TechREG Chronicle® 2026

June

“Buy Now, Pay Later” (“BNPL”) has moved from fintech curiosity to embedded infrastructure in modern consumer markets, quietly reshaping how credit is extended, priced, and experienced. What began as a frictionless alternative to traditional lending now sits at the intersection of payments, consumer protection, and competition policy.

May

As health systems evolve beyond purely clinical data toward richer, more contextualized information environments, the integration of SDoH into AI systems raises a central tension: the same data that can improve equity and care delivery can also encode and obscure discrimination. The contributions in this issue begin to map that terrain.

April

This Chronicle explores the rapidly evolving intersection of foreign direct investment and technology, a space where traditional assumptions about openness, control, and market integration are being fundamentally reworked.

March

This Chronicle brings together contributions that explore the evolving relationship between industrial policy, competition, regulation & technological change from complementary angles.

February

This month’s TechREG Chronicle focuses on online consumer protection, at a moment when regulators on both sides of the Atlantic are reassessing how legacy consumer-protection frameworks apply in digital, data-driven markets.

January

Tech banking charters have returned to the center of regulatory and strategic debate, driven by the convergence of digital assets, stablecoins, and the maturation of fintech business models.