On 15 July 2024, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Payment Services Regulator (PSR) published a call for information (CFI) on...
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Overview Frequent readers of this blog know that we have been keeping a watchful eye on the UK’s evolving approach to the potential...
The regulation of cryptoassets around the world is an evolving landscape. In the EU, for example, the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation...
On 30 October 2023, HM Treasury (HMT) published three documents setting out how the UK government plans to regulate cryptoassets going...
The Culture, Media and Sport Committee has now published its report NFTs and the Blockchain: the risks to sport and culture. The report...
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Few endeavours on the EU’s agenda have attracted as much attention as the potential introduction of a retail central bank digital...
Few initiatives have been more eagerly awaited than the Commission's proposal on the revised PSD2 regime. It has been seven years since...
The public view on crypto-assets ranges from the holy grail of disintermediation in financial services to mere scam. Regardless of that,...
In brief On 14 April 2023, the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) issued a press release accompanying new guidelines...
On 14 February 2023 the UK Treasury published its second consultation on the proposed regulation of Buy-Now-Pay-Later (BNPL) credit...
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On 7 February 2023, the Bank of England and HM Treasury jointly launched a consultation on the potential for a digital pound, a UK-based...
An undeveloped EU instant payment landscape and the EU Commission’s push Although they promise rapid payment processing within seconds...