10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending April 26, 2025
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Private Civil Consumer Financial Services Litigation to Partially Fill CFPB Void - Part 1
Navigating the Future of Payment Stablecoins: Legislative Updates and Market Implications — The Crypto Exchange Podcast
Innovation in Compliance: Strategic Compliance in Regulated Industries with Kerri Reuter
Unlocking the Secrets of Reverse Mortgages — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Everything You Want to Know About the CFPB as Things Stand Today, and Lots More - Part 2
Daily Compliance News: April 16, 2025, The Fired by AI Edition
The FinReg Frontier: AI and Machine Learning in Consumer Finance — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Everything You Want to Know About the CFPB as Things Stand Today, and Lots More - Part 1
Dialing In: The TCPA and Auto Finance — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
Debt and Lending Markets: Current Trends Impacting Private Equity Sponsors — PE Pathways Podcast
Innovations in Compliance: Data Collection & Cybersecurity with ModeOne’s Matt Rasmussen and Ryan Frye
Fintech Focus Podcast | Responding to a Cyber Attack – Key Considerations for GCs and CISOs
Daily Compliance News: April 4, 2025, The Tariffs on Penguins Edition
New York's Bold Move to Create a Mini CFPB — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Great Women in Compliance: Roundtable on The Future of Financial Crime Prevention
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: A Debate About The Need, If Any, For a Federal Charter for Non-Banks Engaged in the Payments Business
Early Days of the Trump Administration: Impact on the CFPB — The Consumer Finance Podcast
The Future of Auto Dealership Compliance: A Conversation With Tom Kline — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
Through the Crystal Ball: What's Next for Auto Finance — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
The Gulf Cooperation Council region (the GCC) is becoming an ever-more important destination for the global private credit market. In this client briefing we explore the region’s rising prominence as a key destination for...more
The Federal Tax Authority (FTA) of the UAE recently amended some provisions of the UAE VAT Executive Regulations, particularly Cabinet Decision No. 52 of 2017, on the Implementing Regulation of Federal Decree-Law No. 8 of...more
Private Credit is a hot – if not the hottest – asset class right now. This asset class has a nexus to a number of Cadwalader’s practices from fund finance to capital markets and beyond. To that end, last week we attended the...more
In simple words, a cheque is an order to a bank to pay a particular sum of money from the account of the issuer of the cheque, written on a specifically printed form. The issuer of the cheque is called the drawer, while the...more
The UAE has continued to implement significant legislative and structural reforms during 2024 in areas including financial crime compliance, whistleblowing, and virtual assets regulation. These improvements demonstrate the...more
In the current world, where trade ties are vital in strengthening the economy of a country, it is often necessary to enter into legal contracts with various entities around the world. It is also necessary that these contracts...more
The UAE announced a new ‘National Strategy for Anti-Money Laundering, Countering the Financing of Terrorism and Proliferation Financing for 2024 – 2027’ (the National Strategy) in September 2024. This will affect not only UAE...more
In recent years, the UAE has continuously updated its legal framework to enhance regulatory oversight and adapt to global financial trends. One significant development is the amended Federal Decree-Law No. 14/2018 on the...more
The Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) recently issued a consultation paper seeking opinions on how to revamp its real estate legal framework in light of the expansion of the ADGM territory to include Al Maryah Island and Al Reem...more
The Federal Decree-Law No. 14/2018 on the Central Bank and the Organisation of Financial Institutions and Activities, along with its recent amendments outlined in Federal Decree-Law No. 54/2023, has introduced significant...more
In recent years, the world has witnessed rapid growth in the popularity and adoption of virtual assets, including cryptocurrencies, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and various other digital assets. With this rise, however, comes...more
The Gulf Cooperation Council ("GCC") region, particularly the United Arab Emirates ("UAE") and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ("KSA"), is experiencing a dynamic transformation in its financial sector driven by the rapid rise of...more
As creditors continue to look across the global market for strategic opportunities, the United Arab Emirates (the "UAE") is primed to emerge as a relatively untapped well of potential for private credit providers....more
On the second anniversary of the start of the war in Ukraine and in response to the death of activist Aleksey Navalny in a Russian prison, the United States, European Union, and United Kingdom, along with Australia and...more
In the crypto world, does it really matter where you are? Is there a sunny offshore paradise perspective on the click of a button and a fintech trade? The answer lies as usual in how to unravel a problem should it arise. Both...more
The annual IFN UK Forum 2023 was held in London in September 2023 and, once again, was a well-attended event, giving attendees a chance to connect and reconnect with colleagues, clients and friends alike from all over the...more
1. Repos in the Islamic market - In our article titled "Repos in Islamic Finance"1 we concluded that Shari'ah-compliant repurchase transactions ("Repos") could play a useful role as a liquidity management instrument to...more
The UAE is committed to ensuring the safety and security of its citizens and residents through a series of strategic initiatives. These efforts encompass various aspects of law enforcement, public engagement, and legal...more
Crypto Firms Announce New Product Launches in Custody, Stablecoins, Wallets - According to a recent press release, Prometheum Capital has received the first-ever approval from the Financial Industry Regulation Authority...more
Amongst a backdrop of rising inflation and interest rates, the past two years have seen an exponential rise in the activity of private credit funds within the United Arab Emirates and the broader Middle East....more
The Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) is fast becoming an international financial hub in the MENA region for global hedge fund managers that are drawn to the quality of the ADGM’s independent regulator, the Financial Services...more
It is no secret that the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) is having discussions with over 50 hedge funds regarding the establishment of asset management and fund operations in the DIFC. Considering the rapid and...more
The Emirates Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA) recently issued eight decisions which, among other things, reform the regulatory regime for investment funds domiciled in the onshore United Arab Emirates (UAE) and...more
On 7 April 2022, changes to DIFC Regulatory Law 2004 and the DFSA Rulebook came into force, to implement proposals concerning a whistleblowing regime that were consulted on by the DFSA in 2021. The Regime applies to all...more
Under the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (“SMCR”), firms are required to identify and report to the FCA any instances of disciplinary action taken in relation to conduct that would amount to a breach of one of the...more