Emerging Payments Academy – Payments Regulation & Compliance

Start:24 Apr 18 09:00 AM (Event is over)
End:24 Apr 18 05:00 PM
Location:Emerging Payments Academy, 3rd Floor, Colechurch House, 1 London Bridge Walk, London SE1 2SX, UK

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Update for payments professionals 

This informative one‐day course is for those navigating their companies through the complex maze of payments regulations and related issues in the UK and Europe. It offers both new and existing payments professionals a detailed and concise understanding of the key regulatory issues affecting their day‐to‐day jobs including consideration of PSD2, AML4, EMD, data protection, cybercrime and FATCA/CRS. It also examines new and developing areas such as cryptocurrencies, Brexit planning and regulatory changes.

Tuesday 24 April 2018 | 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM GMT
Mid‐morning and afternoon refreshments and lunch are provided

Emerging Payments Academy, 3rd Floor, Colechurch House, 1 London Bridge Walk, London SE1 2SX, United Kingdom
Tel: 02073789890

Members £525 + VAT / Non‐Members £700 + VAT
Group booking and multiple‐course booking discounts are available.

Trainer: Allison Donnelly

Alison is a payments policy expert with in‐depth knowledge and understanding of the payments regulatory landscape. As a director and the Head of Advisory at fscom, the go‐to compliance experts for payments and e‐money institutions in the UK and Ireland, she draws on her insight into how the regulator understands the obligations from her time as the FSA’s/FCA’s e‐money policy specialist and her cross‐industry knowledge to help firms develop commercially sound and compliant systems and controls. Alison also leads the EPA’s Project Regulator and the Association of Professional Compliance Consultant’s PSD2 Working Group.

Who should attend?
• All payments professionals, whether new to their role or established, who wish to either develop or consolidate their knowledge of the key regulatory requirements impacting their business both now and in the future
• The course will provide a solid foundation to those new to the industry while allowing the more experienced to consolidate and grow their understanding.

Course content
• Regulated payment services
• Relevant stakeholders
• E‐money distinctions
• Regulatory requirements
• Payment services regulations
• PSD2
• Anti‐money laundering
• Security and liability issues
• Cross‐border complexities
• International tax reporting
• Examples of cybercrime
• Cryptocurrencies
• Data protection issues
• Managing liability

What will you gain?
• Awareness of the fundamentals of e‐money and e‐payments law and the interaction with cryptocurrencies
• Deeper understanding of the legal complexities around cybercrime, data protection and liability issues
• Confidence in recognising the implications of new and existing payment regulations
• Ability to identify the relevant regulators, schemes and market players for your business