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Banking and finance
Spanish Supreme Court rules that refusing to sell a pledge over shares may shift the risk to the bank
The Supreme Court establishes a precedent: where the sale of pledged shares would have fully repaid the loan, the bank
Regulatory Outlook
Fintech, digital assets, payments and consumer credit | UK Regulatory Outlook September 2026
Fintech updates: Mills Review: FCA priority recommendations on AI in retail financial services | Financial services AI adoption plan |
Dispute resolution
English Court of Appeal considers meaning of 'public domain' in confidentiality dispute
Information shared with around 200 potential investors may constitute confidential information under an NDA
Regulatory Outlook
Fintech, digital assets, payments and consumer credit | UK Regulatory Outlook July 2026
Fintech: Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) Regulations 2026 | Payments: FCA welcomes launch of UK Payments Initiative scheme for
Tax
UK publishes draft legislation for new Securities Transfer Tax
A new single tax will replace the current Stamp Duty and SDRT regimes from next year
ESG – Environmental, Social and Governance
ESG Knowledge Update | July 2026
Welcome to Osborne Clarke's ESG Knowledge Update from our multi-disciplinary ESG team
Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT)
ESRB Warning ESRB/2026/3: Systemic Cyber Risks from Frontier AI Models — What Financial Institutions Need to Know
The ESRB’s Warning ESRB/2026/3 elevates frontier AI models (FAIMs) to a source of severe systemic cyber risk for the EU
Regulatory Outlook
Fintech, digital assets, payments and consumer credit | UK Regulatory Outlook June 2026
UK updates: FCA welcomes launch of UK Payments Initiative scheme for open banking payments | Financial Services Regulation Committee report
Data Centres
Planning, AI and cyber rule changes bring new risks for UK and EU data centre development
Operators, investors and advisers are contending with legal and regulatory uncertainty as data centre demand rises
Tax
Government considers tax reforms to secure stablecoin's place in UK mainstream finance
Current rules are triggering tax obligations that are increasingly hard to sustain for crypto users and businesses
Financial Services
UK accelerates Consumer Credit Act reform for the digital age
Government moves to modernise the regime more quickly than expected, but postpones tackling the trickiest provisions
Regulatory Outlook
Fintech, digital assets, payments and consumer credit | UK Regulatory Outlook May 2026
Payments: HMT sets out new payments package during Fintech Week | New payments safeguarding rules and updated FCA approach document
