FinTech Legal

About

Provided by Simont Braun

Simont Braun is the reference Fintech law firm in Belgium. Simont Braun's Digital Finance Team combines experience in financial services, tech and data protection as most projects require cross-practice legal analysis. The team is deeply integrated into the Belgian Financial Services & FinTech ecosystems and very well connected with the regulators and the academic world, both in Belgium and abroad.

Work samples

• Handling the set-up and launch of a major challenger bank in Belgium digitally offering the full scale of financial services.
• Advising payment services & e-money providers on regulatory matters, such as licence applications, implementation of new regulations, product marketing and AML/KYC client onboarding procedures.
• Setting up crowdfunding platforms as well as the first alternative consumer lending platform in Belgium.
• Assisting the first Belgian bank with an innovative sustainable and ethical model in securing the first new Belgian banking licence in decades.
• Setting up the first digital ID product in Belgium used as a KYC & authentication solution in the public and financial sector.
• Assisting InsurTech start-ups with the roll-out of different disruptive services.
• Supporting foreign digital banks in launching new credit and payment products in Belgium.
• Assisting international leading (digital) money remitters and local e-invoicing platforms.
• Advising the world’s largest social network on the regulatory status of the currencies used in their online games.