International Regulatory Updates
SEPTEMBER 06, 2018
MFSA to participate in DELTA Summit
A practical approach to the understanding of Conduct Risk
Consultation on Higher Degree of Investor Protection under
The Virtual Financial Assets Act
ESMA to renew prohibition on binary options
Credit agency highlights strength of banking system ...
AUGUST 29, 2018
The European BankingAuthority (EBA) launched today three public consultations on amendments to the Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on supervisory reporting for the reporting framework 2.9. The proposed changes to the ITS on supervisory reporting, which are part of the EBA reporting framework ...
AUGUST 24, 2018
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has agreed to renew the prohibition of the marketing, distribution or sale of binary options to retail clients, in effect since 2 July, from 2 October 2018 for a further three-month period. ESMA has also agreed on the exclusion of a limited number ...
AUGUST 21, 2018
ECB sanctions Crédit Agricole, S.A. for breaching the procedure for classifying capital between 2015 and 2016
ECB sanctions Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank for breaching the procedure for classifying capital between 2015 and 2016
ECB sanctions CA Consumer Finance for breaching ...
AUGUST 01, 2018
In the fast evolving world of FinTech and RegTech, the MFSA is positioning itself as a leading innovator, while ensuring that a robust regulatory framework is in place which is efficient and allows the industry to innovate and develop. The MFSA’s aim in developing a new framework for virtual finan ...
JULY 12, 2018
The European Banking Authority (EBA) issued today a Recommendation addressed to the Maltese Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU) after establishing it had breached Union law in relation to its supervision of Pilatus Bank. The EBA Recommendation aims at remedying the particular failings identi ...
JULY 12, 2018
The European Central Bank (ECB) today announced further steps in its supervisory approach for addressing the stock of non-performing loans (NPLs) in the euro area. The approach follows the work that has already been undertaken in this area, namely the banks’ NPL reduction strategies, and the adden ...
JULY 06, 2018
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) is seeking candidates to represent the interests of all types of financial markets stakeholders as members of its Securities Markets Stakeholders Group (SMSG).
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JULY 03, 2018
The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today the first products of its FinTech Roadmap, namely (i) a thematic report on the impact of FinTech on incumbent credit institutions' business models and (ii) a thematic report on the prudential risks and opportunities arising for institutions from F ...
JULY 03, 2018
The European Central Bank (ECB) has today published a draft ECB Regulation on the definition of the materiality threshold for credit obligations past due.
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