In this month’s episode of FinTech Pulse from global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright, our lawyers from Australia, Europe, Canada, the US, Middle East and UK share their thoughts and predictions for 2023 on crypto and FinTech regulation and litigation, M&A and investments, NFT's, Web 3 and the Metaverse.

In this month’s episode of FinTech Pulse from global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright we discuss increasing regulatory scrutiny of the buy now pay later sector in the US, the key takeaways from the UK Law Commission’s consultation paper on the future of digital assets, the upcoming regulation of crypto-assets in Europe and a new initiative in Hong Kong to connect local corporates and investors with global FinTech companies to boost the growth and adoption of FinTech in Asia.

In this special edition of FinTech Pulse Podcast, co-heads of Norton Rose Fulbright’s Technology Consulting practice - Madeleine Bailey and Professor Peter McBurney - are joined by Alex de Vries, founder of Digiconomist and researcher at Vrije University’s School of Business and Economics in Amsterdam on the sustainability of crypto assets. Alex plays a major role in the global discussion regarding the sustainability of cryptocurrencies and blockchain and their energy consumption, and joins the podcast to discuss this hot topic.

In this month’s episode of FinTech Pulse from global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright we discuss the regulation of FinFluencers, the use of blockchain, smart contracts, crypto, token offerings and NFTs in securitization, regulatory developments in the Hong Kong crypto space, FinTech developments in the French market, crypto lending and the use of crypto assets as collateral, and the growing interest in crypto asset funds in the German market.

In our latest FinTech special edition podcast our lawyers from London and New York provide a deep dive into the Terra Luna collapse, exploring what happened, why it matters, and a brief 101 on stablecoins.

In this month’s episode of FinTech Pulse from global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright, we discuss: BlockFi Lending’s recent $100m fine imposed by the SEC and what it means for the future of crypto products; the potential impact on the FinTech sector of the UK’s new National Security and Investment (NSI) regime; the FinTech landscape and current status of crypto regulation in the United Arab Emirates (UAE); and, a recent investigation by the UK law commission into how the current law of contract applies to smart legal contracts.

In this special edition of Norton Rose Fulbright’s FinTech Pulse podcast, our lawyers discuss how crypto assets are regulated in various jurisdictions around the globe. We hear from Etelka Bogardi in Hong Kong, Jeremy Wickens in Australia, Glen Barrentine in the US, Albert Weatherill in the UK and Nikolai de Koning in the Netherlands.

In this special edition of Norton Rose Fulbright’s FinTech Pulse Podcast, Sean Murphy is joined by Sandra Ro, CEO of the Global Blockchain Business Council, FinTech entrepreneur, angel investor and former executive director of digitization at CME Group, to discuss the latest FinTech trends and her 2022 predictions for NFTs, Web 3.0, CBDCs and the regulatory landscape.

In this month’s episode of FinTech Pulse from global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright, we provide an update on the Financial Action Task Force’s new travel rule and its impact on virtual assets and VASPs in the UK and the EU, FATF’s recent guidance in the US on virtual assets, as well as the Stablecoin Report recently issued by the US President’s Working Group and we explore how the changes to the copyright act in Singapore will benefit the FinTech sector, in particular in relation to data mining.

In this special edition of Norton Rose Fulbright’s FinTech Pulse podcast, our FinTech lawyers discuss trends, challenges and tips that Asian FinTechs should consider when looking to expand by way of acquisition into Europe and the US.