In Q3 2020 the European Commission is scheduled to propose a new Digital Finance Strategy/FinTech Action Plan that sets out a number of areas that public policy should focus on in the coming five years. A Consultation designed to gather stakeholders’ views on policies to support digital finance, which will inform that strategy, was published in April 2020.
Tag: FinTech
Response to European Commission Consultation: Framework for Markets in Cryptoassets: 17 March 2020
The FMLC has drafted a response to the Consultation in the form of two complementary reports. Part I comprises comments on the classification of cryptoassets. Part II comprises comments in response to the section of the Consultation dealing with cryptoassets which fall within the E.U. regulatory perimeter.
Report: Exchange Tokens: 23 October 2019
In this paper, the FMLC explores the ways in which regulators and legislators have attempted to grapple with the many varieties of virtual currencies and in particular those which have arguably come to function as money for legal purposes. The definition of “virtual currencies” in the E.U.’s Fifth Money Laundering
Report: Initial Coin Offerings: 30 July 2019
Initial Coin Offerings (“ICOs”) typically use Distributed Ledger Technology (“DLT”) to offer transferable units (“coins” or “digital tokens”) that confer various rights on the holder of record. ICOs can be […]
Letter to HM Treasury on 5MLD and Cryptoassets: 30 July 2019
Directive (EU) 2018/843 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing (the “Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive” or “5MLD”) expands […]
Finance and Technology Scoping Forum meeting: 8 November 2018
A meeting of the Finance and Technology Scoping Forum was held on 8 November 2018. The meeting was chaired and hosted by Carolyn Jackson of Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP. Forum […]
Finance and Technology Scoping Forum meeting: 9 August 2018
A meeting of the Finance and Technology Scoping Forum was held on 9 August 2018. The meeting was chaired and hosted by Catrin Lewis of the Law Society. Forum members […]
Finance and Technology Scoping Forum meeting: 10 May 2018
A meeting of the Finance and Technology Scoping Forum was held on 10 May 2018. The meeting was chaired by Cat Dankos of Herbert Smith Freehills LLP. Professor Andrew Godwin […]