05/21/2021

EU court confirms Commission's approach to tax rulings

The court has already accepted – and repeated in these judgments – that the Commission’s state aid investigations do not constitute tax harmonisation through the back door and it is legitimate for the Commission to be investigating natio

05/20/2021

UK’s FCA To FinTechs: You’re Not Banks

The concerns set out in the letter to FinTechs demonstrate the “growing anxiety among regulators” regarding companies following the collapse of German payments firm Wirecard, the news outlet said.

05/20/2021

Financial Regulation: Daily Update

The proposals are part of a wider package of amendments to the BMR in the FS Act, which aim to ensure that the FCA has the appropriate regulatory powers to help reduce risk of harm to consumers and ensure market stability in the wind-down period before LI

05/19/2021

Financial Regulation: Daily Update

The letter sets out the FCA's concerns on the lack of disclosure that e-money firms offer customers in respect of the differences between their services and traditional banking

05/18/2021

Financial Regulation: Daily Update

By preventing CMCs from managing such claims, the FCA aims to ensure CMCs are not seeking to profit from past misconduct of individuals connected with the CMC.

05/18/2021

Global life insurer admits it helped US citizens hide $1.45bn

Swiss Life Holding AG, Swiss Life (Liechtenstein) AG, Swiss Life (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., and Swiss Life (Luxembourg) S.A. Enter into Deferred Prosecution Agreement for Criminal Misconduct; Agree to Collectively Pay More than $77 Million