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  "title": "Trinidad and Tobago: Technical Assistance Report–Technical Assistance on Fintech Regulation and Legislation",
  "publication": "IMF Staff Country Reports, September 7, 2023",
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  "summary": "The paper presents Trinidad and Tobago’s technical assistance (TA) on fintech regulation and legislation. The impact of fintech in Trinidad and Tobago is currently concentrated in the payments sector. This report covers the three areas where TA was provided by the mission team.",
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      "content": "- The paper presents Trinidad and Tobago’s technical assistance (TA) on fintech regulation and legislation.\n- The impact of fintech in Trinidad and Tobago is currently concentrated in the payments sector.\n- The report covers the three areas where TA was provided by the mission team."
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      "heading": "Findings on e-money framework and licensing",
      "content": "- The current e-money framework and licensing process can be further enhanced."
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      "heading": "Recommendations on JIH and RS",
      "content": "- Authorities should carry out a feasibility study with an aim of improving the JIH.\n- A RS should not be a priority."
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      "heading": "Recommendations on crypto assets strategy and legal/regulatory reforms",
      "content": "- Authorities should conduct an impact assessment for legal and regulatory reforms to assist them in the development of a strategy for crypto assets.\n- An impact assessment should evaluate the costs and benefits of legal and regulatory action in the context of:\n  - the relative importance of crypto assets activities in the country, and\n  - the existence of competing legislative and regulatory priorities."
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      "heading": "Evaluation of alternatives and associated disadvantages",
      "content": "- Other alternatives, such as a detailed legal regime, or using exemptions to accommodate the needs of new activities, present disadvantages:\n  - the lengthy and cumbersome legislative process; and\n  - the lack of a legal basis for the use of general exemptions.\n\nSource: Trinidad and Tobago: Technical Assistance Report–Technical Assistance on Fintech Regulation and Legislation (IMF Staff Country Report No. 2023/322).\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- 1ttoea2023003\n  - 1ttoea2023003 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - 1ttoea2023003 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}"
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    "Series: IMF Staff Country Reports",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798400254437.002",
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