The UK Digital Securities Sandbox is set to launch soon. In our latest blogpost, we outline 10 things we’ve learnt about how the Bank of England and FCA expect it to run from their recent joint consultation paper. Read more below.

The legislative framework for the UK’s Digital Securities Sandbox takes effect today and will remain in place until 8 January 2029. Read our blog post for more. #dfmi

Following the recent launch of Euroclear’s Digital Financial Market Infrastructure, we bring together some of its architects to share their insights on drivers, design choices, legal underpinnings, market response, future plans and more. Watch here.

We are pleased to launch the next edition of our annual Fintech & Payments Legal Outlook 2024 publication. In it, we consider the key trends in #fintech and #payments and their impact on the #legaloutlook for in 2024. Read the publication here. #PLO24

After introducing “tough” new rules for marketing #cryptoassets in the UK, the #FCA aims to support firms in complying with the #financialpromotions regime. Newly-finalised Guidance sets out the steps for firms advertising cryptoassets to UK consumers.

Conference | We are pleased to announce that UK Head of Fintech Richard Hay will be speaking during the "New Digital Money and Markets” workstream at UK Finance’s Digital Innovation Summit 2023 on Tuesday 31 October from 1.45pm.

Podcast mini series | Marketing cryptoassets in the UK.Tough rules now restrict the #marketing of #cryptoassets in the UK. Visit our crypto promotions hub to find all our resources on this important milestone for the regulation of cryptoassets.

#DORA, the EU’s regime for #operationalresilience, imposes obligations on #technology firms providing critical services to the #financialservices sector. Simon Treacy and Jamie Johnson discuss in our latest #Tech Insight.

The Competition and Markets Authority (#CMA) recently published its initial report on #AI #foundationmodels i.e. large-scale models that can be adapted to a range of tasks and operations. Explore the key takeaways in our latest #Tech Insight. #competition

The European Supervisory Authorities (#ESAs) have shared analysis about how providers of #ICT services support financial entities in the EU ahead of the introduction of the Digital #OperationalResilience Act (#DORA). Read more. #fintech

Webinar | Weds 18 Oct 2023.The European Commission wants EU citizens to have more control over who can access their #financialdata. In this webinar our experts will consider the draft framework for financial data access - #FIDA. #openfinance #fintech

We are pleased to announce that Julian Cunningham-Day, Linklaters Co-Head of Fintech and Technology Sectors, will be chairing the morning session of the City & Financial Global #AI Regulation Summit on Thursday 5 October. #AIRegulation

The FCA has written once again about its concerns about firms’ readiness to comply with the new #financialpromotions regime. Read more from James Morris, Simon Treacy and Lauren Hammond in our latest #Tech Insight. #fintech #fintechlaw

The UK Government has this month launched a consultation on improving transparency and product information for consumers. Read more from Kim Rust and Emma Cochrane in our latest #Tech Insight. #competition #DMCC

Peter Church was recently a guest speaker on the "Beyond Curious" #AI podcast series hosted by LCP, discussing the legal and governance challenges raised by #artificialintelligence. Read the highlights and access the episode in our #Tech Insight.

Spain has approved a law establishing the first supervisory agency for #artificialintelligence in the EU - The Spanish Artificial Intelligence Supervisory Agency (#AESIA). Read more from Ceyhun Pehlivan and Elena Valín in our #Tech Insight. #AI

This month the #EuropeanCommission designated the five American #tech giants – Alphabet , Amazon, Apple, Meta and Microsoft – and ByteDance as #gatekeepers under the #DMA. Read more in our #techinsight.

With one month to go before the #financialpromotionregime applies to #cryptoassets, the #FCA has issued a flurry of guidance and warnings about non-compliance. Read more from James Morris, Jimi Piggott-Bader, Upasana Chauhan and Simon Treacy. #fintech

The #EU’s Digital #OperationalResilience Act opens up new regulatory risks for #financialservices firms as they prepare to withstand IT issues. Read more from Raza Naeem and Simon Treacy in our latest #Tech Insight. #DORA #fintech

The UK #financialpromotion regime will capture marketing of #cryptoassets to UK customers from 8 October 2023. #Crypto firms registered with the FCA may continue to market their services in the UK after then. James Morris and Simon Treacy discuss.