Jan 17, 2025 EU's Digital Operational Resilience Act applies today By Emily Bradley Martijn Stolze The EU's Digital Operational Resilience Act, or ‘DORA’, which contains new EU rules concerning the provision of information and...
Nov 07, 2024 New winds blowing: Bank of England publishes speech on AI and financial stability By Emily Bradley Last week the Bank of England (the Bank) published a speech delivered by Sarah Breeden, the Bank’s Deputy Governor for Financial...
Nov 01, 2024 Following in the UK’s footsteps? Towards a Digital Fairness Act in the EU By Jennyfer Moreau Earlier this month, the European Commission published its long-awaited report on its Digital Fairness ‘Fitness Check’, where it evaluated...
Oct 22, 2024 FCA launches new 'AI Lab' for financial services sector By Emily Bradley The FCA has launched a new ‘AI Lab’, seeking to support innovators as they develop new AI solutions while deepening its own understanding...
Aug 15, 2024 Hong Kong Introduces Regulatory Regime for Stablecoin Issuers By Vincent Chan Despite its name, the global stablecoin market has been far from stable in recent years. In response, regulators and governments across...
Jul 19, 2024 The wallet revolution: FCA and PSR publish call for information on Big Tech and digital wallets By Emily Bradley Jennyfer Moreau How did you pay for your coffee today? Because the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) are...
May 01, 2024 Tackling AI risk in financial services: existing regulatory framework declared well equipped, for now By Emily Bradley On 22 April 2024 the Bank of England, PRA and FCA confirmed their view that the existing regulatory framework is well equipped to capture...
Jan 29, 2024 Quantum Security for the Financial Sector: FCA and World Economic Forum publish a collaborative report By Emily Bradley Andres Chau The risks and rewards posed by quantum computing have been on our mind for some time now, and last week the World Economic Form and the...
Oct 25, 2023 Equifax: a new dawn for FCA enforcement? By Tabitha Harris The FCA’s recent decision to fine Equifax Limited (“Equifax”) £11,164,400 for failing to manage and monitor the security of UK consumer...
Jun 20, 2023 Cyber supply chain risk and the insurance sector By Beth Dobson The Capita cyber attack in March 2023 and possible resulting data breach has highlighted again the potential vulnerability of firms to...
Jun 08, 2023 Crypto Promo - Slow Mo By Slaughter and May The FCA has today published a policy statement and near final rules regarding the promotion of cryptoassets. Absent any unforeseen...
May 24, 2023 Blackjack, Poker and… Crypto? By Emily Bradley All bets are off for the cryptoasset (‘crypto’) industry following publication of the House of Common’s Treasury Committee report on...
Feb 14, 2023 How would you like to pay? Moving towards the digital pound By Emily Bradley In a significant step, the Bank of England and HM Treasury have declared that it is "likely" that a digital pound—the catchy moniker for...
Feb 01, 2023 Crypto: Promo Go Slow (Part 2) By Slaughter and May Just a week after the FCA's review of AML registration applications by crypto firms, we've now got two important publications from the UK...
Feb 01, 2023 Crypto-ing the line By Slaughter and May Back at the very beginning of 2020 Covid-19 still hadn't been designated a pandemic, Brexit still wasn't quite 'done' and you could start...
Jan 26, 2023 ICO tech report highlights privacy challenges for four key technologies By Natalie Donovan The ICO is encouraging developers to consider privacy at an early stage when implementing new technologies and, in its first annual...