Global Digital Finance, together with its community of industry expert members, is driving the acceleration and adoption of digital finance to support the next era of digital commerce.
MOST RECENT
On 10 September, Global Digital Finance (GDF) convened two roundtables with the Bank of England, with participation from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), GDF members and industry experts. Both sessions were held under the Chatham House Rule. The first roundtable focused on the Bank of England’s draft Code of Practice for systemic stablecoins and the […]
24 Sep 2026
24 September 2026
Elise Soucie, Executive Director, GDF, discusses the new UK Electronic Trade Documents Act.
10 July 2024
Catch-up on key takeaways from GBBC Digital Finance and Hogan Lovells’ Digital Assets Summit, with highlights from Lord Hammond’s opening keynote and the global regulatory round-up.
8 December 2023
London, 20th November 2023 – The GBBC Digital Finance (GDF) team led engagements around the world last week. Whilst our policy team and Chair of the Board soft-launched GDF’s Digital Finance All-Party Parliamentary Group in London at Digital Assets Week, GDF CEO, Emma Joyce and GDF Head of Community, Madeleine Boys, made their way to […]
22 November 2023
Catch-up on the key takeaways from Global Digital Forum – including highlights from the FSB and Chainalysis keynotes as well as the regulatory updates from VARA, the DG FISMA of the European Commission, the Bank of England and the CFTC – from the day in the report below.
4 October 2023
Summary: Reflections on advancing digital asset regulation in 2023. How can we eliminate roadblocks and engender robust and transparent markets? Like so many of us who have busy lives and demanding careers, we preciously guard our time for private life and relaxation. For me, having an overabundance of free time between jobs was daunting in its […]
19 September 2023
GBBC Digital Finance (GDF) is disappointed by the FTX bankruptcy and its impact on customers, counterparties and market integrity. We call for calm until the full facts are disclosed during the unfolding crisis. GDF remains committed to working with our members, regulators, and policymakers, to accelerate the adoption of best practices and governance standards globally, […]
18 November 2022
In the discussion of NCAs vs ESAs, it was decided that cryptoasset service providers (CASP) will be supervised at an NCA level. However, European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) will have a roll in coordinating the largest caps with 15 million customers or more. That being said, ESMA and the European Banking Authority (EBA) will […]
1 July 2022
Yesterday, the Prince of Wales delivered the Queen’s speech, outlining the Government’s priorities for what is likely to be the last parliamentary session before the next general election. Amidst the 38 bills announced, GDF members will be interested in three in particular. The first is the Financial Services and Markets Bill. The aims of this […]
11 May 2022
Global Digital Finance, together with its community of industry expert members, is driving the acceleration and adoption of digital finance to support the next era of digital commerce.