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FinTech and the Regulators
The advent of e-money licenses has been seized upon by a number of fast-growing Fintechs, who aim to disrupt existing retail and commercial financial service providers, and in particular banks, in the same way the internet has challenged many ‘bricks-and-mortar’ retailers.
The ultimate Fintech may be Facebook’s proposed Libra global cryptocurrency. However, there are several key regulatory obstacles, such as data protection and AML. The collapse of one of the pre-eminent European Fintechs, Wirecard, has further highlighted the risks and regulatory issues. This course explains which areas of business the Fintechs are targeting, how the regulators’ approach is critical, the opportunities and obstacles and how the incumbents are responding.
Programme Objectives
By the end of the course participants will understand:
- Which business areas the challengers are targeting
- How they aim to do this
- The various regulatory aspects involved
- Their various business models
- The viability of their approaches
- How much impact they are having
- How incumbents are responding
FinTech and the Regulators
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Schedule
Wednesday 09/06/2021 - 09:00-15:00
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Event Details
The advent of e-money licenses has been seized upon by a number of fast-growing Fintechs, who aim to disrupt existing retail and commercial financial service providers, and in particular banks, in the same way the internet has challenged many ‘bricks-and-mortar’ retailers.
The ultimate Fintech may be Facebook’s proposed Libra global cryptocurrency. However, there are several key regulatory obstacles, such as data protection and AML. The collapse of one of the pre-eminent European Fintechs, Wirecard, has further highlighted the risks and regulatory issues. This course explains which areas of business the Fintechs are targeting, how the regulators’ approach is critical, the opportunities and obstacles and how the incumbents are responding.
Programme Objectives
By the end of the course participants will understand:
- Which business areas the challengers are targeting
- How they aim to do this
- The various regulatory aspects involved
- Their various business models
- The viability of their approaches
- How much impact they are having
- How incumbents are responding
Michael began his financial markets career in 1986 on the Financial Engineering desk at Yamaichi International, then one of the so-called ‘Big Four’ Japanese securities houses. The desk was mainly responsible for designing, structuring and swapping vanilla and structured bond issues for European clients. He then moved to a coverage role, predominantly in the UK and Eire, with responsibility for some of the more technically demanding clients, including the Bank of England and the European Investment Bank. He greatly expanded the volume of deals done, including a government, major banks, building societies and corporates. The role also involved working on UK privatisations and with the bank and fund management arm. In 1994 he moved to Kleinwort Benson with responsibility for debt, convertible and tax-structured origination with a number of top UK companies and helped launch an FRN. He has been training across a wide spectrum of cash instruments, derivatives, commodities and in risk management and regulation since 1999, at up to senior management level globally, his clients comprising mainly the top tier investment banks and fund managers, and is the author of a textbook on credit derivatives (Credit Derivatives Workbook, Euromoney, 2004).
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