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...
Nov 30, 2023 Supreme Court confirms Deliveroo riders are not “in employment” By Clare Fletcher Helena Davies Employment status in the gig economy has been under scrutiny for almost as long as the platforms have existed. The original model was one...
Sep 25, 2023 New one-stop shop for UK AI and digital regulation By Natalie Donovan The Government announced last week that, as part of its plans to design and deliver an AI regulatory framework, the DRCF will pilot a new...
Jul 17, 2023 Recapping Regulation: A big week for fintech By Emily Bradley It is a good time to check in on the financial regulation lawyer in your life, following a deluge of regulatory updates as the UK sails...
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...
May 11, 2023 SEPs and FRAND licensing: trending towards transparency? By Slaughter and May For only the second time in its history, the English High Court has determined FRAND (Fair, Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory) terms for...
Apr 27, 2023 In for a penny: Data protection and privacy implications of the Bank of England’s digital pound proposals By Alex Buchanan February this year saw the Bank of England and HM Treasury declare that it is “likely” that a digital pound will be issued in future and...
Apr 19, 2023 Fixated but no fixation as High Court finds copyright does not subsist in Bitcoin file format By Richard Barker As the world continues to be fixated with cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, the High Court has recently found that copyright does not...
Mar 10, 2023 That's my crypto – fork it over! By Matthew Harman How far would you go to get your hands on billions of pounds worth of cryptocurrency? Dr Craig White, who also claims to be Satoshi...
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-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...
Jan 20, 2023 Accountability and technology: imagining the future of the SM&CR By Emily Bradley The Senior Managers and Certification Regime or 'SM&CR', a regulatory lever which seeks to foster greater individual accountability...
Jan 19, 2023 HMT Review of Payment Services Regulations: is this the beginning of a tectonic shift in the regulatory bedrock? By Slaughter and May Ten years ago, the thought of your phone scanning your face before you pay for your morning coffee may have been a disturbing one. Five...