Christine Lagarde and the benefits of crypto-assets

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Christine Lagarde approached the topic of crypto assets for the second time within a few weeks. One month ago, she expressed the possible drawbacks of crypto currencies market, focusing on the... more »

Conferenza “From Blockchain&Bitcoin to Distributed Ledger Technologies, Smart Contracts and Cryptocurrencies in Finance”

Il Nicola Bruti Liberati Quantitative Finance Lab del Dipartimento di Matematica del Politecnico di Milano organizza nei giorni 9-10 maggio 2018 la... more »

BIS: Central Bank Digital Currencies and Financial Stability

The Bank for International Settlement (BIS)  recently completed work on central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), analysing their potential implications for payment systems, monetary policy implementation and transmission as well... more »

What to expect from fintech in 2018? A brief global outlook

di Federico Cinque e Alessandro Di Lullo

The year 2017 was definitely a record year for Venture Capital-backed fintech featured by $16.6bn raised (Figure 1), 1128 deals executed worldwide and 8 new... more »

ESA: the benefits and risks of Big Data

 The Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) published its final report on Big Data, analyzing their impact on consumers and financial firms. The report results from a consultation conducted between December 2016 and March... more »

BIS: implications of digital currencies in central banking

The Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures and the Markets Committee at the Bank of International Settlement (BIS) issued a report resuming the major entanglements of digital currencies on central banking. The possibility of issuing... more »

European Supervisory Authorities jointly warn customers on virtual currencies

The European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) for securities (ESMA), banking (EBA), and insurance and pensions (EIOPA) issued a pan-EU report to warn consumers on the risks of buying virtual currencies. The ESAs'main... more »

Il Fintech sperimenta nuove soluzioni blockchain per il mercato obbligazionario

di Marco Boaro, Giancarlo Giudici e Andrea Steiner

La rivoluzione fintech, dopo aver sparigliato le regole del gioco nell’ambito dei sistemi di pagamento, della consulenza e del... more »

Implications of fintech developments for banks and bank supervisors

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision published a contribution where they assess the impact of  technology-driven innovation in financial services, or "fintech", on both the banking industry and the activities of supervisors... more »

E la nano moneta colpì duro

di Emilio Barucci

La notizia non è una sorpresa nel mondo delle criptovalute: un furto di ben 17 milioni di Nano monete, del valore di circa 160 milioni di euro. Il furto (via rete) sarebbe avvenuto presso la società di exchange... more »