On 28 May 2025, the FCA published a consultation paper outlining its proposed prudential rules for firms that issue qualifying...
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Technology quotient - the ability of an individual, team or organization to harness the power of technology
The UK Government has saddled up to bring order to what it terms the “wild-west” of Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL). For years, BNPL has...
On 29 April 2025, HM Treasury published a draft statutory instrument in near-final form which will introduce a regulatory regime for...
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The EU is committed to bringing the wider financial sector into the digital age. To this end, it has proposed a new framework for secure...
As we did in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, we have crowdsourced predictions for the year ahead from the Freshfields global fintech team....
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As far as MiCAR is concerned, December 2024 was a busy month for both market participants and competent authorities. On 17 December 2024,...
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This post is an update of our previous post published on June 21, 2024. The harmonisation of European financial services law for...
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On 16 December 2024 the FCA published its much-anticipated Discussion Paper on (i) cryptoasset admissions and disclosures and (ii) the...
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On 23 October 2024 the UK government introduced the Data (Use and Access) Bill to Parliament (the DUAB). The DUAB is a wide-ranging and...
Finally! Avid readers of Freshfields blogs might remember from our post last autumn that the UK government and financial regulators in...
Background On 11 July 2024, the Law Commission published a scoping paper (the Scoping Paper) on Decentralised Autonomous Organisations...
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On 18 June 2024, the European Commission (Commission) launched a targeted consultation to better understand and shape the future of...