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Deepfakes and financial fraud: what next for the UK financial sector?

As the global AI arms race intensifies, should financial institutions in the UK be concerned about fraudsters’ recent gains? Answer: yes. Beware “deepfakes”.

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Digital Transformation: The Influencers Podcast

In this episode of The Influencers, Aviro Worldwide CEO and Global Digital Finance Executive Co-Chair Lawrence Wintermeyer and Hogan Lovells host Leo von Gerlach explore the future of...

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UK: The FCA, Bank of England and PRA issue their strategic approach to regulating AI in response to the government’s AI White Paper

The UK’s financial regulators have responded to the government’s White Paper on its approach to regulating the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI)....

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UK: FCA Anti-greenwashing guidance and extension of the SDR to portfolio managers

On 23 April 2024, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published the much-anticipated anti-greenwashing guidance which will apply to all FCA regulated firms from 31 May 2024. The...

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Navigating Italy's digital financial landscape: Consob’s Regulation on Digital Financial Instruments

Consob’s Regulation on the Issuance and Circulation of Financial Instruments in Digital Form sets out the rules for establishment and operation of registers utilising distributed...

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Disciplinary, litigation risk - AFRC highlights skill shortage in Hong Kong public interest entity audits

The Accounting and Financial Reporting Council (AFRC) has published its first report on the public interest entity (PIE) audit market in Hong Kong. Reviewing its own survey of PIE auditors, ...

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Central Bank of Ireland issues Guidance on authorisation of PIs and EMIs and registration of AISPs

On 9 April 2024, the Central Bank of Ireland (the "CBI") issued guidance on the authorisation of payment institutions ("PIs") and Electronic Money Institutions...

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Is the writing on the wall for the shareholder principle? Privilege update in Hong Kong

The concept of the “shareholder principle” in English law provides that a company cannot assert privilege against its own shareholders, unless the privileged documents in...

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Payments innovation: Bank of England signals more regulatory and infrastructure changes ahead

A speech by the Bank of England’s Deputy Governor for Financial Stability, Sarah Breeden, at the Innovate Finance Global Summit 2024, considered the implications of new technologies...

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