Abbreviations and acronyms

ACCC

Australian Competition & Consumer Commission

ACEA

European Automobile Manufacturers Association

ACMA

Australian Communications and Media Authority

ADGM

Abu Dhabi Global Market

AFIN

ASEAN Financial Innovation Network

AFM

Authority for the Financial Markets

AGCOM

Telecommunications Regulator (Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni)

AGCM

Italian Competition Authority (Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato)

AGV

Automated Guided Vehicles

AI

Artificial Intelligence

AMF

Financial Markets Authority (Autorité des Marchés Financiers)

APIX

Global Financial Innovation Network or the API Exchange

ARAFER

Regulatory Transport Authority (Autorité de Régulation des Transports)

ARCEP

Electronic Communications, Postal and Print Media Distribution Regulatory Authority (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)

ARCOM

Regulatory body in charge of audiovisual and digital communications (Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique)

ASIC

Australian Securities & Investment Commission

BCFP

Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection

BEIS

Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

B2C

Business-to-Consumers

B2P

Business-to-People

CAGR

Compound Annual Growth Rate

CCAF

Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance

CNIL

Data Protection Authority (Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés)

CRE

Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission de Régulation de l'Energie)

CSA

French Broadcasting Authority (Conseil Supérieur de l'Audiovisuel)

CSA

Canadian Securities Administrators

CSF

Center for Strategic Futures

DLT

Distributed Ledger Technology

DSA

Digital Services Act

DMA

Digital Markets Act

DNB

De Nederlandsche Bank

EBP

European Blockchain Partnership

EBSI

European Blockchain Services Infrastructure

FAA

Federal Aviation Administration

FC

Fulfilment Center

FCA

Financial Conduct Authority

FHV

For-Hire Vehicle

FIRA

Financial Industry Regulatory Authority

FSRA

Financial Services Regulatory Authority

FSS

Fintech Supervisor Sandbox

FTC

Following Too Close

FTIG

Financial Technology and Innovation Group

GDPR

General Data Protection Regulation

GFIN

Global Financial Innovation Network

GIFCT

Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism

GPS

Global Positioning System

G-REG

Regulatory Practice Initiative

HADOPI

Authority for the dissemination of works and the protection of rights on the internet (Haute Autorité pour la diffusion des œuvres et la protection des droits sur internet)

HKMA

Hong Kong Monetary Authority

ICO

Initial Coin Offerings

ICT

Information and Communication Technology

INATBA

International Association of Trusted Blockchain Applications

IoT

Internet of Things

IRGC

International Risk Governance Council

KOMET

Sweden’s Committee for Technological Innovation and Ethics

LPWAN

Low-Power Wide Area Networks

MAS

Monetary Authority of Singapore

MOLIT

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transportation

NE.O

Next Generation Online Store

O2O

Online-to-Offline

RBI

Reserve Bank of India

PAR

Planned Adaptive Regulation

P2P

Peer-to-Peer

RHC

Regulatory Horizons Council

RIA

Regulatory Impact Assessment

RSB

Regulatory Scrutiny Board

SEC

Securities Exchange Commission

SME

Small and Medium Enterprise

SUAS

Small Unmanned Aircraft System

TLC

Taxi and Limousine Commission

UGV

Unmanned Ground Vehicles

UNSGSA

UN Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development

USPTO

United States Patent and Trademark Office

V2V

Vehicle-to-Vehicle

V2X

Vehicle-to-everything

WIPO

World Intellectual Property Rights Organisation