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Global Legal Insights FinTech 2024: Ireland chapter

Walkers on 9/27/2024

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

Regulatory monitoring: EU version Newsletter - July 2024

A&O Shearman on 8/6/2024

1. Bank regulation - 1.1 Prudential Regulation - (a) General - (i) International - BCBS: Consultation on report regarding various technical amendments and FAQs - Status: Consultation - Deadline for the submission of...more

Regulatory monitoring - July 2024

A&O Shearman on 8/6/2024

1. Bank regulation - 1.1 PRUDENTIAL REGULATION - a) General - (i) International - BCBS: Consultation on report regarding various technical amendments and FAQs - Status: Consultation - Deadline for the submission of...more

Acquiring or Investing in EU Crypto-Asset Businesses: Further Clarity on MiCA

Goodwin on 4/18/2024

In our previous alert “Acquiring or Investing in EU Crypto-Asset Businesses: MiCA’s Impact,” we discussed the impact of the European Union (EU) Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) on the acquisition or investment in EU...more

Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 – Key Developments

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 2/26/2024

On 26 October 2023, the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (the Act) became law in the UK. The Act represents a major overhaul of the UK government’s framework for tackling financial crime and has brought into...more

[Event] 2nd Forum on Digital Assets Compliance: AML, Sanctions and Regulatory Oversight - October 17th - 18th, New York, NY

American Conference Institute (ACI) on 9/25/2023

With so many new, emerging risks coming to the forefront, ACI is excited to announce our Digital Assets Compliance: AML, Sanctions and Regulatory Oversight. Unlike other conferences, this highly anticipated event stands apart...more

U.S.-EU release statement on Joint Financial Regulatory Forum

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 2/15/2023

On February 7-8, EU and U.S. participants, including officials from the Treasury Department, Federal Reserve Board, CFTC, FDIC, SEC, and OCC, participated in the U.S.-EU Joint Financial Regulatory Forum to continue their...more

Bermuda Insights: Trends and Opportunities 2022

Walkers on 7/28/2022

As part of our five year anniversary celebrations of our law firm opening in Bermuda, we put together the original version of this summary report highlighting the latest developments and trends in the Bermuda legal and...more

The Extension of FAFT’s ‘travel Rule’ and Implications for Virtual Asset Service Providers in the UK

McDermott Will & Emery on 2/25/2022

The extension of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) ‘Travel Rule’ to ‘Virtual Asset Service Providers’ (VAPSs) is emblematic of the continued and growing push to bring crypto businesses into the mainstream of financial...more

NFTs - A Digital Opportunity for PE Sponsors

Latham & Watkins LLP on 6/25/2021

Beyond creative works and consumer products, NFTs open up new avenues for IP monetisation in the technology, life sciences, and pharmaceutical industries. Non-fungible tokens (NFTs), one-of-a-kind cryptoassets stored on...more

2020 and Q1 2021 Developments And Annual Compliance Checklists

Lowenstein Sandler LLP on 4/1/2021

Summaries of recent legislative and regulatory developments with respect to: •The SEC’s Examination Priorities for 2021- •The SEC’s Focus on Digital Asset Securities- •The SEC’s New Marketing Rule... ...more

Financial institutions general regulatory news, September 2020 # 3

Hogan Lovells on 9/21/2020

The Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 - The Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/991) have been published, together with an...more

The implementation of the Fifth Anti Money Laundering Directive in German Law – Tighten the tight?

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 12/6/2019

In the course of the “Panama Paper” scandal, Directive (EU) 2015/849 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing – known as 4. Anti-Money Laundering...more

The Distributed Ledger: Blockchain, Digital Assets and Smart Contracts - November 2018

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 11/8/2018

This is the second edition of The Distributed Ledger, a periodic publication covering the latest trends and developments in blockchain technology, digital assets and smart contracts. In this issue, we examine the SEC’s new...more

Investment Funds Update - Europe: Legal and regulatory updates for the funds industry from the key asset management centres and...

Dechert LLP on 10/10/2018

Commons Treasury Committee report on crypto-assets - The House of Commons Treasury Committee published its report on crypto-assets. The report relates to the digital currencies inquiry the Committee launched earlier this...more

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