AI Today in 5: August 5, 2025, The AI at the SEC Episode
Point-of-Sale Finance Series: Unpacking Leases and RTO Models — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Regulatory Rollback: Legal Challenges and Opportunities in Earned-Wage Access — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Regulatory Rollback: Legal Challenges and Opportunities in Earned-Wage Access — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Innovation in Compliance: Allison Lagosh on Proactive Compliance Planning for Regulatory Changes
From Banks to FinTech: The Evolution of Small Business Lending — The Consumer Finance Podcast
From Banks to FinTech: The Evolution of Small Business Lending — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
The Authenticity Advantage: How Runbin Dong’s Scale Social AI Helps Small Businesses Shine
Point-of-Sale Finance Series: Banking on Lending Models — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Great Women in Compliance: GWIC X EC Q2 2025 - Exploring Compliance Innovations
Unlocking Crypto's Future: Insights From Coinbase's John D'Agostino — The Crypto Exchange Podcast
Innovation in Compliance: Real-Time Fraud Prevention Strategies for Financial Loss Prevention with Vince Walden
Episode 373 -- Christian Focacci on Current Developments in AI and Risk Management
Innovation in Compliance: The Critical Importance of Mobile Application Security: Insights from Subho Halder
Explore the Impact of Point-of-Sale Finance in Our Upcoming Series — The Consumer Finance Podcast
LathamTECH in Focus: How Should Crypto Companies Be Thinking About New Laws?
The LathamTECH Podcast — Where Digital Assets Slot Into a Shifting Fintech Regulatory Landscape: Insights From the US, UK, and EU
Welcoming a New Payment Pro: Jason Cover Joins the Payments Pros Podcast — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Innovation in Compliance: Exploring the Intersection of Compliance, Technology, and AI with Ben Sperry
Payments Medley: Navigating Trends in Payments With Jason Mikula - Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
On June 18, 2025, the Council of the European Union (EU) took a significant step forward in modernising the EU’s payment services framework by formally agreeing on its negotiating mandate for the Payment Services Directive 3...more
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has published revised standards and an accompanying explanatory note, updating its comprehensive framework on recommendations to strengthen global efforts in anti-money laundering,...more
As with the European Parliament’s April 2024 adopted texts, the Council of the EU’s proposed amendments to the European Commission’s June 2023 legislative proposals touch on some significant areas of interest for payment...more
The Decision (EU) 2025/1148 of the European Central Bank (ECB) adopted on 2 June, has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union. This decision amends Decision (EU) 2025/222 concerning access by non-bank...more
The European Banking Authority (EBA) has issued an opinion (referred to as the No Action letter) in response to a request from the European Commission (EC) in December 2024, on the interplay between Payment Services Directive...more
Barely a year after the entry into application of MiCA, the European Banking Authority published a "No-Action Letter" aimed at securing the applicable regime for cryptoasset service providers operating in relation to e-money...more
Key developments of interest over the last month include: the Central Bank of Somalia announcing the launch of the Somalia Instant Payment System (SIPS), the country’s first nationwide instant payments infrastructure; the...more
The European Payments Council (EPC) has issued Version 7.0 of the Adherence Guide to the EPC Payment Schemes, together with an updated webpage. The updated guide provides guidelines and template application forms for payment...more
Victoria Cleland, Executive Director of Payments, Bank of England (BoE) has given a speech on innovating wholesale payments: building a resilient and innovative future. In the speech, Ms Cleland discusses the BoE's innovation...more
The European Central Bank (ECB) has published a report on card schemes and processors. The report provides an updated analysis of the development of card schemes and processing entities in EU member states...more
As the evolution of payments continues at a rapid pace it is important that industry participants are up to date on the regulatory developments supporting and guiding these developments. This publication outlines the key...more
From 9 January 2025, EU payment service provides are required to shift away from transaction-based sanctions screenings for certain intra-EU instant credit payments Regulation (EU) 2024/886, the “Instant Payment Regulation”,...more
The European Central Bank (ECB) has published Decision (EU) 2025/222 relating to access by non-bank payment service providers (NB-PSPs) to Eurosystem central bank operated payment systems and central bank accounts. The EU...more
In order to increase the use of instant credit transfers in euros at Union level, the EU legislators have amended Regulation (EU) No 260/2012 establishing technical and business requirements for credit transfers and direct...more
On December 19, 2024, Luxembourg adopted Blockchain Law IV, a landmark legislative move aimed at strengthening the legal framework for blockchain in the financial sector. ...more
The European Banking Authority has published a letter from the European Commission (dated December 6, 2024) to the EBA and the European Securities and Markets Authority regarding the interplay between Markets in Crypto Assets...more
The cross-border payments market is expected to boom in 2025. Data compiled by Statista shows that in 2023, the total value of cross-border payments was $190.1 trillion. That is predicted to hit $290.2 trillion by 2030, with...more
1. Bank regulation - 1.1 Prudential Regulation - (a) General - (i) International - BCBS: Consultation on report regarding various technical amendments and FAQs - Status: Consultation - Deadline for the submission of...more
1. Bank regulation - 1.1 PRUDENTIAL REGULATION - a) General - (i) International - BCBS: Consultation on report regarding various technical amendments and FAQs - Status: Consultation - Deadline for the submission of...more
Amongst the broad range of updates this week, at international level, the FSB published its thematic peer review on MMF Reforms and the BCBS published the outcomes of its meeting held on 28 and 29 February, including that it...more
Of particular note this week in the EU, the Council adopted the legislative package to strengthen market data transparency which includes changes to the EU’s trading rules on market data, payment for order flow and commodity...more
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision published a press release in early October in which it announced...more
Key developments of interest over the last month include: the UK FCA’s publication of a portfolio letter to payments and e-money firms; the U.S. Federal Reserve announcing the July 2023 launch of its FedNow Service; and...more
On April 20, 2023, the European Parliament announced that it had formally endorsed the draft Regulation on information accompanying transfers of funds and crypto assets (referred to here as the EU Travel Rule Regulation). The...more
Crypto Products Launch in Debit Cards, Payment Gateways, Trading Platforms - This week, two cryptocurrency financial services and trading platforms announced partnerships with traditional financial services companies to...more