Today, the Central Bank of Ireland published the Consumer Protection Code 2025 ("CPC 2025") comprising:
(i) the Consumer Protection Code Central Bank Reform Act 2010 (Section 17A) (Standards for Business) Regulations 2025...more
3/25/2025
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On 2 October 2024, the Central Bank of Ireland ("CBI") updated its Guidance on the Central Credit Register ("CCR") (version 2.6) to commence the reporting obligations in respect of guarantees under the Credit Reporting Act...more
DORA is now applicable, imposing requirements in respect of ICT risk management and digital operational resilience.
Firms should be preparing their register of information ready for sharing with the CBI in April....more
1/17/2025
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On 30 December 2024 the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation ("MiCA") became applicable to crypto-asset service providers ("CASPs") as well as offerors and persons seeking admission to trading of crypto-assets in the EU....more
1/17/2025
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The Irish government has been supportive of the development of the financial services sector in Ireland and this extends to fintech. The government’s strategy for the development of Ireland’s international financial services...more
9/27/2024
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With the Regulation on Artificial Intelligence (the "AI Act") entering into force in due course, following its publication in the Official Journal of the EU, there has been an increasing focus of supervisory bodies to provide...more
6/25/2024
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On 29 December 2023, the Minister for Finance signed the European Union (Credit Servicers and Credit Purchasers) Regulations 2023 (the "Regulations") into law, thereby transposing the Directive on credit servicers and credit...more
4/16/2024
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Revised Prospectus Regulatory Framework Q&A -
On 7 March 2024, the Central Bank of Ireland (the "Central Bank") published its Prospectus Regulatory Framework – Questions & Answers 2nd Edition (the "Revised Q&A"). This...more
3/21/2024
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On 30 November 2023, the Central Bank of Ireland (the "Central Bank") published a public statement relating to an enforcement action against an Irish-authorised UCITS ICAV (the "ICAV") which has been reprimanded and fined...more
12/18/2023
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On 16 November 2023, the Central Bank of Ireland (the "Central Bank") published its feedback statement, revised draft Central Bank Regulations (on the Senior Executive Accountability Framework ("SEAR"), the Certification...more
Partners Niall Esler and Shane Martin, along with senior associate Conor Daly and trainee solicitor Coleen Wegmann, have authored the Ireland chapter for Global Legal Insights Fintech 2023. They provide an up-to-date summary...more
9/22/2023
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On 20 April 2023, the European Parliament adopted the Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation ("MiCA") and the Regulation on Information accompanying transfers of funds and certain crypto-assets ("TFR") by passing its final vote....more
On 9 March 2023, the President of Ireland signed the Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022 (the "Bill") into law. See our previous update here for a detailed examination of the contents of the Bill. ...more
On the 22 November 2022, the European Banking Authority (“EBA”) published its final Guidelines on the use of remote customer onboarding solutions for credit and financial institutions (the “Remote Onboarding Guidelines”). ...more
Substantial changes to Irish whistleblowing law will be introduced by the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Act, 2022 (the “Amendment Act”) on 1 January 2023.
Protection for whistleblowers is not a new concept in...more
12/1/2022
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The Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022 (the “IAF Bill“) was published on 28 July 2022 by the Department of Finance, following the publication of the General Scheme of the IAF Bill (“General Scheme”)...more
The Consumer Protection (Regulation of Retail Credit and Credit Servicing Firms) Act 2022 (the “2022 Act”) was commenced on 16 May 2022.
The introduction of the 2022 Act ensures that providers and servicers of hire...more
The Central Bank of Ireland has published guidance notes and submission templates on the new outsourcing registers that regulated financial services providers are expected to establish and maintain.
For any entities...more
Having recently conducted a number of anti-money laundering, counter financing of terrorism and financial sanctions (“AML/CFT/FS”) supervisory engagements with Funds and Fund Management Companies (“Firms”), the Central Bank...more