Peter Oakes
Founder of Fintech Ireland and Director of Regulated Firms
Peter is recognised as a leading expert in fintech and digital assets. He has been recognised as a band 1 Fintech consultant by Chambers & Partners who were informed independently by Peter's clients that:
"Peter is high-profile, he has very strong governance capabilities and is very good for a regulated FinTech company.
"Peter's reputation really helps; he's top of the list of local Dublin-based regulatory consultants"
"his area of expertise is in licensed applications with the Central Bank. He can explain what is required in black and white from the regulator but also what is left unsaid."
"Peter would be my first port of call for any FinTech looking to obtain an e-money licence"
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Peter sits on the board of a number of innovative regulated companies, including Susquehanna International (Central Bank of Ireland regulated), TransferMate (CBI regulated), Ramp Swaps (Ireland) (CBI regulated), Optal Financial Europe (CBI regulated) and Legend Trading Ireland (CBI Regulated). At these companies Peter serves as either Chairman, INED and/or Member of Audit Committee, Risk Committee or Remuneration Committee.
Peter is approached to serve as non-executive director of regulated companies, particularly Fintech operating at the intersection of regulation.
He leads, manages and advises on complex regulatory applications in Payments, Emoney, MiFID, Digital Assets and Banking across multiple European Union jurisdictions (see also CompliReg.com). Peter also advises on regulatory supervisory and enforcement issues (see also CompliReg.com). Peter was the inaugural Director of Enforcement & AML Supervision at the Central Bank of Ireland and has served as Chief Risk Officer, In-House Counsel and Chief Risk Officer of international funds, payments and investment management firms.
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He is the Founder of FintechUK.com and MiCAReady.com