FinTech Pulse

In this latest InsurTech special edition of Norton Rose Fulbright’s FinTech Pulse podcast, Madeleine Bailey and Peter McBurney (co-hosts of Technology Consulting NRF) are joined by James Croome, Fine Art and Specie Underwriter at Arch Insurance to discuss digital assets and cryptocurrencies in the insurance sector. They explore the risk management protocols and assessments for cryptocurrency cover, the viability of insuring the custody of private keys, and the future evolution of the cryptocurrency insurance market.

In this special InsurTech edition, Tim Chan (Associate, Sydney) is joined by René Papesch, Co-Founder and CTO of Riskwolf. René and Tim discuss how parametric products are being applied to emerging risks in the digital economy. We explore the nature of connectivity risks in light of recent high profile outages and the insurance industry’s progress towards insuring such losses. We also discuss how parametric products can bridge protection gaps in a world which has never been more connected.

In this month’s episode of FinTech Pulse from global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright, we provide an update on the latest crypto clampdown in China and what it means for crypto service providers operating in China, as well as offshore service providers, explore the US payments landscape, discuss recent crypto regulatory developments in South Africa, talk about the key takeaways from our recent global survey on liability schemes in outsourcing and technology contracts, and provide an update on the recent developments in Chinese data protection regulations.

In this special InsurTech edition, Tim Chan (Associate, Sydney) is joined by Brenton Charnley, CEO (Australia and New Zealand) at TrueLayer. TrueLayer is a global open banking platform with customers across Europe, the UK, and Australia. Brenton shares his experience and insights into open finance – how it is relevant for the insurance industry as well as the roll out of Australia’s consumer data right which could enable open insurance. We also explore potential use cases and some ethical challenges which could arise from open insurance.

In this special edition of FinTech Pulse, we are joined by Chase Lochmiller, CEO of Crusoe Energy to discuss the greening of Bitcoin mining. Crusoe is pioneering an environmentally friendly way to deal with the energy footprint of Bitcoin mining by capturing flared gas from oil and gas fields - through its patented digital flare mitigation systems - to power crypto mining operations. We also discuss the latest developments on the crackdown on cryptocurrencies and bitcoin mining operations in China, the current attitude of the US government towards bitcoin miners and how cryptocurrencies are regulated in the US.

In this month’s episode of FinTech Pulse from global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright, we explore the concept of the Metaverse and the potential legal and regulatory issues which could arise, discuss the intellectual property and licencing considerations relating to NFTs, and explain the latest development in Chinese data protection regulations.

In this special edition of FinTech Pulse from global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright, our lawyers from London and South Africa discuss the African payments landscape, exploring why mobile payments have been so successful, the regulatory landscape supporting payments, why it is an attractive market for payments and telecoms companies and what the future holds.

In this month’s episode of FinTech Pulse from global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright, we explore NFTs, hear about the state of the Mexican FinTech and crypto markets, discuss the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority recent announcement regarding Binance’s activities in the UK, find out how regulatory reforms are impacting the UK’s landscape and learn about a recent judgement of the German Federal Court of Justice on standard amendment clauses.

In this special edition of FinTech Pulse from Norton Rose Fulbright, Madeline Bailey, co-head of Technology consulting at Norton Rose Fulbright is joined by one of the most influential women in European InsurTech, Parul Green, Board member of Insurtech Board, HM Treasury and Chief of Staff, APAC and Europe at AXA XL, to discuss the state of all things innovation and InsurTech in the Insurance sector. They discuss topics ranging from the trends in insurance that are driving technology innovation and interest in Insurtech, progress with diversity and inclusion, and how insurers are reacting to the threat of disruption, to the pivotal technologies that are enabling insurers to better respond to the changing nature of risk and the ethics of AI.

In this special edition of FinTech Pulse from Norton Rose Fulbright, members of our global FinTech regulation team compare notes on their jurisdictions’ approaches to crypto-custody and the use of crypto-assets as collateral, in particular:

•How the law in various jurisdictions categorises crypto-assets and what does that mean for their custody?
•Do you need a regulatory licence to hold crypto-assets and what types of licence are possible?
•Are there any key rules that apply to crypto-custodians in the various countries?
•What are the key issues on using crypto-assets as collateral?
•What issues might arise when providing a crypto-custody service cross border to clients in multiple jurisdictions?