International Regulatory Updates
SEPTEMBER 25, 2017
The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today a consultation to amend the Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on supervisory disclosure, which specify the format, structure, contents list and annual publication date of the supervisory information to be disclosed by competent authorities. Th ...
SEPTEMBER 25, 2017
The Joint Committee of the three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA - ESAs) published today guidelines to prevent the abuse of funds transfers for terrorist financing and money laundering purposes. These guidelines are part of the ESAs' wider work on fostering a consistent approac ...
SEPTEMBER 22, 2017
The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today a consultation to amend the Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on supervisory disclosure, which specify the format, structure, contents list and annual publication date of the supervisory information to be disclosed by competent authorities. Th ...
SEPTEMBER 22, 2017
This consultation gives interested parties the opportunity to comment on a guide to general credit institution licensing assessments and a guide to assessments of fintech credit institution licence applications.
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SEPTEMBER 05, 2017
What’s Inside This Issue:
MFSA – Conference – Conclusions and developments regarding the Financial Services dossiers - Malta EU Council Presidency 2017
Consultation document for the strengthening of the Malta Financial Services Authority
Direct investment in Malta and Abroad
Fitc ...
AUGUST 28, 2017
The European Central Bank (ECB) today published amendments to the ECB regulation on reporting of supervisory financial information (Regulation ECB/2015/13). The ECB regulation lays down the rules and procedures for financial reporting by banks on an individual basis (solo reporting) and also for con ...
AUGUST 03, 2017
What’s Inside This Issue:
MFSA Annual Report 2016
Financial services continue to experience steady growth
Amendments to the Insurance Intermediaries Act and the Insurance Business Act relating to the Insurance Distribution Directive
ECC Annual Report ...
JULY 28, 2017
The European Central Bank (ECB) today launches a public consultation on a draft guide to on-site inspections and internal model investigations. Inspections are a critical tool for banking supervision worldwide. The objective of the guide, which was drafted in close cooperation with the national comp ...
JULY 19, 2017
The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today a revised Decision confirming the quality of unsolicited credit assessments assigned by certain External Credit Assessment Institutions (ECAIs) for calculating institutions' capital requirements. The revised Decision, which reflects the recognitio ...
JULY 13, 2017
The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today a Report including some qualitative and quantitative observations of its second impact assessment of IFRS 9. This exercise, which follows up on the first impact assessment published in November 2016, has confirmed the EBA's initial observations on ...
