06 Oct, 2021 Combatting fraud with online security By A&O Shearman Shearman partner Barney Reynolds was quoted in World Finance magazine discussing the balance of privacy, security and regulation in...
18 Aug, 2021 OpEd: Britain’s legal system is the best bet for fintech By A&O Shearman Shearman & Sterling partner Barney Reynolds recently published a Comment piece in The Telegraph, where he argues that the UK's common law...
17 Jun, 2021 Who’s in charge? An overview of U.S. digital asset regulation By A&O Shearman It is almost impossible to scan the news without seeing multiple headlines relating to cryptocurrency and other digital assets. Perhaps...
22 Apr, 2021 'Remove the straitjacket of statutory rules' for UK fintech By A&O Shearman Partner Barney Reynolds, speaking at UK FinTech Week 2021, recommended that financial regulators focus primarily on risk rather than code...
12 Apr, 2021 UK FinTech Week will feature Barney Reynolds speaking on "Trust vs. Innovation" By A&O Shearman Barney Reynolds will participate in a panel discussion for UK FinTech Week exploring how regulators should balance trust and innovation...
23 Jan, 2020 U.K. Regulators Take Steps to Establish Financial Services AI Public Private Forum By A&O Shearman The Bank of England and the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority are establishing the Financial Services AI Public Private Forum that...
17 Jan, 2020 U.K. Court Confirms Bitcoin Status as Property for Certain Proprietary Claims By A&O Shearman A U.K. court has granted an interim proprietary injunction over Bitcoin held in an account of a cryptocurrency exchange after it had been...
05 Aug, 2019 U.K. Regulator Provides Guidance on Regulatory Perimeter and Crypto-Assets By A&O Shearman The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a Policy Statement and final Guidance on Crypto-assets. The Policy Statement...
09 Jul, 2019 U.K. Conduct Regulator Proposes Banning the Sale to Retail Clients of Derivatives Referencing Crypto-Assets By A&O Shearman The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched a consultation proposing to restrict the sale, marketing and distribution of...
28 Mar, 2019 Shearman & Sterling Launches Interactive FinTech Regulatory Sandbox Survey By A&O Shearman Through our FinTech Foundry, Shearman & Sterling today has launched an interactive survey of the FinTech regulatory sandboxes located...