FFinTech Read More 6 minute read New authorisation requirement for financial holding companies – consequences for FintechsbyWolfgang Vahldiek,Dr. Anna L. Izzo-Wagner,Till Christopher Otto12. February 2021 Holding companies that are at the head of a group supervised by the supervisory authority on a pooled… Read More
RRegulatory Read More 3 minute read Much longed for: The amendment of the Application Decree re section 154 AO (AEAO re section 154)byDr. Susanne Grohé1. February 2021 On 20 January 2021, the Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF) published amendments to the Application Decree for the… Read More
LLegal Read More 5 minute read Draft bill on the Financial Market Integrity Strengthening Act (FISG) – Increased controls, more sovereign powers and threats of punishment as a deterrentbyPeter Frey,Katharina Wagener23. November 2020 On October 26, 2020, the German Federal Ministry of Finance (Bundesministerium der Finanzen – BMF) and the German… Read More
RRegulatory Read More 2 minute read From ‘A for acquirer’ to ‘Z for ZAG licence’: our PayTechLaw glossary gives guidancebyChristian Walz3. November 2020 Update | 3.11.2020 265 glossary terms. These are 136 German and 129 English explanations of industry-specific technical terms,… Read More
PPayment Read More 3 minute read BaFin inspecting general terms and conditions: What do payment and other financial services providers need to be aware of?byPeter Frey,Kemal Ahmedi6. October 2020 When drafting general terms and conditions (“T&C”), the “opponents” are generally your contractual partners as well as consumer… Read More
RRegulatory Read More 5 minute read BaFin Guidance Notice on planned reforms regarding members of management / supervisory bodies (part 2)byPeter Frey,Kemal Ahmedi8. September 2020 In part 1, we provided some background information to the updated BaFin guidance notices entitled “Guidance Notice on… Read More
RRegulatory Read More 6 minute read BaFin Guidance Notice on planned reforms regarding managing directors pursuant to the KWG, ZAG and KAGB (part 1)byPeter Frey,Kemal Ahmedi25. August 2020 BaFin is currently working on updating its “guidance notice on managing directors pursuant to the KWG, ZAG and… Read More
PPodcast Read More 3 minute read PayTechTalk 55 – The digital programmable eurobyFrank Müller14. August 2020 Our 55th episode of PayTechTalk is a special one as it is a co-production between us and the… Read More
AAnti Money Laundering Read More 4 minute read Commission increases its fight against money laundering and terrorism financingbyFrank Müller,Marina von Wallenberg-Pachaly4. August 2020 The EU Commission increases its fight against money laundering – will this pave the way for a new… Read More
PPodcast Read More 2 minute read PayTechTalk 54 – Blockchain and crypto regulation from the UK and the German perspectivebyFrank Müller30. July 2020 In today’s episode of PayTechTalk, I talk to crypto and Blockchain experts James Burnie (gunnercooke) and Alireza Siadat… Read More