Germany: FinTech

On 24 February 2026, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) issued a public statement addressing the increasing prevalence of derivatives marketed as "perpetual futures"...

Few questions in financial regulation carry more practical consequence than whether a given business model requires an authorization. For established financial institutions, the licensing framework is familiar terrain.

On 9 February 2026, the Location Promotion Act (Standortfördergesetz, StoFöG) was published in the Federal Law Gazette (Bundesgesetzblatt).

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On 26 June 2025, the German Federal Ministry of Finance (Bundesministerium der Finanzen, or BMF) published a new draft bill (following the formation of a new government) for an act to implement the DAC 8 Directive...

At the start of July 2025, AMLA - the EU's new "Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism" published its Annual Work Programme (AWP) for 2025.

The European Patent Office's Technical Board of Appeal has ruled on a blockchain-based supply chain tracking system, examining whether recording custody transfers and product movements on distributed ledger technology constitutes a patentable technical contribution.

On 18 December 2024, the German Parliament (Bundestag) passed the Act on the Digitalization of Financial Markets (Finanzmarktdigitalisierungsgesetz, the "Act").

On 14 November 2024, the European Banking Authority ("EBA") released two sets of guidelines relating to the handling of European and national sanctions...