FFinTech “Fair” merchant fees for the acceptance of the Digital Euro? byDr. Hugo Godschalk4. March 20255 minute read In its charm offensive for the Digital Euro (D€), the ECB is primarily targeting merchants. This is an… Read More
FFinTech FIBE Berlin 2025: The Fintech Festival for the Future of the Financial Industry byPayTechLaw-Team26. February 2025
AAnti Money Laundering AMLA – The EU’s new anti-money laundering authority byKatharina Wagener25. February 2025
FFinTech Read More 5 minute read “Fair” merchant fees for the acceptance of the Digital Euro?byDr. Hugo Godschalk4. March 2025 In its charm offensive for the Digital Euro (D€), the ECB is primarily targeting merchants. This is an… Read More
FFinTech Read More 3 minute read FIBE Berlin 2025: The Fintech Festival for the Future of the Financial IndustrybyPayTechLaw-Team26. February 2025 On April 9 and 10, 2025, Berlin will once again become the hub of the German and international… Read More
AAnti Money Laundering Read More 3 minute read AMLA – The EU’s new anti-money laundering authoritybyKatharina Wagener25. February 2025 The Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA) will gradually become operational from mid-2025. Direct supervision of a certain group of… Read More
BBanking Read More 2 minute read BaFin and the Finfluencers – Part 2byDr. Jörg Streißle20. February 2025 In an update to its guidance note on the concept of investment advice, BaFin confirms that finfluencers generally… Read More
BBanking Read More 5 minute read What do the party manifestos have to say about ‘our’ payment topics?byDr. Hugo Godschalk18. February 2025 Some highlights from the German federal election manifestos 2025 Payments are not just a topic for lawyers. It… Read More
LLegal Read More 3 minute read BaFin and the Finfluencers – Part 1byJonas Philipp Burckgard,Dr. Paul Schultess14. February 2025 Influencers who provide product recommendations via social media are engaging in a business model that has long become… Read More
BBanking Read More 7 minute read Escrow accounts are becoming segregated accounts (only)byDr. Susanne Grohé13. February 2025 Changes to the German safeguarding regime of customer funds pursuant to Section 17 of the German Payment Services… Read More
CCrypto & digitisation Read More 4 minute read EBA specifies e-money definition – What does this mean in practice?byAwet Yohannes,Dr. Hugo Godschalk4. February 2025 The definition of e-money plays an important role in practice, as it determines the regulatory requirements for products… Read More
CCrypto & digitisation Read More 4 minute read BaFin Guidance Notice on crypto-asset services under MiCAR – authorisation requirement notification procedure (2)byKemal Ahmedi23. January 2025 On 3 January 2025, BaFin published the Guidance Notice on crypto-asset services MiCAR (“Guidance Notice”). In addition to… Read More
BBanking Read More 8 minute read Quo vadis, financial sector? DORA comes into effectbySvetlana Ulrici,Josefine Spengler17. January 2025 The Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 on digital operational resilience in the financial sector (DORA) is a significant milestone in… Read More
BBanking Read More 3 minute read Barrierefreiheitsstärkungsgesetz and accessibility requirements for banks: Towards an inclusive futurebyKatharina Wagener16. January 2025 In this article, we take a closer look at the Barrierefreiheitsstärkungsgesetz (Accessibility Reinforcement Act “-BFSG”) and its significance… Read More
FFinTech Read More 2 minute read A Fairy Tale Journey into the Future of Payments – The Payment Exchange 2025byKatja Fahrendholz15. January 2025 Once Upon a Time… … not too far in the future, a legendary place called Berlin shone with… Read More
AAnti Money Laundering Read More 6 minute read Insurance intermediaries as obliged entities under money laundering law – modern distribution models, open questions and the future rules of the AMLRbyDr. Paul Schultess,Dr. Anna L. Izzo-Wagner14. January 2025 Insurance intermediaries must comply with the obligations under money laundering law if they broker life insurance policies within… Read More
CCrypto & digitisation Read More 6 minute read BaFin Guidance Notice on crypto-asset services in accordance with MiCAR (1)byKemal Ahmedi8. January 2025 On 3 January 2025, BaFin published a guidance notice on crypto-asset services in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2023/1114… Read More