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Will MiCA bring much needed clarity to the crypto market?

July 14, 2022

The EU's long-awaited Markets in Crypto Assets regulation has been welcomed across the financial services industry.

Reserve Bank of India

India outlines payments modernisation roadmap

June 30, 2022

The biggest challenge emerging from RBI’s Payments Vision 2025 is the push to facilitate domestic processing of payments transactions, as well as the move to ISO 20022 standards.

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Nigeria revamps AML/CFT framework

June 16, 2022

A raft of new legislature designed to tackle money laundering and terrorist financing signifies a big change for the financial services market.

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FCA plans for listing regime shake-up

June 8, 2022

In a post-Brexit world, the UK is looking at ways to promote London as a competitive destination for equity listings. 

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Big changes, but no big bang for UK capital markets

May 24, 2022

The Treasury’s recently announced changes following its wholesale capital markets review are significant, but not revolutionary — at least not for now.

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Global lenders prepare to exit Russia

May 3, 2022

International banks face numerous challenges in leaving Russia, even after they have made their exit.

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One-day US securities settlement moves another step closer

March 2, 2022

The SEC has added its support to the move from a T+2 to T+1 settlement cycle in 2024. And while T+0 remains on the table, a wholesale move has been deferred for now. 

Mishcon de Reya

Supply chain risks and ESG compliance

February 11, 2022

The introduction of a compliance-related approach to financial crime enforcement, where liability may be triggered by actions far down a supply chain, will likely be applied to ESG concerns too.

Syed Rahman

Are SPACs on their way to the UK?

February 9, 2022

What is the likelihood of the UK attracting special purpose acquisition companies following changes to the regulatory rulebook?

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Combatting money-laundering in the EU

December 15, 2021

While some EU jurisdictions have been under the spotlight for lax money-laundering controls, the problem goes much deeper than the headlines, as Anita Hawser reports.  

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