PROFILE OF CMS
A link to CMS, a lawfirm with 79 offices in more than 40 countries and 5,800+ lawyers worldwide that provides fintechs and others with local market understanding of regulations and a global perspective.
Digital or mobile wallets, wallets with P2P payments capability and virtual banking, e.g., Apple Pay. Content related to neo-banks is included in this category, as is content related to contactless payments.
A link to CMS, a lawfirm with 79 offices in more than 40 countries and 5,800+ lawyers worldwide that provides fintechs and others with local market understanding of regulations and a global perspective.
A link to CMS Expert Guide’s overview of fintechs in Colombia and their regulation.
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A brief report on the most important compliance issues in digital banking in 2023.
DIGITAL BANKING COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS 2023 Read More »
A white paper by Incountry that examines data localization, a requirement that impacts emerging payments. Data localization refers to the requirement that data for a particular country be processed, regulated, and housed in that country.
DATA LOCALIZATION BY INCOUNTRY Read More »
A slide in graph form, showing the transition from PSD2 to PSD3, the payments environment in the European Single Market Area.
FROM PSD2 TO PSD3 (Slide) Read More »
This is a brief description of the 3rd Payment Services Directive, PSD3. It is an upcoming framework that regulates electronic payments and the banking ecosystem within the European Single Market Area (EEA). The PSD3 will be decided by the EC after a round of consultations.
A link to an article by Geniusee identifying the most important regulatory issues facing fintechs and listing the regulatory bodies with which they deal in the US and Uk.
FINTECH REGULATION LEGAL ISSUES AND REGULATORY COMPLIANCE (UNITED STATES AND UK) Read More »
FedNow’s promise of faster payments is not new. Aside from RTP and same-day ACH, we have seen faster payments in a number of forms: closed-loop P2P payments (Venmo, Zelle), wire transfers, stablecoins, and push-to-card. Each varies in settlement type, rail, limit, cost, push/pull capabilities, and transaction limits. This has created an ecosystem where U.S. money movement has become unnecessarily complex. In this white paper by Bessemer Venture Partners they explain that they expect to see more payment-first business models, and a new wave of fraud, and infrastructure to facilitate the patchwork of faster payments in the US.
HOW FEDNOW AND FASTER PAYMENTS WILL IMPACT US FINTECH Read More »
A Vodcast by 99FinTech addressing compliance in the digital payments and banking space that explains how firms that embrace compliance versus treating it as a cost center can position themselves better to attract investors, accelerate market entry, achieve competitive advantage, and ensure stability.
STRATEGIC COMPLIANCE Read More »
In this newsletter from 2022, the Congressional Research Service of the United States outlines the most important policy and compliance issues for digital wallets.
DIGITAL WALLETS AND SELECTED POLICY ISSUES (CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE) Read More »
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