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
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
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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 31 January 2020 - the very date of the UK's withdrawal from the EU - the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) issued a consultation on draft technical standards underpinning the recently revised EU market...more
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
The impact of crypto-assets on the global financial system continues to be a subject of debate for regulatory and supervisory authorities....more
7/5/2019
/ Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) ,
Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructure (CPMI) ,
Cryptoassets ,
Cryptocurrency ,
EU ,
European Central Bank ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
FATF ,
Financial Regulatory Agencies ,
Financial Stability Board ,
Global Market ,
International Standards ,
IOSCO ,
OECD ,
Trading Platforms
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
NPLs are a hot topic, high on the European supervisory authorities' agenda. Legislative and prudential requirements to reduce NPLs are rapidly evolving. In March of 2018, the EC published a package of reforms aimed at...more
3/16/2019
/ Amended Regulation ,
Banking Sector ,
Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) ,
Credit ,
Distressed Debt ,
EU ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
European Council ,
European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Greece ,
IFRS ,
Member State ,
Non-Performing Loans (NPL) ,
Proposed Amendments
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