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What you need to know about Bermuda new Digital Identity Service Provider Regime

Walkers on 5/5/2025

A new licensing regime for digital identity service providers is to be introduced in Bermuda. The new licensing regime should pave the way for a smoother CDD journey for consumers, without compromising Bermuda's high...more

January 2025 - LATAM Intellectual Property & Data Protection Newsletter

Mayer Brown on 2/18/2025

Read the first 2025 edition of the Intellectual Property & Data Protection Newsletter, a publication from Tauil & Chequer Advogados in association with Mayer Brown. In this newsletter, Counsel Cristiane Manzueto and associate...more

DORA Takes Effect: Key Next Steps for Firms

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 1/20/2025

After a two-year implementation period, the EU Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) takes effect on 17 January 2025. DORA is part of the EU’s Digital Finance Package and aims to strengthen the financial sector’s...more

Decoded - Technology Law Insights, V 5, Issue 9, November 2024

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 11/22/2024

Welcome to our ninth 2024 issue of Decoded - our technology law insights e-newsletter. How are States Using Generative Artificial Intelligence? and Employee AI Adoption Cools Globally - Why this is important: As...more

The CFPB Continues to Reshape Consumer Protection in the Digital Arena

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 9/16/2024

On August 28, the CFPB issued a Consumer Advisory warning that it believes video game companies are targeting children for monetary gain. With 45.7 million U.S. children engaged in video gameplay, the agency is concerned...more

The UK’s Pursuit of Open Finance

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 4/30/2024

In April 2024, the UK government reiterated its vision for open finance, with UK Economic Secretary Bim Afolami (MP) announcing the creation of the Open Finance Taskforce at the 2024 Innovate Finance Global Summit. The...more

Fintech Focus Podcast | What Does AI Safety Mean For Fintechs?

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 4/16/2024

Fintech Focus host and European counsel Joseph Kamyar was joined by fellow fintech counsel Nicola Kerr-Shaw, a key senior member of our global Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Practice and authority on AI-related issues, for...more

U.S. Privacy Predictions: What to Watch for in 2024

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 1/4/2024

2023 was one of the busiest years for privacy yet—with more to come in 2024. Five new U.S. state privacy laws (in Texas, Florida, Oregon, Montana, and Washington) will come into effect in 2024. And federal and state...more

NYDFS, crypto payment service provider resolve AML/cybersecurity violations

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 4/13/2023

On March 16, NYDFS issued a consent order against a payment service provider for allegedly failing to comply with the state’s virtual currency and cybersecurity regulations. The company was licensed to engage in virtual...more

Top 10 Compliance Points for New FTC Safeguards Rule

BakerHostetler on 12/12/2022

Under the updated Rule, FIs are obligated to implement data security measures that will protect against data breaches and cyberattacks in order to prevent financial harm to consumers, including identity theft and loss of...more

Fintechs Beware: CFPB Builds on FTC Safeguards for Consumer Data

Lathrop GPM on 8/22/2022

On August 11, 2022, the Consumer Finance Protection Board issued Consumer Financial Protection Circular 2022-04 for enforcers of federal consumer financial laws. The new Circular reflects the consumer watchdog’s increasing...more

Decoded: Technology Law Insights, Volume 3, Issue 5

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 3/18/2022

The Cryptocurrency Revolution and President Biden's Formal Recognition - Out of the ashes of the 2008 financial crisis, Bitcoin sprang up like an insurgency, targeting both the unbridled activity of large financial...more

Federal Banking Agencies Adopt New Computer-Security Incident Notification Requirements

Morgan Lewis - All Things FinReg on 12/3/2021

The three federal banking agencies (i.e., the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency—collectively, the Agencies) published a final rule (the Rule)...more

More Regulatory Clarity on the Horizon for FinTech

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 10/1/2021

On September 21, 2021, the FinTech task force of the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services held a hearing on consumer privacy. The hearing was live-streamed and the archived webcast is available on the Committee website....more

Chambers Global Practice Guide: Fintech 2021 Trends and Developments

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 3/23/2021

Crisis has set the stage for fintech companies in 2021, creating both new opportunities and potentially unprecedented challenges to innovation. While the coronavirus pandemic continues to accelerate the digital transformation...more

Observations on the People's Republic of China Draft Law on Personal Information Protection: A Cross-Border Perspective

K&L Gates LLP on 11/10/2020

The full text of the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Personal Information Protection (Draft) (the Draft) was released on 21 October 2020 for public comments by 19 November 2020....more

Open Banking: Navigating the Emerging Regulatory Landscape

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 10/28/2020

Open banking is an important driver of the fintech revolution. Regulators have recognised open banking as a means of introducing competition and innovation in the banking sector. Likewise, fintechs are seizing the...more

Japan Legal Update - Volume 52

Jones Day on 8/17/2020

Investigations & White Collar Defense - Amendment to Whistleblower Protection Act - On June 8, 2020, the Japanese Diet passed a bill to amend the Whistleblower Protection Act ("Act"). The bill was introduced amid a...more

Cyber Still Atop Exam Priorities

Burr & Forman on 2/27/2020

FINRA held its bi-annual Cybersecurity Conference in January and recently published five take-away real-world experiences from the conference...more

SEC Publishes Report on Cybersecurity and Resiliency

Morgan Lewis on 2/5/2020

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) published a report on January 27 outlining various industry practices and approaches to managing and combating...more

SEC Exam Priorities For RIAs and ICs

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 1/15/2020

The Exam Priorities of the SEC’s Office of Inspections and Compliance or OCIE, announced on January 7, 2020 (the “Exam Priorities”), should be a key area of focus for every investment advisor and investment company. The Exam...more

Jones Day Global Privacy & Cybersecurity Update | Vol. 23

Jones Day on 8/19/2019

UNITED STATES - Regulatory—Policy, Best Practices, and Standards - NIST Produces Roadmap for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Version 1.1 - On April 25, the National Institute of Standards and Technology...more

FTC Kicks Off New Consumer Protection Hearings: Focuses on the Use of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence

Holland & Knight LLP on 11/14/2018

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) continues its comprehensive efforts to focus on consumer protection issues, including those around the use of Big Data, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and predictive analytics. These tools are...more

The FinTech Revolution: How Data Breaches Can Result in Regulatory Enforcement Actions

Blank Rome LLP on 9/14/2018

This is the fifth installment in a series of articles. For more background on this topic, please read our first article in the series, An Introduction to Financial Technology; our second article, The FinTech Revolution:...more

FinTech – A digital single market for the European financial sector?

Hogan Lovells on 4/11/2017

FinTech remains the megatrend of the European financial services industry. According to a KPMG survey, about US$36.6bn has been invested in European FinTech companies between 2010 and 2016. Key players from venture...more

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