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In March 2019, the Swiss federal government published a draft law on distributed ledger technology (DLT Draft Law). The proposed rules aim to improve the legal framework for cryptoassets and DLT-based applications. Stefan Kramer and Urs Meier of Homburger take a look

John Syekei, Eddah Kiai and Rose Njeru from Bowmans analyse the security and data handling issues that impact fintech activity in Kenya

Brian Kalule and Brian Manyire of Bowmans take a look at the Ugandan fintech environment how fintech may drive more business through traditional banks

Bowmans' David Geral, Bright Tibane, Yehuda Rabinowitz and Wandile Mantanga look at South Africa's newly ramped-up approach to cryptoassets

Anna Biala, Peter Chapman, Jack Hardman and Jennifer Mbaluto from Clifford Chance’s global fintech group take a bird’s eye view of fintech developments across EMEA and how regulators are responding

The ongoing commercial disruption between the PRC and the US is having a global effect

There are still some areas of uncertainty when it comes to the regulation of cryptocurrencies

In just a matter of minutes, anyone can use the internet to download or stream copyrighted content for free. Unfortunately, most of that content is posted and distributed without the consent of the author – the exclusive holder of the rights to the work. In other words, it is illegal. The practice of accessing copyright-protected work in just a few minutes, without paying for it, is very widespread.

As is well known, anti-money laundering (AML) and know-your-customer rules (KYC) are obligations of service providers like banks and other financial institutions. Their aim is to facilitate investigations into the real identity of customers and the purpose and source of their transactions, so that the services provided to customers will not be used for money laundering, financing of terrorism, tax evasion, or other illegal activities. As transactions involving cryptocurrencies are by nature global yet anonymous, there is thus much room for misuse, so we cannot emphasise enough the importance of AML/KYC in the crypto space.