Global payments perspectives

Exploring key legal and regulatory developments driving and shaping payments around the world

Mondial | Publication | juin 2021

The payments industry continues to expand and evolve, with increasing payment volumes, new payment technologies and infrastructure and continued change in consumer spending habits leading to rapid growth in recent years. This has fueled a raft of new providers, increased mergers and acquisitions activity, and expanded payments-related regulation globally.

This hub will provide insights on the legal and regulatory developments driving growth and shaping the future of the payments industry around the world through a series of videos, podcasts and articles.

Videos and podcasts

US payments landscape; FCA 2021/22 Business Plan; UK counter terrorist financing and anti-money laundering regime

Steve Aschettino, US Head of Fintech, provides an overview of the payments landscape in the US and some of the prevailing trends in the area.

Global | External | 9 septembre 2021

African payments landscape

Our lawyers from London and South Africa discuss the African payments landscape, exploring why mobile payments have been so successful, the regulatory landscape supporting payments, why it is an attractive market for payments and telecoms companies and what the future holds.

United Kingdom | External | 23 juillet 2021

The Woolard review

We take a look at the Woolard Review in the UK, with a focus on the implications for the buy-now-pay-later sector.

United Kingdom | External | 8 avril 2021

The payments outlook for 2021

We discuss the payments outlook for 2021 with Carole Begent, General Counsel and Head of Enforcement and Competition at the Payment Systems Regulator

United Kingdom | External | 4 février 2021

All change: the trends reshaping the global payments landscape

Welcome to Banking horizons. With insights and commentary from across our global banks group, the series will explore some of the hot topics that we see as being front of mind for our bank clients. Th...

United Kingdom | Vidéo | 5 novembre 2019