Bitcoin and Mobile Payments

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxix

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2. Institutional Strategies and Economic Background

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. The Regulatory Machine: An Institutional Approach to Innovative Payments in Europe

      • Gino Giambelluca, Paola Masi

      Pages 3-25

   3. Economic Issues on M-Payments and Bitcoin

      • Gianni Bonaiuti

      Pages 27-51

3. The Framework: A European and Comparative Outline

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 53-53

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   2. Bit by Bit: Assessing the Legal Nature of Virtual Currencies

      • Noah Vardi

      Pages 55-71

   3. Mobilizing Payments Within the European Union Framework: A Legal Analysis

      • Gabriella Gimigliano

      Pages 73-88

   4. A Fuzzy Set in the Legal Domain: Bitcoins According to US Legal Formants

      • Andrea Borroni

      Pages 89-120

   5. M-Payments: How Much Regulation Is Appropriate? Learning from the Global Experience

      • Elisabetta Cervone

      Pages 121-142

4. The Challenges

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 143-143

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   2. Security Issues of New Innovative Payments and Their Regulatory Challenges

      • Safari Kasiyanto

      Pages 145-179

   3. EU Data Protection and Future Payment Services

      • Gloria González Fuster

      Pages 181-201

   4. The Classification of Virtual Currencies and Mobile Payments in Terms of the Old and New European Anti-Money Laundering Frameworks

      • Carolin Kaiser

      Pages 203-230

   5. Virtual Currencies, M-Payments and VAT: Ready for the Future?

      • Redmar A. Wolf

      Pages 231-249

   6. Mobile Payments and Merger Regulation: A Case Law Analysis

      • Daniele D’Alvia

      Pages 251-267

5. Conclusions

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 269-269

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   2. Mobile Payments and Bitcoin: Concluding Reflections on the Digital Upheaval in Payments

      • Benjamin Geva

      Pages 271-287

6. Back Matter

   Pages 289-314

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This book provides a critical analysis of The European Union’s regulatory framework for mobile payments and bitcoin. Chapters discuss the creation of the EU single market for e-payments and combine legal analysis with comparative case studies in their exploration of the regulatory challenges surrounding e-payments. The contributing authors analyse the key economic and legal issues of the development of bitcoin and mobile payments within the EU framework through a comparative lens. They cover topics ranging from user data and funds protection and the stability of the payment system to the competitiveness of the EU market. Providing a comprehensive and methodological guide to the bitcoin and mobile payments in Europe, this book will prove an illuminating and informative read for academics, students and policy makers with an interest in the impact of innovation on payment systems.

• Bitcoin
• PSD
• PSD2
• Virtual Currencies
• EU Regulation
• Cryptocurrencies
• Direct Debit
• Electronic Money
• Money Laundering
• Personal Data Protection
• Direct Transfer
• VAT
• european union politics
• investments and securities

   

• University of Siena , Siena, Italy

  Gabriella Gimigliano

Gabriella Gimigliano holds a Ph.D. In banking law and law of financial markets and she is currently a lecturer in business law at the University of Siena, Italy. 

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