A Guide To Virtual IBANs And Their Regulation

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Virtual IBANs have become increasingly popular in the payments industry, but are not always well understood, and the application of regulation (and payment system rules) to vIBANs is not always straight forward.

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Ben Regnard-Weinrabe,Rory Copeland,Anna Lewis-Martinez

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In a recent article first published by the Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law, our financial services regulatory lawyers Ben Regnard-Weinrabe, Dil-veer Kang, Anna Lewis-Martinez and Rory Copeland explain vIBANs and how they are used, and comment on some related regulatory considerations.

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