European Union: FinTech

On 26 February 2026, the Central Bank of Ireland (the "CBI") unveiled its Regulatory and Supervisory Outlook Report for 2026 (the "Report"), focusing on ensuring the resilience...

In January 2022, we published a client alert examining the initial FAQ issued by Luxembourg’s financial sector regulator—the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier—on the use of what it then called “virtual assets” by investment funds and credit institutions.

The Central Bank of Ireland (the "Central Bank") has published Discussion Paper 12 on Distributed Ledger Technology ("DLT") and Tokenisation in Financial Services (the "Discussion Paper")...

The crypto and digital asset sector continues to expand at a remarkable pace, offering new opportunities for investors, innovators and businesses worldwide. Yet as the industry matures, so does its regulatory landscape — and compliance has become the cornerstone of long-term success.

Welcome to our EU crypto update - a roundup of key Irish and EU legislative and regulatory developments shaping the crypto-asset sector.

The MFSA has issued a Position Paper exploring the use of tokenised fund units as collateral on public DLT networks.

On 9 February 2026, the Location Promotion Act (Standortfördergesetz, StoFöG) was published in the Federal Law Gazette (Bundesgesetzblatt).

On 26 February 2026, the Central Bank of Ireland (Central Bank) published its 2026 Regulatory and Supervisory Outlook (RSO) report...

On 12 February 2026, the European Banking Authority (EBA) issued an Opinion addressing supervisory priorities at the end of the transition period under its June 2025 No Action Letter (NAL) on the interplay between PSD2...