Deborah Sep 17ASIC Launched Enhanced Regulatory Sandbox Starting September 1st, 2020, natural persons and businesses can test certain innovative financial services or credit activities, without...
Deborah Sep 16OSFI seeks stakeholders’ comments on technology risks in the financial sectorOn September 15, 2020, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) released a discussion paper, Developing financia...
Deborah Sep 15FATF publishes report on ML/TF red flag indicators related to virtual assetsOn September 14, 2020, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) releases a report on virtual assets red flag indicators to help reporting e...
Deborah Sep 11SWIFT describes money laundering techniques and provides strategies to mitigate these risksOn September 2, 2020, SWIFT, together with BAE Systems, publishes “Follow the Money” report detailing the types of cyber-heist financial ...
Deborah Aug 20UK – ICO published Guidance on AI and data protectionOn July 30, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) published its Guidance on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and data protection to hel...
Deborah Jul 29CA-Payments Canada – 2020-2024 Corporate PlanOn July 28, Payments Canada released its 2020-2024 Corporate Plan, highlighting a number of legislative and regulatory initiatives, inclu...
Deborah Jul 24UK- Government consults on regulating cryptoasset promotions On 20 July 2020, HM Treasury (the “Government”) released a consultation paper regarding cryptoasset promotions (the "Consultation"). The ...
Deborah Jul 23CA – IIROC seeks comments on proposed changes to Dealer Member Rules The Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) published today for public comment certain proposed amendments to the D...
Deborah Jul 14NG – Central Bank of Nigeria publishes draft Framework for Regulatory Sandbox OperationsOn June 23, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) published for comments a circular including the draft Regulatory Framework for Sandbox Oper...
Deborah Jul 10UK – FCA grants first MTF license to CTP & publishes additional guidance for payment/e-money firms1. For the first time, the UK Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") granted (https://register.fca.org.uk) a Multilateral Trading Facility (...
Deborah Jul 10CA – Ontario government seeks feedback on Modernizing Capital MarketsOn July 9, the Ontario government published its Capital Markets Modernization Taskforce initial consultation report seeking feedback from...
Deborah Jul 8Global - IOSCO requests feedback on the use of AI and ML by asset managers & intermediariesOn June 25, the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) published a consultation report and proposed guidance regard...
Deborah Jul 8Global/FATF – 12-month review of FATF revised Standards on Virtual assets & VAPS releasedOn July 7, the Financial Action Task Force (“FATF”) has completed its 12-month review that evaluate the implementation by countries and s...
Deborah Jul 7FR/AMF – The French AMF publishes its position paper on digital finance in EuropeOn July 6, the French Autorité des Marchés Financiers (‘French AMF’ or ‘AMF’) published a position paper setting out its guidelines for t...
Ameis Regulatory ServicesJun 26CA/OSC – OSC published its Priorities for 2020 - 2021On June 25, the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) published its Statement of Priorities setting out four strategic goals for the coming...
Deborah Jun 26CA/CSA - CSA requests feedback on SROs frameworkOn June 25, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published Consultation Paper (CP) 25-402 on its review of the regulatory framewo...
Deborah Jun 26CA/IIROC - IIROC published education notice on cloud services & APIsOn June 24, the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) published an education notice on cybersecurity recommending...
Ameis Regulatory ServicesJun 23UK/AML and CTF upcoming deadlineOne week left until the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) June 30 deadline for existing businesses with cryptoasset activity in the UK ...
Deborah Jun 22Payments Canada released ISO 20022 messages for LynxOn June 15, Payments Canada published ISO 20022 messages for Lynx, Canada’s new high-value payments system that will replace the current ...
Ameis Regulatory ServicesJun 15Upcoming FinTech events in CanadaExplore the latest developments in FinTech: 6th Annual Fintech Canada Conference presented by the Digital Finance Institute Aug. 12, 2020...