This meeting of the FinTech Scoping Forum was cancelled owing to circumstances related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tag: FinTech
Finance and Technology Scoping Forum Meeting: 21 January 2020
This meeting of the FinTech Scoping Forum was chaired by Richard Hay of Linklaters LLP. Forum members discussed two consultations published by the European Commission. The first consultation seeks views […]
Finance and Technology Scoping Forum Meeting: 5 November 2019
This meeting of the FinTech Scoping Forum was chaired and hosted by Cat Dankos of Herbert Smith Freehills LLP. Forum members discussed The Financial Action Task Force’s recommendations on virtual […]
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
Finance and Technology Scoping Forum Meeting: 6 August 2019
This meeting of the FinTech Scoping Forum was chaired by Sarah Lewis of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP. Forum members discussed Facebook’s Libra currency and the regulatory reaction to […]
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: 7 May 2019
This meeting of the FinTech Scoping Forum was chaired by Angus McLean of Simmons & Simmons LLP. Forum members discussed aspects of smart contracts. The meeting’s agenda and minutes are […]
Finance and Technology Scoping Forum meeting: 5 February 2019
This meeting of the FinTech Scoping Forum was chaired by John Taylor of Queen Mary University of London. Dave Sutter of TradeIX presented on Blockchan in trade finance. Forum members […]
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 […]