Session 4, Stream 6 Global regulation of lending John Paul Zammit 07 & 08 October 2015 This document sets out a high level summary only of the information received from local counsel for the purposes of navigator: lending and detailed legal advice may need to be obtained to ensure that the information herein is up-to-date and/or applicable to your circumstances.
SCOPE Offering and / or provision of primary lending and secondary market loan trading Service provider (UK authorised bank, investment firm, etc) operating crossborder without a licence / permanent establishment in another jurisdiction Client based in another jurisdiction 1 / B_LIVE_EMEA1:2815823v1
DEFINITIONS PRIMARY LENDING Primary lending includes: Bank loans Margin loans Peer to peer lending Primary lending may also include: Secondary market loan trading 2 / B_LIVE_EMEA1:2815823v1
DEFINITIONS SECONDARY MARKET LOAN TRADING Secondary market loan trading means trading (by way of a loan transfer / sale) in secondary market loans 3 / B_LIVE_EMEA1:2815823v1
KEY ISSUES Is primary lending / secondary market loan trading licensable? If yes, are there any exemptions from the licensing requirement? If yes, does any exemption apply to the service provider? Is consumer lending regulated (i.e. licensable) under the same regime as commercial lending? Are there any additional considerations? 4 / B_LIVE_EMEA1:2815823v1
REGULATION OF LENDING IN THE EEA CRD IV harmonises the regulation of business of banking (i.e. activities of a credit institution) in the EEA but not (pure) lending CRD IV widely defines lending to include activities such as factoring and invoice discounting CRD IV passport is available for EEA authorised firms (credit institutions and financial institutions) 5 / B_LIVE_EMEA1:2815823v1
LENDING - Licensing Overview E U R O P E Not licensable* Exemptions No Exemptions Sweden Iceland Russia Ireland Isle of Man Netherlands Belgium Germany Poland Guernsey Jersey France Luxembourg Switzerland Liechtenstein Portugal Andorra Spain Monaco Italy Gibraltar Greece * But may be licensable if not offered or provided on a stand-alone basis. Cyprus 6 / B_LIVE_EMEA1:2815823v1
LENDING - Licensing Overview M I D D L E E A S T, F A R E A S T & A U S T R A L I A Not licensable* Exemptions No Exemptions China Israel India Taiwan Hong Kong Philippines Marshall Islands Micronesia Singapore Cook Islands Australia New Zealand * But may be licensable if not offered or provided on a stand-alone basis. 7 / B_LIVE_EMEA1:2815823v1
LENDING - Licensing Overview A M E R I C A S Not licensable* Exemptions No Exemptions Canada Cayman Islands Mexico Dominican Republic Bahamas Haiti Turks and Caicos Jamaica Belize Islands Guatemala Honduras Curacao El Salvador Aruba Nicaragua Venezuela Costa Rica Panama Colombia Ecuador Bermuda British Virgin Islands Anguilla Dominica Saint Martin St Kitts & Nevis St Lucia Barbados Trinidad & Tobago Guyana Suriname Peru Bolivia Brazil Paraguay Chile Argentina Uruguay * But may be licensable if not offered or provided on a stand-alone basis. 8 / B_LIVE_EMEA1:2815823v1
LENDING - Licensing Exemptions E U R O P E Reach-in only activities (i.e. no fly-ins) Russia Luxembourg Switzerland 9 / B_LIVE_EMEA1:2815823v1
LENDING - Licensing Exemptions M I D D L E E A S T, F A R E A S T & A U S T R A L I A Reach-in only activities (i.e. no fly-ins) Taiwan Philippines Marshall Islands Micronesia 10 / B_LIVE_EMEA1:2815823v1
LENDING - Licensing Exemptions A M E R I C A S Reach-in only activities (i.e. no fly-ins) Jamaica Honduras Panama Ecuador Turks and Caicos Islands British Virgin Islands Anguilla Dominica St Kitts & Nevis St Lucia Trinidad & Tobago Guyana Suriname Uruguay 11 / B_LIVE_EMEA1:2815823v1
LENDING - Licensing Exemptions E U R O P E Tolerated Market Practice Sweden Poland France Switzerland Liechtenstein Andorra Portugal Spain Gibraltar Greece 12 / B_LIVE_EMEA1:2815823v1
LENDING - Licensing Exemptions M I D D L E E A S T, F A R E A S T & A U S T R A L I A Tolerated Market Practice Hong Kong Philippines Micronesia Cook Islands Australia 13 / B_LIVE_EMEA1:2815823v1
