Dentons‘ fintech practice combines financial regulatory and technology expertise to advise banks, non-traditional lenders, and fintech firms on payments, e-money, crypto, digital banking, and outsourcing. The practice draws on disputes, TMT, and commercial law capabilities, and has advised on open banking transitions with relationships across regulators, including the PSR and FCA. Recent matters include advising a payments firm on multi-jurisdictional regulatory compliance across 20+ countries, including FCA safeguarding, EMIR, and MiFID obligations, and supporting a fintech with regulatory structuring for international expansion across more than a dozen jurisdictions. Payments regulatory lead Greg McEneny leads the non-contentious financial regulatory team, advising on payments, crypto, and financial markets reform. As head of regulatory and investigations, Katharine Harle works closely with the FCA and major financial institutions. Recent additions Andrew Barber and Venetia Jackson bring deep regulatory experience, including prior roles at competitor firms and the FCA.
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Key clients
- Navro (formerly) Paytrix
- TTT Moneycorp
- Moneycorp Bank
- Blackthorn Finance
- Marks & Spencer
Work highlights
Advised Moneycorp on a multi-jurisdictional regulatory review covering 18+ countries, clarifying compliance requirements for client onboarding and service marketing. This work supported Moneycorp’s global expansion strategy while mitigating regulatory risks.
Provided UK advice and coordinated a regulatory analysis project with local counsel in the jurisdictions that Navro is looking to establish a (non-physical) business presence from the UK. The focus of the project was to determine whether Navro could open and operate a bank account in certain countries to fulfil UK and Ireland-based payment transactions. Including the UK, we have successfully coordinated advice in 23 jurisdictions to date.
Practice head
Katharine Harle, Greg McEneny
Other key lawyers
Venetia Jackson, Andrew Barber