Worldwide: FinTech

Subscribe
Accounting law and audit law thought leadership, articles, podcasts, videos and webinars from expert sources across the legal world. Explore insights covering topics such as FinTech, marketing, media, new technology, security.
Article
Final Rules For New UK Crypto Regime: Regulated Cryptoasset Activities
The Financial Conduct Authority has published its final policy position on the UK's new cryptoasset regime, introducing significant changes to how trading platforms, intermediaries, and custodians will operate. Key modifications include relaxed transparency requirements for dealers, clarified safeguarding rules, and a case-by-case approach to decentralised finance regulation. The framework establishes comprehensive conduct standards while providing flexibility for international firms and various business mo
United Kingdom Finance
AO
A&O Shearman
Article
To Modernity And Beyond! HM Treasury's Consultation On Payments Regulation Gives A Thrilling Glimpse Of A High-tech Future – If Executed Well
His Majesty's Treasury has published a groundbreaking consultation paper that could revolutionize UK payments regulation by 2028, introducing frameworks for tokenised payment instruments and agentic AI while fundamentally restructuring how payment services are overseen. The consultation addresses five key pillars including strategic regulatory changes, modifications to the payments perimeter, integration of digital assets, Open Banking frameworks, and responses to emerging AI technologies. With responses du
United Kingdom Finance
TS
Travers Smith LLP
Article
Fraud, Asset Tracing And Recovery 2026 – Jersey (Commercial Dispute Resolution, CDR)
Jersey has established itself as a sophisticated offshore financial centre with robust legal frameworks for combating fraud and recovering assets. This comprehensive guide examines how Jersey's unique hybrid legal system, combining Norman customary law with modern English procedural approaches, provides powerful remedies including freezing orders, Norwich Pharmacal relief, and cross-jurisdictional mechanisms to prevent the island from becoming a safe haven for fraudulent proceeds.
Jersey Litigation
CO
Carey Olsen
Article
AI In Financial Services: A “strategic Inflection Point”?
The Financial Conduct Authority has released its first comprehensive report examining how artificial intelligence and emerging technologies are reshaping the U.K. financial services landscape. The report identifies both transformative opportunities and novel risks, from programmable finance and AI-driven customer engagement to synthetic crime and autonomous market manipulation, while positioning the U.K. at a strategic inflection point for technological innovation.
United Kingdom Finance
WT
Winston Taylor
Article
UK Cryptoasset Regulatory Landscape: Key Takeaways For Overseas Firms
The UK government and Financial Conduct Authority are implementing comprehensive cryptoasset regulations that will require FCA authorisation for firms conducting cryptoasset activities in the UK by October 2027. Overseas firms without a UK presence may still fall within the regulatory perimeter if they provide services to UK consumers, as the new framework focuses on where activities are carried on rather than physical location. The FCA's recent consultation on Perimeter Guidance clarifies the scope of thes
United Kingdom Technology
GT
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Article
FinTech Global FS Regulatory Round-up - W/e 5 June 2026
Global financial regulators are advancing frameworks for artificial intelligence, stablecoins, and digital assets while addressing heightened cybersecurity threats from frontier AI models. Central banks and supervisory authorities across jurisdictions are establishing new working groups, issuing guidance, and signing cross-border cooperation agreements to manage emerging risks in tokenization, perpetual contracts, and payment system interoperability.
Worldwide Technology
KL
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP
Article
Enhancing Financial Services Bill Announced In King's Speech 2026
The UK government has announced the Enhancing Financial Services Bill as part of the King's Speech 2026, delivering key aspects of the Leeds Reforms to modernise financial services regulation. The legislation aims to reform the Financial Ombudsman Service, consolidate the Payment Systems Regulator within the FCA, streamline the Senior Managers and Certification Regime, expand credit union capabilities, and update the bank ring-fencing regime.
United Kingdom Finance
KL
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP
See more

Latest Videos

See more