LENDING - Licensing Exemptions A M E R I C A S Tolerated Market Practice Cayman Islands Jamaica Honduras Bahamas Turks and Caicos Islands Curacao Bermuda British Virgin Islands Saint Martin Barbados Trinidad & Tobago Ecuador Suriname Bolivia Uruguay 14 / B_LIVE_EMEA1:2815823v1
LENDING - Licensing Exemptions E U R O P E Other Exemptions Iceland Sweden Russia Germany Poland Guernsey Luxembourg France Liechtenstein Andorra Portugal Spain Italy Gibraltar Greece 15 / B_LIVE_EMEA1:2815823v1
LENDING - Licensing Exemptions M I D D L E E A S T, F A R E A S T & A U S T R A L I A Other Exemptions China Hong Kong Philippines Marshall Islands Singapore Cook Islands Australia New Zealand 16 / B_LIVE_EMEA1:2815823v1
LENDING - Licensing Exemptions A M E R I C A S Other Exemptions Bahamas Bermuda British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Jamaica Costa Rica Curacao Aruba Saint Martin St Kitts & Nevis St Lucia Barbados Trinidad & Tobago Guyana Ecuador Suriname 17 / B_LIVE_EMEA1:2815823v1
LENDING Reverse Solicitation E U R O P E No licence Iceland Sweden Germany Poland Luxembourg France Liechtenstein Portugal Andorra Spain Monaco Italy Gibraltar Greece 18 / B_LIVE_EMEA1:2815823v1
LENDING Reverse Solicitation M I D D L E E A S T, F A R E A S T & A U S T R A L I A No licence Philippines Singapore 19 / B_LIVE_EMEA1:2815823v1
LENDING Reverse Solicitation A M E R I C A S No licence Cayman Islands Turks and Caicos Islands Honduras Curacao Aruba Bermuda British Virgin Islands Anguilla Dominica Saint Martin St Kitts & Nevis St Lucia Barbados Guyana Suriname Bolivia Uruguay 20 / B_LIVE_EMEA1:2815823v1
LENDING Consumer Lending Is consumer lending regulated as primary lending? E U R O P E Yes (no distinction) Iceland No (licensable with exemptions) No (licensable without exemptions) Sweden Russia Ireland Isle of Man Netherlands Belgium Germany Poland Guernsey Jersey France Luxembourg Switzerland Liechtenstein Portugal Andorra Spain Monaco Italy Gibraltar Greece Cyprus 21 / B_LIVE_EMEA1:2815823v1
LENDING Consumer Lending Is consumer lending regulated as primary lending? M I D D L E E A S T, F A R E A S T & A U S T R A L I A Yes (no distinction) No (licensable with exemptions) No (licensable without exemptions) Israel China India Taiwan Hong Kong Philippines Marshall Islands Micronesia Singapore Cook Islands Australia New Zealand 22 / B_LIVE_EMEA1:2815823v1
LENDING Consumer Lending Is consumer lending regulated as primary lending? A M E R I C A S Canada Yes (no distinction) No (licensable with exemptions) No (licensable without exemptions) Cayman Islands Mexico Dominican Republic Bahamas Haiti Turks and Caicos Jamaica Belize Islands Guatemala Honduras Curacao El Salvador Aruba Nicaragua Venezuela Costa Rica Panama Colombia Ecuador Bermuda British Virgin Islands Anguilla Dominica Saint Martin St Kitts & Nevis St Lucia Barbados Trinidad & Tobago Guyana Suriname Peru Bolivia Brazil Paraguay Chile Argentina Uruguay 23 / B_LIVE_EMEA1:2815823v1
SECONDARY MARKET LOAN TRADING E U R O P E Not licensable Exemptions No Exemptions Sweden Iceland Russia Ireland Isle of Man Netherlands Belgium Germany Poland Guernsey Jersey France Luxembourg Switzerland Liechtenstein Portugal Andorra Spain Monaco Italy Gibraltar Greece Cyprus 24 / B_LIVE_EMEA1:2815823v1
SECONDARY MARKET LOAN TRADING M I D D L E E A S T, F A R E A S T & A U S T R A L I A Not licensable Exemptions No Exemptions China Israel India Taiwan Hong Kong Philippines Marshall Islands Micronesia Singapore Cook Islands Australia New Zealand 25 / B_LIVE_EMEA1:2815823v1
SECONDARY MARKET LOAN TRADING A M E R I C A S Not licensable Exemptions No Exemptions Canada Cayman Islands Mexico Dominican Republic Bahamas Haiti Turks and Caicos Jamaica Belize Islands Guatemala Honduras Curacao El Salvador Aruba Nicaragua Venezuela Costa Rica Panama Colombia Ecuador Bermuda British Virgin Islands Anguilla Dominica Saint Martin St Kitts & Nevis St Lucia Barbados Trinidad & Tobago Guyana Suriname Peru Bolivia Brazil Paraguay Chile Argentina Uruguay 26 / B_LIVE_EMEA1:2815823v1
