paymentscompliance_about us_
TRANSCRIPT
Unrivalled insight into digital payments regulation
About Us
PCPaymentsCompliance
Across the globe, the payments industry is faced with fast-moving, volatile and complex change, as technology advancements mean that payments are becoming increasingly innovative and at times disruptive. With these developments, policymakers and regulators are giving payment systems and services greater scrutiny and regulatory consideration.
There is no one-stop shop for payments professionals to keep abreast on policy developments and changes, industry news, deep analysis of jurisdictional regulatory frameworks, or have access to due diligences and training solutions.
This is what PaymentsCompliance will provide.
PaymentsCompliance serves C-level officers, product development, marketing, legal and compliance teams, including data protection officers, money laundering reporting officers and legal counsels.
Our service provides our clients with the essential information and tools they need to ready their business for increasing regulatory and standards requirements, while enabling clients to understand the shape of regulations to come, all delivered with advanced functionality on our technology platform.
PaymentsCompliance About Us
PCPaymentsCompliance About Us
Subscribers to PaymentsCompliance receive timely industry-leading news and analysis of the most critical information on digital payments, produced by our reporters across Europe, the US and Asia.
Tracking regulatory and industry developments, the service will keep you up-to-date on key events, consultations, legal reforms and policy drivers shaping the global payments industry.
Our team of journalists report on how the latest regulatory standards and compliance requirements affect new entrants and non-banking financial institutions in digital payments.
Through our services, we provide independent analysis of legal and policy developments, plus the context digital payments industry professionals need to understand what regulatory change today means for business opportunities tomorrow.
Daily News and Analysis
Country ReportsWhen you need to conduct detailed regulatory research or sector analysis, PaymentsCompliance’s in-depth analysis of payment systems at the jurisdictional level is contained in country reports. Country reports are written to be comparable across jurisdictions, following similar drafting frameworks and research guidelines by PaymentsCompliance’s in-house legal and regulatory team. Country reports cover the following types of information:
u Regulatory frameworku Market frameworku Main laws and regulationsu Payments policy contextu Key definitionsu Authorities frameworku Main payment institutionsu Sector-by-sector analysis:
w Credit cards w Debit cards w Prepaid cards w Internet payments w Virtual(and crypto) currencies w E-money (and E-wallets) w Remittances
u Anti-money laundering rulesu Data protection rulesu Competition policy issues (where relevant)u References and contacts
Sample country reports include:
u Brazilu Franceu Peru
PCPaymentsCompliance About Us
PaymentsCompliance Regulatory Portals
The PaymentsCompliance Regulatory Portals are maintained resources which legal practitioners, in-house legal, risk, compliance and regulatory teams can access in order to quickly understand the key legal instruments, regulatory authorities, industry bodies, licensing forms and contact details across jurisdictions – all linked, where possible, to primary sources.
PaymentsCompliance Regulatory Portals are practical tools built and maintained by PaymentsCompliance’s multi-lingual, in-house legal and regulatory team to fit into compliance professionals’ daily workflows and intelligence-gathering requirements. When you need to know the key pillars of a jurisdiction’s payments regulatory environment or need to browse multiple jurisdictions at once, your first port of call should be the PaymentsCompliance Regulatory Portals.
The portals being development include the:
u Law Portalu Regulator Portalu Licensing Portalu Central Bank Portalu AML Due Diligence Portalu Industry Portal
There will also be a complete regulatory portal to browse on a jurisdictional basis as well as a calendar which tracks key events the team are monitoring.
PaymentsCompliance has compiled the world’s most complete databases on payments related legislation, regulation, country-specific due digilence and practical resources.
PCPaymentsCompliance About Us
Legal BriefingsLegal briefings tackle single or related issues and themes in payments regulation. These can include concise summaries of key laws, regulations, cases, or the regional context to payments regulation. Legal briefings are written by PaymentsCompliance’s in-house legal and regulatory team.
Sample legal briefings include:
u A Pan-African mobile payments primeru A Crowdfunding primer
Practice NotesExpert commentary on legal and regulatory issues relevant to the payments industry. Practice notes are written by external legal contributors, and can be insights on specific developments (such as regulatory issues which the rise of Bitcoin raises, data protection notes etc) or more in depth FAQ-style reports on the regulation of payments in an external contributor’s home jurisdiction.
Sample practice notes include:
u Practice Note: German Data Protection u Requirements for Payment Providers
PCPaymentsCompliance About Us
eLearningPayments industry-specific eLearning courses on the following topics are being developed:
u Anti-Money Laundering: Detecting and Preventing Financial Crime
This course provides a detailed analysis of the laws and regulations in relation to anti-money laundering (AML), counter-terrorist financing (CTF), sanctions and customer due diligence.
u Anti-Bribery and Corruption: Risk Management and Prevention
This course outlines the key requirements set out in UK and US anti-bribery law and regulation. Although the course focuses on the UK Bribery Act 2010, an interactive map of the world allows learners to access the laws other jurisdictions.
u Data Protection: Safeguarding Personal Data
This course provides detailed analysis of data protection law and regulation. Real life examples of data protection failings are used to ensure that learners understand the importance of safeguarding personal data.
u Information Security: Keeping Information Secure
The course is designed to raise awareness of how to keep the firm’s information security secure. By using a variety of case studies and exercises, the learner is made aware of the key information security procedures that they need to apply both within and outside their workplace.
UK Office91 Waterloo Road, London, SE1 8RTTel: +44(0)207 921 9980Fax: +44(0)207 960 2885
If you would like to find out how PaymentsCompliance can support your business, contact Shane Mortimer, on:[email protected] / +44(0)207 921 9980
For more access to our services visit:
@PayCompliance