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Fintech, digital assets, payments and consumer credit | UK Regulatory Outlook November 2022

Market review into card acquiring services | Card fees: PSR publishes final terms of reference for two market reviews |
Digitalisation

UK regulators ask how AI and Big Tech can transform financial services

Is reform needed following Big Tech's entry into financial services and the introduction of AI and machine learning?
Financial Services

VC Focus | Warranties and indemnities: the importance of being 'exit ready' in international venture capital transactions

How can VC funds manage the growing trend in cross-border M&A markets for buyers to ask for problematic exit terms?
Decarbonisation

What role can public and private finance play in decarbonising the global economy?

How the transition to net zero is funded will be critical to the success of climate change policy implementation
Regulatory and compliance

UK cryptoasset regulation: coming sooner rather than later?

Last minute Treasury amendment to Financial Services Bill may bring all cryptoassets inside the regulatory perimeter
Financial Services

VC Focus | 10 digital token 'must knows' for international venture capital

What should VCs know about investing in tokens and what could safeguard the ability to invest in them in the
Financial Services

International Funds Legal Update | October 2022 | ESG developments

Welcome to a new edition of our International Funds Legal Update: an ESG special
Banking and finance

Payments regulator pushes forward with UK consumer protection against fraud

Proposed measures include mandatory compensation for fraud and extended powers to crypto-exchanges
Banking and finance

Electronic signatures, not as perfect as it seems?

Using apps instead of pens & printers for signing contracts offers many advantages. Platforms such as Docusign/Adobe Sign makes signing
Regulatory Outlook

Consumer credit and payments | Regulatory Outlook September 2022

UK financial watchdog tells firms to review 'buy now, pay later' promotions
Financial Services

FRC obtains significant sanctions against audit team members

Unquestioning performance of delegated instructions will not be a defence to misleading conduct
Financial Services

Consumer finance firms: who is in scope of the new Consumer Duty?

Before moving to implementation planning, firms need to make sure whether and where they are caught by the rules