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Edited by: John Casanova, Max Savoie

ISBN13: 9781035332861
Published: July 2025
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited
Country of Publication: UK
Format: Hardback

Description: 

Payment services are now heavily regulated in many jurisdictions and subject to a growing body of law. The second edition of Payment Services: Law and Practice provides an updated overview of the key areas of payments law and regulation in the EU and UK, as well as introductions to analogous legal regimes in the United States, Hong Kong, Singapore and Africa.

Key Features:

• Addresses key points under both English and EU law
• Provides a practical guide to firms navigating payments regulation
• Written by leading legal practitioners who advise on the relevant topics on a daily basis
• Addresses the latest technological developments in the sector and regulatory responses to these
• Detailed overviews of a broad range of legal and regulatory issues affecting payments including data protection law, competition law, and blockchain and crypto assets

This book is an essential resource for lawyers, in-house counsel and compliance officers in the payments and Fintech sectors. Law students and academics interested in legal and regulatory issues relating to payments will also benefit from this comprehensive book.

Subjects:
Banking and Finance, Blockchain and Cryptocurrency

Contents:

Table of cases xix
Table of legislation xxii
1. Introduction to Payment Services: Law and Practice, second edition 1
John Casanova and Max Savoie
2. Fintech and payments 5
Anne Bodley and Susan Brice
3. The regulatory framework for payment services in the EU and UK 48
John Casanova, Max Savoie and Tanaan Quek
4. Regulation of payment systems 118
Martin Dowdall, Paida Manhambara and Max Savoie
5. Financial crime and enforcement against payments firms and payments systems 148
Sara George, Rachpal Thind, Tom Hunter, Noel Li and Jess Ward-Zinski
6. Payments and EU/UK data protection law 219
Francesca Blythe and Eleanor Dodding
7. Payments and blockchain/crypto-assets 249
Max Savoie and Martin Dowdall
8. EU competition law and payments 285
Vincent Brophy and Rosanna Connolly
9. US payment services 322
Gretchen E. Lamberg and C.K. Kevin Park
10. Hong Kong payment services 344
Yuet Ming Tham and Lester Fung
11. Singapore payment services 362
Josephine Law
12. Payment services in Africa 381
Qalid Mohamed and Paida Manhambara

Why Buy This Book?

This book is a comprehensive, up-to-date guide covering payment services law across the EU, UK, US, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Africa. Written by leading practitioners, it combines practical insights with deep legal analysis on regulation, compliance, financial crime, data protection, and blockchain. Essential for anyone advising, studying, or operating in the payments and Fintech sectors.

Keywords: 
payment services law, fintech regulation, UK payments law, EU payments regulation, compliance in fintech, blockchain payments, crypto assets law, financial crime payments, competition law payments, international payment systems

Target Audience: 
lawyers, compliance officers, in-house counsel, fintech professionals, banking regulators, law students, academics, financial crime specialists, blockchain advisors, payment service providers

Genre:
Law, Banking and Finance, Fintech, Technology Law, International Law

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