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5/23/2025 12:57:49 PM

What’s in STOR? ACER reports on its market surveillance findings

By Oli Palmer Declan Mcloughlin

The Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators has published, for the first time, two reports on energy market surveillance as...

5/20/2025 7:22:28 PM

European Parliament drafts demand for Commission to spell out how financial regulation applies to AI

By Victoria McGowan

A committee of the European Parliament has published a draft report on the impact of artificial intelligence on the financial sector. The...

5/16/2025 2:56:14 PM

EU guidance suggests firms may need to train clients and service providers on AI

By Raza Naeem Simon Treacy

The EU AI Act requires providers and deployers of AI systems to make sure that their staff understand the AI they use. In a new Q&A...

4/16/2025 5:14:24 PM

EU calls for ideas on improving supervision of financial markets

By Raza Naeem Karen Cooper Simon Treacy

The European Commission wants to hear about obstacles to financial market integration. As part of the EU’s new Savings & Investment Union...

4/3/2025 9:43:20 AM

Updated edition - AFME & Linklaters implementation guide on MiFIR / MiFID II reforms in the EU and UK

By Karen Cooper Stephen Clipsham

The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) and Linklaters have updated our joint implementation guide to help EU and UK firms...

3/25/2025 5:36:24 PM

Payments firms prepare for new EU accessibility standards

By Harry Eddis Olivia Murphy Andreas Van Impe +1 more...

Payments tends to be a volumes business and so payment service providers strive to make their services widely accessible within their...

3/7/2025 11:21:47 AM

Subcontracting rule changes agreed, clearing path towards finalised DORA rulebook

By Raza Naeem James Morris Simon Treacy

Even though the Digital Operational Resilience Act started to apply in January, some parts of the DORA regulatory framework have not yet...

3/6/2025 11:17:35 AM

19 March "meet the regulators": Linklaters financial regulatory conference on key topics for 2025

By Karen Cooper Victoria Hickman Simon Treacy

Come and join us for a half-day Spring Outlook conference (register here) on 19 March in our Linklaters London Office where we will be...

2/21/2025 10:38:14 AM

DORA: ESAs set out roadmap towards the designation of critical ICT third-party service providers and Commission adopts RTS on threat-led penetration testing

By Victoria McGowan Stephen Clipsham

The European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) have provided a roadmap to move forward with designating critical ICT third-party service...

2/19/2025 10:59:48 AM

Payments strategic alliances - the why, how and what to look out for

By Olivia Murphy

Strategic partnerships or alliances are on the rise in the payments and fintech space and in recent weeks we have seen traditional banks...

2/17/2025 3:12:44 PM

New German rules on safeguarding accounts - what PSPs need to know

By Marius Raetz Dr Clemens Boehm

As part of its omnibus act on urgent legislation in the financial sector, the German legislator has changed the safeguarding rules for...

2/12/2025 9:45:42 PM

AI know it when AI see it: EU tries to clear up what an AI system is

By Raza Naeem Simon Treacy

The European Commission has issued guidance on what systems are artificial intelligence under the EU’s AI Act. Understanding the scope of...

2/12/2025 6:25:42 PM

It’s complicated: The EU’s on-again off-again relationship with open finance

By Simon Treacy

Two years ago the European Commission proposed regulating how financial data is shared within the EU. Earlier this week reports suggested...

1/31/2025 1:28:20 PM

Commission rejects DORA subcontracting rules

By Raza Naeem James Morris Simon Treacy

The European Commission has formally rejected draft rules on monitoring ICT supply chains under the Digital Operational Resilience Act....

1/30/2025 11:48:49 AM

The EU AI Act: What is it and what do payments firms need to know?

By Olivia Murphy

The EU AI Act is a regulation which applies directly in every Member State and seeks to impose requirements on the supply and use of AI...

1/24/2025 2:22:17 PM

EBA guidance on acquiring payments transactions and whether electronic money institutions can apply negative interest

By Olivia Murphy

In our previous post we covered two new and important pieces of guidance from the European Banking Authority. In this post we cover two...

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What’s in STOR? ACER reports on its market surveillance findings

European Parliament drafts demand for Commission to spell out how financial regulation applies to AI

EU guidance suggests firms may need to train clients and service providers on AI

EU calls for ideas on improving supervision of financial markets

Updated edition - AFME & Linklaters implementation guide on MiFIR / MiFID II reforms in the EU and UK

Payments firms prepare for new EU accessibility standards

Subcontracting rule changes agreed, clearing path towards finalised DORA rulebook

19 March "meet the regulators": Linklaters financial regulatory conference on key topics for 2025

DORA: ESAs set out roadmap towards the designation of critical ICT third-party service providers and Commission adopts RTS on threat-led penetration testing

Payments strategic alliances - the why, how and what to look out for

New German rules on safeguarding accounts - what PSPs need to know

AI know it when AI see it: EU tries to clear up what an AI system is

It’s complicated: The EU’s on-again off-again relationship with open finance

Commission rejects DORA subcontracting rules

The EU AI Act: What is it and what do payments firms need to know?

EBA guidance on acquiring payments transactions and whether electronic money institutions can apply negative interest