05/30/2022
EU data protection guidance brings welcome news for UK suppliers
Businesses will no longer be able to rely on the 2004 or 2010 SCCs to transfer data to third countries from 27 December this year.
Legal,Regulation,Tax & Compliance
05/26/2022
Ireland Update: GDPR Fourth Anniversary
This update looks at those common themes in Ireland and across Europe.
05/26/2022
10x And Westpac Partner To Launch A Robust, Scalable And Flexible Transaction Banking Platform
10x Banking is going from strength to strength with clients across three continents
05/25/2022
Sweden's Financial Supervisory Authority hands out €9.5m fine to digital bank
The SFSA says in their decision that Nordnet has not had a satisfactory level of internal governance and control in relation to EU's short-selling regulation.
05/24/2022
New European ESG Reporting Service for Asset Managers Launched by Broadridge Ahead of Upcoming SFDR Requirements
With a track record of over two decades of subject matter expertise, the solution is based on already established processes for managing regulatory reporting for funds and an existing dissemination network to industry end points.
05/24/2022
Switzerland and Singapore conduct financial dialogue and agree on joint statement of intent to promote data connectivity
The agreement on the statement of intent was reached within the framework of the regular financial dialogue between Switzerland and Singapore
05/23/2022
Temenos extends partnership with Amazon Web Services
Temenos and AWS started working together in 2019 to integrate Temenos' open platform onto AWS.
05/23/2022
Clearview AI fined £7.5m and banned from using data of UK citizens
The controversial company can no longer store data on UK citizens as regulatory clampdown continues.
05/20/2022
Tech providers in UK financial services face direct regulation
The EU’s proposed new Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) envisages direct regulation of major technology providers to financial entities
05/20/2022
Abu Dhabi financial watchdog weighs regulation of DeFi
The regulator reserved the option to approve specific DeFi protocols
05/20/2022
Dubai forms task force to track digital economy
The move is expected to cement the emirate's status as a key city in the metaverse
05/20/2022
Nomura eyes 15 tech dealmaker hires as march on Wall Street gathers pace
Digital and software sectors will be a key target in Nomura's assault on Wall Street
05/20/2022
Crypto ads breach UK guidelines over 44 times for 'misleading advertising'
Study from Crypto Head
05/19/2022
Crypto Assets and the BVI – Court makes freezing order against Persons Unknown
ChainSwap reimbursed its users for their loss and seeks to be recompensed for that loss.
05/19/2022
Unblu proves compliant information security standards with SOC 2 audit
Due to the geographical scope of SOC 2, which is typically a requirement for cloud-based service provision in the United States, Unblu’s verification will strengthen its position in the North American market.
05/19/2022
PwC’s Global Economic Crime and Fraud Survey 2022
Protecting the perimeter: The rise of external fraud
05/19/2022
Tech providers in UK financial services face direct regulation
UK regulators are expected to publish a joint discussion paper on CTPs in UK financial services later this year.
05/17/2022
Latham & Watkins Advises Carlyle in US$4.2 Billion Acquisition of Mantech
Multidisciplinary team represents Carlyle in acquisition of mission-focused technology solutions and services provider for US defense, intelligence, and federal civilian agencies.
05/17/2022
Irish central bank lays down new rules for BNPL providers
The Act introduces an interest rate cap of 23% APR on all credit agreements provided to the consumer.
05/13/2022
A Full Reform of the UK Data Protection Regime on the Horizon
The Data Reform Bill will take advantage of the UK’s legislative freedom