FinTech Guide 2026 : Spain
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Provided by Andersen Spain
Andersen's Fintech area combines extensive knowledge of the financial and technology sectors to offer comprehensive legal and regulatory advice on innovation and digital transformation. Its team advises financial institutions, start-ups, technology service providers and payment platforms on regulatory compliance, crypto-asset regulation, blockchain, alternative financing and the implementation of disruptive business models.
With a strategic and multidisciplinary approach, the firm offers solutions adapted to the regulatory and operational challenges of the Fintech ecosystem, guaranteeing legal certainty and accompanying its clients in the development and scalability of their projects in a highly dynamic environment.
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Andersen Spain acts for a client base of international and Spanish organisations on commercial structuring and financial regulatory mandates. The team is particularly notable for its advice to institutional payment services companies, neobanks and e-money institutions for which it handles legal and regulatory matters including authorisation processes with the Bank of Spain.
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Andersen was appointed as Mastercard's exclusive legal adviser in Spain to assist with its new FinTech programme which promotes and accelerates new FinTech initiatives. Andersen's assistance includes regulatory advice as well as training for participating FinTech entities on relevant regulatory areas such as MiCA, DORA and PSD3.
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Andersen has in-depth knowledge of the payment FinTech and virtual currency market, and also the regulatory requirements for obtaining licences from both the Bank of Spain and the CNMV.
Andersen has a lot of previous experience and exhaustive knowledge of the Spanish market and ecosystem.
I think their expertise is what stands out. They are also well connected to regulators and know all the teams at the regulator.
Andersen has specialisation in the regulation of electronic money and payment institutions as well as strong knowledge of the regulator and excellent connections.
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Jesús Mardomingo is a financial regulation specialist, and heads Dentons' banking and finance practice in Spain. He is an expert on EU regulatory issues in the financial sector. He has considerable experience in assisting banks and financial institutions with regulatory advice ahead of their expansion into Spain.
Jesús Mardomingo is a legendary lawyer in regulation and very qualified.
Miguel Prado is global co-head of Andersen's banking and finance department and leader of the firm's FinTech regulation team in Spain. He advises payment services companies, neobanks, and e-money institutions on their regulatory and legal needs.
Miguel has great experience of the Bank of Spain's requirements for licences.
Miguel is really good commercially and with customers, has great social skills and is friendly. He makes it easy for someone who knows nothing about a topic to understand.
Miguel is an excellent professional who leads the regulatory FinTech team with mastery and flexibility.
Miguel is a great professional who, in addition to having an incredible knowledge of the market and a great deal of experience, is a person who always has a good attitude in any situation.
José Millán is a director in Andersen's corporate and commercial practice. He has a specialisation in FinTech and financial regulation where he leverages his extensive experience to advise a range of both national and international clients.
José, in addition to having an impeccable attitude, has a sense of urgency with any request we make and takes responsibility for the results.
If I have a problem of any legal nature, the first advice I think of is José's. He understands the client's needs and knows how to handle the client's internal complexities.
José has great knowledge of regulation. No delays from his end and he is super fast.
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