Brave new money: Crypto, CBDC and regulation in the UK

07/14/21 • 46 min

New crypto regulations: are you caught by them and what should you be doing about it? What’s on the horizon?

This podcast, moderated by Project lead Alison Donnelly, explores the U.K.'s current and future stance on crypto regulation and its potential divergence with the EU/eurozone. The team covers important themes such as AML rules and registration, UK government proposals for broader regulation of cryptoassets and stablecoins, and BoE proposals for a UK CBDC.

Speakers:
Alison Donnelly, Director, fscom
Max Savoie, Partner, Sidley Austin
Mitch Trehan, Head of UK Compliance, Banking Circle
Steven Marshall, Chief Product and Network Officer, Crown Agents Bank

Find out more about The Payments Association via our website www.thepaymentsassociation.org or follow us on social media.

New crypto regulations: are you caught by them and what should you be doing about it? What’s on the horizon?

Speakers:
Alison Donnelly, Director, fscom
Max Savoie, Partner, Sidley Austin
Mitch Trehan, Head of UK Compliance, Banking Circle
Steven Marshall, Chief Product and Network Officer, Crown Agents Bank

Find out more about The Payments Association via our website www.thepaymentsassociation.org or follow us on social media.

Previous Episode

The Evolution of Cross-Border Payments

As the world becomes increasingly interconnected, the mobility of goods and services, capital and people have raised the importance of cross-border payments.
With the Bank of England estimating the value of cross-border payments increasing from almost $150 trillion in 2017 to over $250 trillion by 2027, Kevin McAdam, Head of Product Strategy at Omnio Global discusses what’s in store.
Join Kevin and special guests; Lisa Grahame, Chief Risk and Compliance Officer at Global Processing Services, Vikesh Patel, Head of Americas and UK Region at SWIFT, David Lambert, Co-Founder and Commercial Director at Transact365 and Richard Arundel, Chief Evangelist and Co-founder at Currencycloud as they discuss trends which have increased the demand and what this means for payments professionals in the future.

Find out more about The Payments Association via our website www.thepaymentsassociation.org or follow us on social media.

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EP Awards Insights with Neil Harris, winner Industry Contributor of the Year Award 2020

In this EPA Insights Podcast series, Angela Yore, Managing Director of SkyParlour and Emerging Payments Association Advisory Board member will be interviewing the previous winners from each category of the Emerging Payments Awards 2020 to find out what it takes to win. Also hear from Chair of the Judges Andrea Dunlop about why she feels the previous winners came out on top, and what should be expected from this year's finalists.
In this episode, Angela speaks with Neil Harris, winner of the Industry Contributor of the Year award at the 2020 Emerging Payments Awards to find out what it takes to be an award winner and why he won. Neil Harris is the group Chief Commerical Officer of GPS, Co-Founder of Beyond, and Chair of The Inclusion foundation.

Neil loves the sector for three main reasons: innovation, the passion of the people, and the purpose. He believes fintech is filled with purpose, and since he began his payments career in 2012 by launching AccessPay, he believes helping people through innovation and technology is the core of what he does and loves. Andrea also talks about how Neil has done some amazing things in his career and how he has transformed the industry.

Listen now to hear from the best and to gain some insight into what we can expect this year.
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Find out more about The Payments Association via our website www.thepaymentsassociation.org or follow us on social media.