FSA Seychelles: Update of Consumer Protection Bi-Annual Report deadline required for Securities Dealers

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has announced via the issuance of its Circular on the 5th of December 2022 that the deadline for the submission of the Bi-Annual Report on Consumer Protection will now be the 15th of July 2023 and not the 15th of January 2023 as was...

FSA Seychelles: Guidelines on the submission of the Annual Compliance Form required for Securities Dealers

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) of Seychelles, via the issuance of its Circular on 29th of November 2022, wishes to provide clarifications regarding the contents of the Annual Compliance Form required to be submitted by Securities Dealers. The Annual Compliance Form is...

CySEC Circular C534 – Provision of investment and ancillary services and/or performance of investment activities in third countries

During their Board meeting, the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (“CySEC”) concluded to the replacement of Circular 256 by issuing Circular C534, regarding the provision of investment and ancillary services and/or performance of investment activities in third...

Judgement of the EU Court of Justice – Suspension of the BO Register

On 22 November 2022, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has decided that open public access to the registers of the beneficial owners (BO) of companies registered in EU member states is no longer valid, as it contravenes with Articles 7 (Respect for Private Life) and 8...

Main US Banks including NY Fed Introduce a digital dollar blockchain pilot

While the crypto market is shaken by the failure of FTX, a digital asset settlement platform will be going live inside the financial system of United States (U.S.) for 12 weeks testing the regulatory framework existed in the United States as well as the adoption and...

Lessons to be learned from FTX’s collapse; how this might affect existing and upcoming crypto-legislation worldwide

FTX one of the biggest crypto-exchanges in the last few years has collapsed overnight and filed for bankruptcy last week, leaving many of its users unable to withdraw their funds and causing a chaos in the global crypto-scene. The FTX case has highlighted once again a...