12 January 2018
Germany PSD II – Application period started!
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2018/germany/psd-ii-zag-die-antragsfrist-laeuft

10 August 2016
FinTech Company Holvi sold to BBVA
www.twobirds.com/en/news/press-releases/2016/global/fintech-company-holvi-sold-to-bbva

17 May 2019
Liberation of Crowdfunding in germany
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/germany/liberation-of-crowdfunding-in-germany

German Legislator reforms rules for crowdfunding allowing for broader exemption, transparency and investor protection

07 May 2019
PSD2/ZAG: Strong Customer Authentication and Direct Debiting Schemes
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/germany/psd2-zag-strong-customer-authentication-and-direct-debiting-schemes

German regulator BaFin limits the application of strong customer authentication for direct debiting schemes.

02 July 2019
German implementation of AMLD5: Performance of anti-money laundering due diligence by third parties under the draft bill for the implementation of Directive (EU) 2018/843
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/germany/german-implementation-of-amld5

The German Ministry of Finance published a proposal to implement Directive (EU) 2018/843 (fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive) into German national law. The draft proposes changes when using trusted third parties.

16 August 2019
PSD2: Germany’s BaFin pulls emergency brakes on account interfaces. Fintechs stand to benefit, banks must step up their game.
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/psd2-germanys-bafin-pulls-emergency-brakes-on-account-interfaces

Germany’s Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) concludes in a circular that bank’s new account interfaces do not conform to PSD2 requirements. They may thus not switch off access through existing interfaces.

03 July 2017
Electronic Payment Systems Regulations in the UAE
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2017/global/electronic-payment-systems-regulations

To aid the UAE government's efforts to position the UAE as a leader in digital services, on 1 January 2017, the UAE Central Bank published the Regulatory Framework For Stored Values and Electronic Payment Systems (the ...

21 November 2016
Monetary Authority of Singapore issues FinTech regulatory sandbox guidelines
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2016/singapore/mas-issues-fintech-regulatory-sandbox-guidelines

26 October 2020
Czech Bird & Bird transactional team has assisted KB SmartSolutions, s.r.o. with strategic investment into Lemonero s.r.o. , a new FinTech start-up
www.twobirds.com/en/news/press-releases/2020/czech-republic/bird-bird-transactional-team-has-assisted-kb-smartsolutions-with-strategic-investment-into-lemonero

Czech Bird & Bird transactional team has assisted KB SmartSolutions, s.r.o. with strategic investment into the FinTech company Lemonero s.r.o. through the acquisition of shares in its parent company MonkeyData s.r.o..

31 January 2020
Brexit: Implications for the Technology & Communications Industries
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2016/uk/brexit-implications-for-the-technology-and-communications-industries

This note anticipates how the change in the legal landscape that will occur after the end of the transition period may impact on the technology and communications industries.