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The EBA’s draft regulatory technical standard on customer due diligence - What should firms be worried about?

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The European Banking Authority consultation on customer due diligence under the EU’s 6th money laundering package closes on 06 June, 2025, with the EBA due to submit its findings to the European Commission’s call for evidence...more

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Regulation Round Up - May 2024

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Key developments in May 2024: ESG: The Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) updated its webpage on the sustainability disclosure requirements (“SDR”) and investments labelling regime. Among other things, the webpage has been...more

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Acquiring or Investing in EU Crypto-Asset Businesses: Further Clarity on MiCA

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In our previous alert “Acquiring or Investing in EU Crypto-Asset Businesses: MiCA’s Impact,” we discussed the impact of the European Union (EU) Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) on the acquisition or investment in EU...more

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Regulation Round Up - March 2024

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Welcome to the UK Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation....more

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Buying a UK Crypto Business: The New Regulatory Hurdles

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​​​​​​​The advance of the regulation of crypto-assets and crypto-related service providers has been piecemeal in the U.K. The latest round of changes took place in the Money Laundering Regulations 2017 (MLR) on 1 September...more

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10 Key Regulatory Focus Areas for UK/European Wholesale Markets in 2019 – Progress Report

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These topics are attracting particular attention because they are either at a key stage in the regulatory change or implementation cycle, or because uncertainty and inconsistency in their recent implementation means that they...more

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ESMA Examines EU Regulatory Framework for Crypto Assets and ICOs

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The Situation: On January 9, 2019, the European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") issued advice to the EU Commission, Council, and Parliament on initial coin offerings ("ICOs") and crypto assets. The Result: ESMA...more

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ESMA and EBA Assess Whether Crypto-Assets Are Regulated Under Existing EU Rules and Advise the European Commission to Consider an...

On Jan. 9, 2019, both the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) and the European Banking Authority (EBA) published a report on crypto-assets....more

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European Banking Authority Reports on EU Regulatory Perimeter for Crypto-Assets

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The European Banking Authority has published a report on the application and suitability of the EU bank regulatory framework for crypto-assets. The report is in response to the European Commission's request in its FinTech...more

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Tick tock on the Brexit clock; a view from the Continent

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As we painfully inch forward toward what may be the Brexit finish line, national regulators are firing shots across the bow of UK financial institutions carrying out activities in Continental Europe. ...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Gibraltar’s Financial Services Regulator Adopts First-Ever Purpose-Built Blockchain Regulations

Gibraltar has become the first jurisdiction worldwide to offer a fully regulated framework for firms working with distributed ledger technology (DLT)—also known as blockchain. The new regulatory framework means that FinTech...more

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HMRC's Online Register of Trusts: Why You May Need to Take Action Now

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If you are the trustee of a non-UK trust which has UK assets or UK sources of income, you need to take action before 5 March 2018 or face potential civil and even criminal penalties. The EU's Fourth Anti-Money Laundering...more

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Money Laundering: Council Approves Strengthened Rules

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On April 20, 2015 the Council of the EU published a press release announcing that it has adopted its position at first reading on new rules aimed at preventing money laundering and terrorist financing....more

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