...more
12/7/2022
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Cryptoassets ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Market Abuse ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Sustainability ,
UK ,
United States
With a new operational resilience framework in force in the UK and similar reforms proposed in the EU and the US, we examine how the regimes compare and their practical impact on financial services firms....more
12/5/2022
/ Bank of England ,
Banks ,
Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) ,
Cyber Incident Reporting ,
Cybersecurity ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Federal Deposit Insurance Act ,
FFIEC ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Infrastructure ,
IOSCO ,
Natural Disasters ,
New Rules ,
Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) ,
UK
As lawmakers look to reform aspects of wholesale markets regulation, the UK may be poised to drift closer to the US.
In his Mansion House speech on July 1, 2021, Rishi Sunak, the then-Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced...more
12/2/2022
/ Capital Markets ,
Economic Development ,
Equity Markets ,
EU ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Trading Platforms ,
UK ,
United States ,
Wholesale
UK & European Financial Services M&A: Sector trends H2 2021 | H1 2022 — Specialty Finance/Marketplace Lending -
Marginal uptick in M&A levels in the past 12 months, with property, automotive and revenue-based finance...more
8/2/2022
/ Acquisitions ,
Buyers ,
Capital Markets ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Global Market ,
International Trade ,
Investors ,
Mergers ,
Private Equity ,
Specialty Financing ,
UK
Challenges and opportunities in the US, UK and Europe -
"Many Fintechs that previously avoided bank-like regulation in the US are now actively seeking that status."
The digital revolution was well underway long before most...more
11/17/2021
/ Banking Sector ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Services ,
EU ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinTech ,
Licenses ,
Popular ,
Sandbox ,
Technology Sector ,
UK
It has been a period rife with notable shifts on the global stage; a new administration in the US, the end of the Brexit transition period and the reaching of key milestones in the discontinuation of LIBOR, to name but a few....more
11/16/2021
/ Banking Sector ,
Biden Administration ,
Climate Change ,
Cross-Border ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Markets ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Libor ,
OCC ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Sustainability ,
UK
Financial institutions M&A sector trends: specialty finance/marketplace lending — H1 2021 and outlook for H2 2021 -
M&A levels dipped in H1 2021. Whilst institutional banks backed trade and B2B finance platforms and VC...more
9/29/2021
/ Acquisitions ,
Banks ,
Buyers ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Markets ,
Investment ,
Investors ,
Mergers ,
National Stockpile ,
Private Equity ,
Specialty Financing ,
Venture Capital
The UK's departure from the EU has created new uncertainties in EU-UK cross-border financial services. One such area is the regulatory landscape that EU and UK financial services firms will have to navigate when doing...more
The White & Case Capital Markets team updates its March 2018 publication on bond repurchases given the current environment where issuers may consider whether, if their bonds are trading at a discount to par, they should...more
3/30/2020
/ Bond Issuers ,
Bonds ,
Buyback Programs ,
Capital Markets ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Creeping Tenders ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
EU ,
EU Market Abuse Regulation (EU MAR) ,
Offerors ,
Repurchases ,
Rule 144A ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Threshold Requirements ,
Wellman Factors
The UK Government has been quick to respond to the economic shock and disruption caused by the outbreak of COVID-19 and, over the past week, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, HM Treasury and the Bank of England have announced...more
3/24/2020
/ Bank of England ,
Borrowers ,
Business Interruption ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Issuers ,
EU ,
Financial Crisis ,
Government-Guaranteed Loans ,
HM Treasury ,
Industrial Sector ,
Relief Measures ,
State Aid ,
UK
Current rules fall short of providing a clear framework for a single European market for fintech companies.
The development of a single market for fintech has recently been placed at the center of the EU financial...more
1/2/2020
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Banking Sector ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
EU ,
EU Single Market ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
European Commission ,
European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Regulatory Agencies ,
FinTech ,
Member State ,
Passporting
How to stay ahead of the curve, minimize future costs of compliance and feed the growing demand from investors for responsible products and services -
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing is accelerating...more
12/23/2019
/ AMF ,
Benchmarks ,
Carbon Emissions ,
Climate Change ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
EU Action Plans ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Regulatory Agencies ,
Green Finance ,
Investment Funds ,
MiFID II ,
Paris Agreement ,
Pollution Control ,
Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) ,
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) ,
Sustainable Finance ,
Taxonomy ,
UK ,
UK Insolvency Act ,
United Nations
On 18 July 2019 the European Banking Authority (EBA) published a report on the EU regulatory perimeter, national regulatory status and EU national regulators' (NCAs') authorisation approaches for FinTech firms conducting...more
7/25/2019
/ Banking Sector ,
Capital Requirements Directive IV (CRDIV) ,
Crowdfunding ,
Cryptoassets ,
Electronic Payment Transactions ,
EMD2 ,
EU ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
European Commission ,
FinTech ,
NCAs ,
Payment Services Directive ,
Popular ,
PSD2 ,
Regulatory Oversight
On 12 July 2019 the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) reported on the status of FinTech firm licensing regimes across the EU, based on two ESMA surveys of EU national competent authorities (NCAs). ESMA's report...more
7/17/2019
/ Crowdfunding ,
Cryptoassets ,
Cybersecurity ,
Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) ,
FinTech ,
Initial Coin Offering (ICOs) ,
Innovation Hubs ,
Licensing Rules ,
MiFID II ,
NCAs ,
Outsourcing ,
Popular ,
Sandbox