Anti-Money Laundering 3.0: The Anti-Money Laundering Regulation, AMLA and the 6th AML Directive
Abstract: The EU Commission has published its ambitious plan to reform EU anti-money laundering legislation. What does the…
EBA consults on guidelines on the limited network exclusion under PSD2
On July 15, 2021, the European Banking Authority (EBA) published a consultation draft on guidelines on the limited…
Bundestag Election 2021: Parties’ Positions on Payment Issues
On September 26, 2021, the elections to the 20th German Bundestag will take place. Even though we believe…
Bitcoin & Co. : Draft BMF letter on the income tax treatment of cryptocurrencies and tokens – Part 2
In Part 2 of this article on the draft BMF letter on the income tax treatment of cryptocurrencies…
Podcast | Discussing legal advice for blockchain startups with Alireza Siadat
In this podcast episode hosted by Blockrocket, Annerton partner Alireza Siadat and Sagar Barvaliya, Head of Venture Development…
Bitcoin & Co.: Draft BMF letter on the in-come tax treatment of cryptocurrencies and tokens – Part (1)
Initial Situation For some years now, Steffen has been reporting on the tax treatment of cryptocurrencies in his…
Tokenised bank money – Further comments on MiCAR (2)
In my previous article, I discussed the problems arising from the methodology and definitions of the European Commission’s…
Crypto-assets market: France implements a regulatory framework in anticipation of the MiCA regulation
On 24 September 2020, the European Commission published a draft regulation on “crypto assets” known as the “MiCA…
Fee and contract amendment clauses in bank GTCs invalid | Consequences for the payment and banking practice
In its ruling of April 27th, 2021 (XI ZR 26/20), the “banking chamber” of the Federal High Court…
PayTechTalk #66 – eWpG | Electronic Securities Act
In this episode of PayTechTalk, Dorette Daume from Cashlink is my guest. We talk about the Electronic Securities…
PayTechTalk #65 – PeP, FIU, KYC and all crimes approach? | AMLA crash course
To get a better insight into the law aiming to prevent money laundering and resulting obligations, Frank Müller…
PayTechTalk #64 | SEPA Request to Pay – How does it work? Who can use it? When will it come?
On 15 June 2021, the new rulebook for SEPA Request to Pay (SEPA RTP) will come into force.…
“How safe is my money?” Safeguarding of customer funds held by payment and e-money institutions
Since 2020 at the latest, many customers of payment and e-money institutions (PSPs) have been concerned with one…
PayTechTalk #63 – “Tokenizing Everything” with Amazing Blocks
In this episode of PayTechTalk, Nicolas Weber from Amazing Blocks is my guest. We talk about tokenization of…