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The rise of digital adoption and the implementation of digital transformation strategies in recent years has led to significant M&A growth in the technology space.

On 20 October 2023, the EBA and ESMA published a consultation paper on two sets of draft Joint Guidelines covering the suitability assessment of members of the management body...

While seeking to ensure that its approach to supervising payment institutions and e-money firms remains

European securities regulators are launching a comprehensive assessment of crypto-asset service providers' digital operational resilience, with a particular focus on custody activities and distributed ledger technology risks. The exercise will examine how firms manage critical areas including key storage, transaction controls, incident response, and third-party dependencies under the newly enforceable Digital Operational Resilience Act.

The increasing popularity of non-fungible tokens ("NFTs") has raised a number of interesting issues from an intellectual property law perspective, both for businesses who operate NFT resale platforms...

In May 2023, EU finance ministers reached agreement on a compromise text for the Directive on administrative cooperation (DAC8) which will extend the scope of the current rules on the exchange of tax-relevant information.

On 8 November 2024, the Irish Minister for Finance, Jack Chambers, signed a statutory instrument designating the Central Bank of Ireland (Central Bank) as the National Competent Authority...

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Blockchain and other distributed ledgers are bringing about a revolution in FinTech and beyond.

The application window for EU Member States to submit applications to host AMLA, the planned new EU AML/CFT agency, closes this Friday 10 November.

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On 5 March 2026, the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) published a Discussion Paper (DP12) (PDF 1.4 MB) examining the use of DLT and tokenisation within Irish and European financial services, with a particular focus on investment funds, including money market funds and exchange-traded funds.

DORA is due to take effect in January 2025. The effect of DORA on ICT service providers goes to the heart of the third-party risk management objective of DORA.

Demonstrating the Irish Government's commitment to the growth of the international financial services sector in Ireland.

PSD2 was transposed into Irish law by the European Union (Payment Services) Regulations 2018 (the 2018 Regulations).

On 30 October 2025, the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) announced its decision to move to the next phase of the digital euro project.