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Canada
Stewart McKelvey
On April 15, 2024, the Canadian federal budget was released. Connected to the budget was an explanation of the framework for Canada's proposed implementation of Open Banking (sometimes called consumer-driven banking).
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Consistent with the securities regulators' focus on conflict-of-interest matters, staff from the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) and the Autorité des marchés financiers...
Torys LLP
In the 2024 federal budget released on April 16, the federal government stated its intention to explore new measures to expand access to alternative financing products...
Nelligan Law
In residential transactions, Halal financing typically involves structures such as Murabaha (cost-plus sale), Ijarah (leasing), Musharakah (partnership), and Istisna'a (manufacturing contracts).
McMillan LLP
The Income Tax Act (Canada) (the "Tax Act") contains a host of provisions that influence how investment funds are structured and administered.
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
The Retail Payment Activities Act (RPAA) represents a milestone in Canadian payments and is expected to build confidence in the retail payment sector and bring a new level...
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
On April 16, 2024, Canada's Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland unveiled Budget 2024 (Budget). The Budget, titled "Fairness for every generation...
Fasken
The 2024 Federal Budget targets three main areas related to financial services regulation: housing affordability; opportunities relating to digital innovation...
Cayman Islands
Maples Group
In this Regulatory 15/15 podcast, Partners Patrick Head and Adam Huckle and Associate Lisa Page from our Regulatory & Financial Services Advisory team...
Cayman Islands Government
Deputy Premier and Minister for Financial Services and Commerce, the Hon. André Ebanks, will be in Tokyo and Hong Kong the week of 22 April for meetings with industry and regulators.
Cyprus
Harneys
The purpose of the above initiative is to assist physical persons and legal entities that are characterised as "retail clients" who suffered losses, as a result of resolution measures...
Guernsey
Carey Olsen
Registered funds are one of the three types of Guernsey funds.
Hong Kong
Mayer Brown
The Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal (CFA) finally settled the question of legality of the No Consent Regime (NCR) in its recent judgment in Tam Sze Leung v. Commissioner of Police [2024] HKCFA 8 – confirming...
India
Khaitan & Co LLP
Owing to the mushrooming of passive funds in the past decade coupled with concerns regarding conflict of interest and governance of indices and the fact that market indices are often seen as the barometer of economic growth, it is prudent to govern index providers.
Khaitan & Co LLP
On 29 January 2024, the International Financial Services Centres Authority notified the International Financial Services Centres Authority Regulations, 2024 with the intention of governing and regulating payment services in International Financial Services Centres.
AZB & Partners
On April 16, 2024, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued a press release with draft directions for regulation of payment aggregators (PAs) that facilitate payments at physical point of sale...
Ikigai Law
In this article, we dive into the draft RBI regulations for offline payment aggregators (PA) and draft amendment to the current PA guidelines.
Ireland
Maples Group
On 9 April 2024, the Central Bank of Ireland ("CBI") published its Expectations for Authorisation of Payment and Electronic Money Institutions and Registration of Account Information Service Providers ("CBI Expectations").
Arthur Cox
In advance of the Senior Executive Accountability Regime (SEAR) coming into force from 1 July 2024 (save in respect of non-executive directors, who will be brought into scope from 1 July 2025).
Matheson
Following on from our Initial Observations on the Central Bank of Ireland's Consumer Protection Code Consultation Paper we will be releasing a series of Insights...
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