08 Jun, 2024 The European AML package – what’s in it for the crypto industry? By Janina Heinz Jan Struckmann Daniel Klingenbrunn Crypto-assets are associated with many benefits: Instantaneous settlements of transactions, a decentralisation of financial services and...
03 May, 2024 The Digital Securities Sandbox: a new model for trading and settlement in the UK? By James Smethurst Christopher Bernard Olivia Davies On 3 April 2024, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Bank of England (BoE) published a consultation paper setting out their...
24 Apr, 2024 From PSD2 to PSD3 and PSR – European Parliament sets out its vision on the future of payments By Natalie Pettinger Kearney Eva Schneider Daniel Klingenbrunn Jimena Gonzalez Alicia Hildner +2 more... Show less The payments landscape has undergone significant changes over the past decade, changes driven by fast-paced technological advancements...
04 Apr, 2024 “Technology: the future of disputes or the disputes of the future?” – Insights from Freshfields “Fast & Furious” event during the 2024 edition of PAW By Vasuda Sinha On 19 March 2024, Freshfields held its annual “Fast & Furious” event as part of Paris Arbitration Week. This year we explored two angles...
26 Mar, 2024 Trends in fintech: our EU predictions for 2024 By Natalie Pettinger Kearney Eva Schneider Alicia Hildner Daniel Klingenbrunn Jimena Gonzalez Victor Garcia Lopez +3 more... Show less As we did in 2021, 2022, 2023 we have crowdsourced some fintech predictions for the year ahead from the EU Freshfields Fintech team,...
27 Nov, 2023 Cryptoasset regulation: UK regulators give the industry a further glimpse of the future By Cyrus Pocha Noah Schmidt Christopher Bernard On 30 October 2023, HM Treasury (HMT) published three documents setting out how the UK government plans to regulate cryptoassets going...
10 Nov, 2023 Cross-border Perspectives on the Open Banking Debate in the United States By Lauren Moorin David Sewell Christopher Bernard Christine Lyon Janina Heinz Daniel von Bülow Matthew O'Callaghan Kenneth Hui Crystal Cheung Brock Dahl +7 more... Show less The proliferation of digital solutions for delivering financial products and services - through mobile applications, online platforms,...
19 Jun, 2023 FCA publishes final policy position on financial promotion rules for cryptoassets and near-final rules By Cyrus Pocha Craig Dewar Karishma Paun On 8 June 2023, the FCA published a policy statement (PS 23/6) setting out its final policy position on financial promotion rules for...
14 Apr, 2023 UK Financial Promotions Regime to Extend to ‘Qualifying Cryptoassets’ By Thomas Clark Christine Simpson Greg King Laila Pourdad +1 more... Show less On 27 March 2023 the UK Treasury published a draft of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) (Amendment) Order...
20 Dec, 2022 UK digital assets disputes in 2022 and what to expect in 2023 By Simon Orton Thomas Clark Emma Probyn George Ho +1 more... Show less 2022 has been a turbulent year for the digital assets sphere. While the industry is under harsher scrutiny than ever before following a...
09 Dec, 2022 The Edinburgh Reforms: A Love Rekindled By James Smethurst Michael Raffan Claire Harrop It’s a modern love story: a strong, mutually beneficial partnership where each party grew and nurtured the other over the years; then one...
11 Aug, 2022 Ownership of digital assets: cryptic proposals? By Claire Harrop Emma Probyn Claudia Rugue Are cryptoassets a type of property? This seems like a relatively straightforward question but for something that is very cutting edge,...