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
On 1 August 2019, the UK FCA published an article titled "Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the Boardroom" in its Insight series of opinion and analysis. Its author, Magnus Falk, a senior technology adviser at the FCA who used...more
8/6/2019
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Board of Directors ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corporate Governance ,
Ethical Standards ,
European Commission ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Legal Ethics ,
Popular ,
Senior Managers ,
Supervisors ,
UK
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
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