Are there hard times ahead for the use of Google Analytics & Co.?
It may be tempting to include the free “Google Analytics” on one’s own website, or to make use…
Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) & Blockchain: Whitepaper published by the Luxembourg regulator
On 21 January 2022, the Luxembourg financial sector supervisory authority, the Commission de surveillance du secteur financier (“CSSF”),…
The narrative of Mastercard and Visa dominance
Do the International Card Schemes (ICS) Mastercard and Visa dominate in Europe or even in Germany? Do these…
Draft Guidelines on remote customer onboarding – EBA to set common EU standards
EBA draft Guidelines on remote customer onboarding On 10 December 2021, the European Banking Authority (EBA) has launched…
Infographic | Corona and the European card business
Did the pandemic affect the European card business? In the first year of the new Corona era, the…
Infographic co-badging of national card schemes in the EU
Due to Mastercard’s announcement that the debit card brand Maestro will be terminated as of mid-20231, the topic…
Revised EBA guidelines on money laundering and terrorist financing risk factors | What firms should know now
The revised Guidelines published by the European Banking Authority (EBA) on customer due diligence and the factors credit…
Cross-border distribution of funds | ESMA guidelines on marketing communications
On 27 September 2021, BaFin announced that it is applying the guidelines on marketing communications published by ESMA…
PayTechTalk#68 – Bitcoin, DeFi, AMLD6 & MiCAR
In this English-language episode of PayTechTalk, Annerton partner & PayTechTalk host Alireza Siadat has an international guest in…
5th anniversary of PayTechLaw! Happy Birthday & Cin-Cin!
Five years of burning keyboards, creativity, passion and red-hot topics from the areas of FinTech, payment, banking, crypto,…
New EBA uniform guidelines for the notification procedure of the PSD “limited networks” exclusion
In his blog post of 20 July, Christian Walz presented the outline of the guidelines put out for…
Act to Further Strengthen Investor Protection
The legislator has once again taken up the cause of investor protection; this time with a law to…
BaFin Consultation 13/2021: Directive for Sustainable Investment Funds
On 2 August 2021 – just in time for the entry into force of most of the amendments…
Transparency Register and Financial Information Act enters into force in August – Major changes in the Anti-Money Laundering Act (AMLA)
On 30.06.2021, the Act on the European Interconnection of Transparency Registers and the Implementation of Directive (EU) 2019/1153…