The Bank of England (BoE) has published a speech by Sarah Breeden, Deputy Governor for Financial Stability, at the Point Zero Forum. The subject of the speech was the digitalisation of money and assets, and in particular the...more
March 21, 2025 - The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an interim final rule striking the requirement for U.S. companies and U.S. persons to report beneficial ownership information (BOI) to FinCEN under...more
This articles provides some insights on the direction of travel in the UK in relation to distributed ledger technology (DLT) and digital assets, in light of recent legislative and policy developments that signal the UK’s...more
April 4, 2024- Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen held a roundtable discussion with representatives from the American, European, and Japanese business communities and other experts to discuss business conditions in...more
November 15, 2023- U.S. House Committee on Financial Services Chair Patrick McHenry (R-NC), and Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) led a letter with a bipartisan group of colleagues to the prudential regulators—the Office of...more
On November 6, the Bank of England and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) requested feedback on their proposal to regulate a form of cryptocurrency known as stablecoins. Stablecoins are a cryptoasset that “maintain a...more
Key developments of interest over the last month include: the UK Payment Systems Regulator’s proposals on mandatory reimbursement for APP fraud; the Central Bank of Ireland’s announcement of a review of the Consumer...more
August 4, 2022- Following its stress test earlier this year, the Federal Reserve Board announced the individual capital requirements for all large banks, effective on October 1, 2022....more
July 27, 2022- Ahead of Thursday's U.S. Senate Banking Committee hearing on risks and scams in the cryptocurrency market, Ranking Member Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) sent a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission on the...more
Major Developments- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporatio Quarterly Banking Profile: Insured Institutions Reported Net Income of $59.7 Billion in First Quarter 2022-...more
Key developments of interest over the last month include: In this Newsletter: For previous editions of the Global Payments Newsletter, please visit our Financial Services practice page. On 9 March 2022, President Biden signed...more
The Bank of England and HM Treasury have announced the next steps in the development of a U.K. Central Bank Digital Currency. These include the following...more
Key developments of interest over the last month include: El Salvador: Bitcoin becomes legal tender European Union: European Commission proposes Path to the Digital Decade to deliver EU's digital transformation by 2030...more
United Kingdom: Financial Services Act 2021 becomes law - On 29 April 2021, the Financial Services Bill 2019-21 received Royal Assent. In a press release, HM Treasury described the Financial Services Act 2021 (the Act) as...more
The U.K. Crypto-Assets Task Force has published its Final Report. Established in March 2018 by the U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer as part of the U.K. government's FinTech Sector Strategy, the Task Force comprises...more
The Hogan Lovells’ Corporate Insurance Newsletter for June has been published. This provides a round-up of UK, EU and international regulatory developments relevant to UK based insurance market participants. ...more