FinTech Bytes

The FCA’s new rules for promoting financial products and services in the crypto asset industry will take effect from 8 October.

In this episode, partner Sam Robinson and associate Yasmin Johal from our Financial Regulatory team, discuss the nature of the changes, who they affect, and provide guidance/advice for compliance.

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A written and downloadable guide covering the main points of this new legislation can be found here.

Wondering how synthetic data can revolutionize data handling in the FinTech industry or how it is created?

In this episode, Harry Keen, CEO and Co-founder of Hazy, and our FinTech experts, Daniel Gallagher and Will Holder delve into the world of synthetic data.

They explore the benefits of synthetic data as well as the challenges and opportunities its usage presents in today's data-driven landscape.

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Curious about the transformative role of generative AI in the FinTech industry?

Eager to discover how this technology has the potential to revolutionize the legal profession?

Join us for episode 15, where our Financial Services Disputes experts Reeve Boyd and Rebecca Byczok, explore how generative AI is currently being harnessed in the FinTech landscape and delve into its profound impact on the future of the legal profession, with a particular focus on the litigation realm.

In this episode, we explore women's role in FinTech, coinciding with International Women’s Day.

Alexis Alexander, General Counsel at Liberis, together with Associates Yasmin Johal and Fiona Henderson, discuss: 

• Lex’s personal experiences as a female lawyer in FinTech
• what FinTech companies are and should be doing to increase and retain a diverse workforce, and
• predictions for the UK FinTech industry in 2023

In this episode, Yasmin Johal and Reeve Boyd, both associates in the Finance Regulatory team, discuss:

• the five key trends we expect to see within the UK Fintech Market in 2023, and
• what FinTechs should be aware of to stay one step ahead of the competition.

In this episode, Yasmin Johal, Associate and member of the Financial Services team at CMS, talks to Nadia Edwards-Dashti, who co-founded the Harrington Starr Group in 2010, which has grown into the leading FinTech recruiter based in London (and also has offices in New York). We explore the Diversity in FinTech, how this has evolved over the years, what FinTechs should consider going forward and how the ever changing FinTech Landscape will adapt in the next 12 months.

In this podcast, Yasmin Johal, Associate and member of the Financial Services team and Bhavesh Panchal, Associate and member of the Financial Services team at CMS, explore the recent developments relating to the marketing of cryptocurrencies. We discuss the new rules which will bring qualifying cryptoassets within the scope of the financial promotions regime and explore the impact of these developments. 

In this podcast, Shakeel Adli, Partner and Head of Islamic Finance at CMS, and Yasmin Johal, Associate and member of the Financial Services team at CMS, talk to Areeb Siddiqui, founder and CEO of CMS equIP members Kestrl - which is an award-winning finance app that makes it easy for Muslims to Budget, Save and Invest in line with their values. We explore the role that FinTech plays in Islamic finance, learn more out a bit more about Kestrl and how it is innovating this space and what we can expect in the future for the Islamic finance market and wider ESG markets.

In this episode, Yasmin Johal, associate in our Finance Regulatory team and Matthew Nyman, Of Counsel in our Financial Services and FinTech team discuss registering a cryptoasset firm under the money laundering regulations in the UK – the process, what you need, and some top tips for an application, as well as developments in the next 12 months which you need to be aware of.

In this episode, Dil-Veer Kang, associate in our Finance Regulatory team, Yasmin Johal, associate in our Finance Regulatory team and Erika Federis, associate in our Corporate & Leveraged Finance team discuss DeFi, why its important and how it is likely to change in the next 12 months.