Canadian fintech industries, particularly digital payments, digital trading, robo-advising and open banking, continued to experience significant growth until 2022. The pace of innovation had been accelerated by expansive...more
On January 7, the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) announced its 2020 national examination priorities. This is the eighth year that OCIE has published its fiscal year examination priorities. ...more
UAE-based fintech companies should understand the applicable onshore regulations — many of which are new and largely untested — when providing specific services. Key Points: ..UAE fintech companies need sophisticated...more
“Hello, Dave. You're looking well today.” In the iconic science fiction movie, 2001: A Space Odyssey, the HAL 9000 computer courteously greeted his astronaut human companion Dave Bowman. HAL was a Heuristically...more
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is pleased to introduce the first in a series of monthly updates from the FinTech practice. The purpose of the updates is to provide timely information on issues of interest to WSGR’s FinTech...more
In this newsletter, we provide a snapshot of the principal US, European and global financial regulatory developments of interest to banks, investment firms, broker-dealers, market infrastructure providers, asset managers and...more
CFTC Indicates Willingness to Help Incubate Fintech - On February 21, 2017, J. Christopher Giancarlo, the acting chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC"), has diverged from other U.S. federal...more