SECONDARY MARKET LOAN TRADING E U R O P E Reach-in only activities (i.e. no fly-ins) Luxembourg Switzerland 27 / B_LIVE_EMEA1:2815823v1
SECONDARY MARKET LOAN TRADING M I D D L E E A S T, F A R E A S T & A U S T R A L I A Reach-in only activities (i.e. no fly-ins) Taiwan Philippines Micronesia 28 / B_LIVE_EMEA1:2815823v1
SECONDARY MARKET LOAN TRADING A M E R I C A S Reach-in only activities (i.e. no fly-ins) Bahamas Turks and Caicos Islands British Virgin Islands Anguilla Dominica St Kitts & Nevis St Lucia Panama Trinidad & Tobago Ecuador Paraguay Uruguay 29 / B_LIVE_EMEA1:2815823v1
SECONDARY MARKET LOAN TRADING E U R O P E Tolerated Market Practice Sweden Poland France Switzerland Liechtenstein Andorra Spain Greece 30 / B_LIVE_EMEA1:2815823v1
SECONDARY MARKET LOAN TRADING M I D D L E E A S T, F A R E A S T & A U S T R A L I A Tolerated Market Practice Hong Kong Philippines Micronesia Cook Islands Australia 31 / B_LIVE_EMEA1:2815823v1
SECONDARY MARKET LOAN TRADING A M E R I C A S Tolerated Market Practice Cayman Islands Honduras Bahamas Turks and Caicos Islands Curacao Bermuda British Virgin Islands Saint Martin Barbados Trinidad & Tobago Ecuador Bolivia Chile Uruguay 32 / B_LIVE_EMEA1:2815823v1
SECONDARY MARKET LOAN TRADING E U R O P E Other Exemptions Sweden Germany Poland Guernsey Luxembourg France Liechtenstein Spain Italy Greece 33 / B_LIVE_EMEA1:2815823v1
SECONDARY MARKET LOAN TRADING M I D D L E E A S T, F A R E A S T & A U S T R A L I A Other Exemptions Hong Kong Philippines Micronesia Singapore Australia 34 / B_LIVE_EMEA1:2815823v1
SECONDARY MARKET LOAN TRADING A M E R I C A S Other Exemptions Cayman Islands Bahamas Curacao Aruba Costa Rica Panama Bermuda British Virgin Islands Anguilla Dominica Saint Martin St Kitts & Nevis St Lucia Barbados Trinidad & Tobago Ecuador Paraguay 35 / B_LIVE_EMEA1:2815823v1
SECONDARY MARKET LOAN TRADING Reverse Solicitation E U R O P E Iceland No licence Sweden Germany Poland Luxembourg France Liechtenstein Portugal Andorra Spain Monaco Italy Gibraltar Greece 36 / B_LIVE_EMEA1:2815823v1
SECONDARY MARKET LOAN TRADING Reverse Solicitation M I D D L E E A S T, F A R E A S T & A U S T R A L I A No licence Philippines Singapore * But may be licensable if not offered or provided on a stand-alone basis. 37 / B_LIVE_EMEA1:2815823v1
SECONDARY MARKET LOAN TRADING Reverse Solicitation A M E R I C A S No licence Bermuda Cayman Islands Honduras Turks and Caicos Islands Curacao British Virgin Islands Anguilla Dominica Saint Martin St Kitts & Nevis St Lucia Barbados Guyana Suriname Bolivia Chile Uruguay 38 / B_LIVE_EMEA1:2815823v1
DOES SECONDARY MARKET LOAN TRADING CONSTITUTE PRIMARY LENDING? E U R O P E Iceland Not primary lending May constitute primary lending Always constitutes primary lending Sweden Russia Ireland Isle of Man Netherlands Belgium Germany Poland Guernsey Luxembourg France Switzerland Liechtenstein Andorra Monaco Portugal Spain Italy Gibraltar Greece Cyprus 39 / B_LIVE_EMEA1:2815823v1
DOES SECONDARY MARKET LOAN TRADING CONSTITUTE PRIMARY LENDING? M I D D L E E A S T, F A R E A S T & A U S T R A L I A Not primary lending May constitute primary lending Always constitutes primary lending Israel China India Taiwan Hong Kong Philippines Micronesia Singapore Cook Islands Australia New Zealand * But may be licensable if not offered or provided on a stand-alone basis. 40 / B_LIVE_EMEA1:2815823v1
DOES SECONDARY MARKET LOAN TRADING CONSTITUTE PRIMARY LENDING? A M E R I C A S Not primary lending May constitute primary lending Always constitutes primary lending Canada Cayman Islands Mexico Dominican Republic Bahamas British Virgin Islands Haiti Turks and Anguilla Dominica Caicos Saint Martin Jamaica Belize Islands St Kitts & Nevis Guatemala Honduras Curacao St Lucia El Salvador Aruba Barbados Nicaragua Venezuela Trinidad & Tobago Costa Rica Panama Guyana Ecuador Suriname Peru Bolivia Brazil Paraguay Chile Argentina Uruguay 41 / B_LIVE_EMEA1:2815823v1
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