On 5 December 2019 the Bank of England (Bank), UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published coordinated consultation papers and policy on new requirements to strengthen...more
3/12/2020
/ Bank of England ,
Board of Directors ,
Business Continuity Plans ,
CEOs ,
Cloud Computing ,
Consultation Papers ,
Contingency Plans ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
EU ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
European Central Bank ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Markets ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Market Participants ,
Outsourcing ,
Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) ,
Risk Management ,
Security Risk Assessments ,
SMCR ,
Third-Party Service Provider ,
UK ,
UK Brexit
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
New guidelines reflect the rise of outsourcing by financial institutions in a new era of disintermediation and technological change.
In February 2019, the European Banking Authority (EBA) published its final guidelines on...more
7/8/2019
/ EU ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Regulatory Agencies ,
FinTech ,
Germany ,
Harmonization Rules ,
Outsourcing ,
Payment Services Directive ,
Payment Systems ,
Risk Management ,
Third-Party Service Provider
Partners Julia Smithers Excell and Stuart Willey, and associate Laura Kitchen of global law firm White & Case take a deep dive on the latest publications from EU and UK regulators aimed at providing supervisory clarity on the...more
4/1/2019
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Bank of England ,
Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) ,
Bearer Shares ,
Collective Investment Schemes ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Cryptoassets ,
CSDR ,
Debt Instruments ,
Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) ,
Electronic Payment Transactions ,
EU ,
EU Market Abuse Regulation (EU MAR) ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
European Commission ,
European Economic Area (EEA) ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Exchange Tokens ,
FATF ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Instruments ,
FinTech ,
HM Treasury ,
Information Reports ,
Initial Coin Offering (ICOs) ,
Member State ,
MiFID II ,
Popular ,
Prospectus ,
PSD2 ,
Securities ,
Securities Tokens ,
Transparency ,
UK ,
UK Regulated Activities Order (RAO Amendments) ,
Utility Tokens
Essential features of bank capital regulation across Europe in one handy wall chart.
Regulatory capital requirements for prudentially supervised financial services companies across Europe are complex and changing rapidly....more
3/26/2019
/ Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD) ,
Banks ,
Capital Markets ,
Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) ,
CRD IV Directive ,
Credit ,
EU ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
European Economic Area (EEA) ,
Financial Regulatory Agencies ,
Insolvency ,
MREL ,
TLAC
On 9 January 2019, the European Banking Authority (EBA)1 and the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)2 published two reports with their advice on cryptoassets for the European Commission (EC) (and in ESMA's case,...more
1/15/2019
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Cryptocurrency ,
CSDR ,
Digital Currency ,
EU ,
EU Market Abuse Regulation (EU MAR) ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) ,
FinTech ,
Initial Coin Offering (ICOs) ,
MiFID II ,
Risk Management ,
Securities ,
Virtual Currency