Archive:March 27, 2018

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Hope for Regulatory Relief on the Horizon? State Regulators to Standardize Licensing Process for Money Transmitters
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Increasing FinTech regulatory ties between Australia and the UK

Hope for Regulatory Relief on the Horizon? State Regulators to Standardize Licensing Process for Money Transmitters

By Eric A. Love and Judith Rinearson

The Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) recently announced that seven states, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Texas and Washington, have agreed to a multi-state compact (the Compact) that will standardize certain aspects of the licensing process for money services businesses (MSBs).

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Increasing FinTech regulatory ties between Australia and the UK

By Jim Bulling and Michelle Chasser

Australia and the UK have strengthened their joint support of the FinTech industry by entering into two new arrangements which build on the original FinTech cooperation agreement entered into by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in March 2016.

The Australian and UK Governments have entered into the UK-Australia FinTech Bridge which establishes a framework for individual arrangements involving governments, regulators, trade and investment, and business. A number of understandings were agreed to including:

  • investigating options for developing complementarity between the UK and Australian open banking regimes;
  • continuing to develop a set of international standards for blockchain applications; and
  • exploring opportunities to enable quicker processing of licences for firms already licensed in the other jurisdiction.

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