In this regular update, we round-up FinTech-related regulatory developments for the week ending 6 May 2022. Read more

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP have published an article in Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law on a recent cryptocurrency case, Wang v Darby [2021] EWHC 3054 (Comm), which applies established principles relating to trusts, proprietary injunctions and worldwide freezing orders to this new asset class. Read more

In this regular update, we round-up FinTech-related regulatory developments for the week ending 22 April 2022. Read more

In this regular update, we round-up FinTech-related regulatory developments for the week ending 14 April 2022. Read more

The High Court has held that cryptoasset systems and software developers did not owe a duty to cryptoasset owners to permit or enable access to the assets where the owners had lost control over the assets following a hack. The court set aside an order permitting service of the proceedings on the developers out of the jurisdiction, as the owners had not established a serious issue to be tried on the merits: Tulip Trading Limited v Bitcoin Association for BSV [2022] EWHC 667 (Ch). Read more

In this blog post, we round-up forthcoming developments in the UK and at EU and International levels in FinTech-related regulation which are expected for April and May 2022. Read more

In this regular update, we round-up FinTech-related financial services regulatory developments for the week ending 18 March 2022. Read more

This briefing looks at why the regulators care, and what firms can do to manage the risks and take all reasonable steps to preserve data where channels have been used outside policy. Read more