Olivia Murphy | Lawyers

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UK (England & Wales)

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Financial Regulation Group

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Technology

Testimonial

"I provide clear, targeted advice to help clients navigate their projects and strategies. My advice is grounded in a deep understanding of how the payments industry works."

Overview

Olivia Murphy is a Managing Associate in the Financial Regulation Group. She is experienced in advising payments, technology and cryptoasset businesses and retail platforms.

Olivia regularly advises clients on a wide range of regulatory projects including authorisation, perimeter and supervisory matters, product launches, partnerships and international expansion. Her deep knowledge of the payments ecosystem is built on experience working within the regulatory team of a large payments system.

Experience

Olivia’s Experience include advising:

GoCardless on its proposed €1.1bn acquisition by Mollie to create a leading European payments platform.
An international payments system group on a range of strategically important projects involving product expansion and engagement with regulators.
UK Finance on its response to the FCA’s safeguarding consultation for payment firms and the FCA's consultation on its new rules for stablecoin issuance and cryptoasset custody.
Brookfield on its purchase of Network International, a transaction involving the purchase of a payment services firm based in multiple jurisdictions in the Middle East and Africa.
The successful FCA authorisations of an electronic money institution and an open banking firm.

Beyond the Office

Olivia is a member of the Payments Association's Regulator working group and regularly contributes to the Payments regulation roadmap report.

Education, Qualifications and Languages

Olivia studied history at Queens' college, University of Cambridge.

Thought Leadership

How partnerships are transforming payments and fintech (Finextra).
How the FCA’s proposed safeguarding rules could re-shape the UK payments industry (Finextra).
FCA safeguarding regime 2026 updates: What payments firms need to know (The Payments Association).

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