Financial Institutions, Financial Services Industry, Smart Contracts

Where the F(BO) is the Money? Part 3 – DLT Account Ledgering

Troutman Pepper Locke on 4/8/2025

This is the final article in our three-part series focused on a key question: as bank-fintech partnerships continue to play a vital role in driving financial services, how does the industry make this system safer and better?...more

Fund Finance Laws and Regulations 2025: Assessing Lender Risk in Fund Finance Markets (GLI chapter)

Carey Olsen on 1/28/2025

Carey Olsen have contributed to the Global Legal Insights – Fund Finance guide by authoring a chapter on assessing lender risk in fund finance markets. As the fund finance market continues to evolve, lenders will need to...more

Blockchain+ Bi-Weekly - August 2023

Polsinelli on 8/10/2023

The Blockchain Bi-Weekly presented by the Polsinelli Blockchain+ team is a rundown of some of the key stories in the Web3, blockchain and crypto ecosystems curated by our attorneys navigating the intersections of code, smart...more

Law Commission Confirms England and Wales Law Can Accommodate Smart Contracts

A&O Shearman on 12/14/2021

The Law Commission has concluded that the existing law of England and Wales can accommodate smart contracts and there is no need for legislative reform. It has published advice to the U.K. Government and a separate summary of...more

Asset Tokenisation: On Blockchain Securitisation

Hogan Lovells on 10/4/2021

Hogan Lovells was an associate sponsor of the Global ABS 2021 Conference held in London. Partners Sharon Lewis (Head of Financial Institutions Sector) and Michael Thomas (a partner in the financial services team), alongside...more

"Blockchains Offer Revolutionary Potential in Fintech and Beyond"

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 2/2/2017

Blockchain, the distributed ledger technology that underlies bitcoin transactions, has been heralded as a transformative technology that is as significant as the development of the internet. The enthusiasm for blockchain...more

Building Block(chain)s: 6 Key Findings – and Featured Predictions – from the World Economic Forum’s Blockchain Report

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 9/2/2016

The World Economic Forum threw a knockout punch this month when it released its report “The Future of Infrastructure: An Ambitious Look at How Blockchain Can Reshape Financial Services.”1 When Giancarlo Bruno, the World...more

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