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In the fast-paced world of middle market investment banking, efficiency is currency. Large investment banks representing sellers often enter into thousands of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) every year. These agreements are...more
The EU is harmonising the rules on the prudential supervision of EU branches of non-EU banks under CRD VI. The new EU-wide third country branch regime will introduce minimum requirements including capital and liquidity...more
The financial services regulations relating to outsourcing by Luxembourg-headquartered financial institutions have been significantly simplified by the introduction of the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier...more
As part of our Spotlight series, we spoke with Mike Pierides, the deputy leader of our technology, outsourcing, and commercial transactions team and a co-leader of our digital solutions industry team, on outsourcing in the...more
In This Issue. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is seeking information and comment regarding the FDIC’s supervisory approach to examinations during the pandemic; the FDIC’s tech lab, FIDTECH, announced a “tech...more
The latest edition of our Private Bank Briefing provides a roundup of legal and compliance issues impacting private banks and their clients from Q2 2021. In this edition, we cover sustainable finance developments, the...more
We invite you to attend McDermottTech 2020, a virtual conference exploring the latest global trends impacting the technology and outsourcing industry. Please join us for this complimentary program on 29 September for the...more
As technology reshapes the banking industry, regulators are rising to the challenge. Digitalization is at the forefront of the challenges facing the banking industry as it undergoes a period of unprecedented upheaval....more
UK Treasury Committee report warns that the current level and frequency of disruption and consumer harm is unacceptable. On 28 October 2019, the Treasury Committee published a report on IT failures in the financial...more
Subcontractors, security, and audit and termination rights will require special consideration under forthcoming EBA outsourcing guidelines. Recent growth in divestiture and carve-out deals in the M&A landscape, including...more
From September 30, 2019, new guidelines on outsourcing arrangements (Guidelines) issued by the European Banking Authority (EBA) will apply to all outsourcing arrangements entered into, reviewed or amended on or after this...more
The European Banking Authority (“EBA”) has published its revised guidelines on outsourcing arrangements (“New Outsourcing Guidelines”). The New Outsourcing Guidelines are now awaiting to be officially translated into member...more
European financial institutions (competent authorities, credit institutions, and investment firms as defined in EU Regulation No. 575/2013, collectively Institutions) have been instructed to comply with the European Banking...more
The provisions of the long awaited act of 27 February 2018 (the 2018 Act) which aim at smoothing (especially in the context of outsourcing arrangements) the professional secrecy regime that credit institutions, professionals...more
Financial institutions should take note of, and make every effort to comply with, the European Banking Authority’s new cloud computing guidance which will be effective from 1 July 2018. In order to clarify EU-wide...more
At the time we released our last e-alert on the bill of law n°7024 aiming, among others, at amending article 41 of the Luxembourg act of 5 April 1993 on the financial sector, as amended (the Banking Act 1993) on professional...more
Bryan Cave colleagues Ken Achenbach and Sean Christy join Jonathan and me on this episode of The Bank Account to examine the ability of banks to gain efficiency through shared services. Throughout the business environment,...more
The European Banking Authority (EBA) has opened a consultation on its draft recommendations for financial institutions outsourcing to cloud service providers across all cloud-related domains including infrastructure as a...more
The recent cyberattack on Tesco Bank’s IT systems has prompted Rt Hon. Andrew Tyrie MP, Chairman of the Treasury Committee, to call on regulators to take action against vulnerable bank IT systems... ...more
As the range of technology employed by the UK's leading banks widens, the balance between cost-effectiveness and manageability of solutions becomes increasingly difficult to strike. Mike Pierides (Partner) and Rich Jones...more
On Dec. 5, 2013, the Federal Reserve joined the list of regulatory agencies that have issued guidance on third party relationships. The Fed guidance supplements the FFIEC Outsourcing Technology Services Booklet (June 2004)...more