News
Business model sustainability and adequate product design identified as new strategic supervisory priorities for national supervisors
Posted in: News
Feb
25
2021
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) identified business model sustainability and adequate product design as two Union-wide strategic supervisory priorities relevant for national competent authorities (NCAs)… https://www.eiopa.europa.eu/content/business-model-sustainability-and-adequate-product-design-identified-new-strategic_en
Tagged width: banking, capital markets, eiopa, insurance
Feb
25
2021
L’ESMA ha pubblicato delle Linee guida funzionali a garantire uniformità nel processo di riesame e valutazione da parte delle autorità di vigilanza competenti previsto dall’art. 21 comma 1 del Regolamento (UE) 648/2012 (EMIR)… http://www.dirittobancario.it/news/vigilanza-bancaria-e-finanziaria/vigilanza-sulle-ccp-nuove-linee-guida-esma-sul-processo-di-riesame-e-valutazione
Tagged width: capital markets, esma, eurozone
Tether is fined by regulators in New York
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Feb
25
2021
A “stablecoin” is branded anything but, adding to jitters in crypto-markets… https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2021/02/23/tether-is-fined-by-regulators-in-new-york
Tagged width: blockchain, fintech
Ready, steady, go? – Results of the third BIS survey on central bank digital currency
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Feb
25
2021
Most central banks are exploring central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), and their work continues apace amid the Covid-19 pandemic… https://www.bis.org/publ/bppdf/bispap114.htm
Tagged width: BIS, blockchain, fintech
Feb
19
2021
ESMA has published a working paper on MiFID II research unbundling. During the webinar you will see a presentation of the working paper and its findings, followed by a Q&A session… https://www.esma.europa.eu/press-news/hearings/esma-webinar-wp-mifid-ii-research-unbundling
Tagged width: capital markets, esma
Feb
19
2021
Severe economic slump with long-lasting effects… https://www.ecb.europa.eu//press/key/date/2021/html/ecb.sp210218~d8857e8daf.en.pdf
Tagged width: ecb, monetary policy
Feb
19
2021
Today I will discuss some recent developments in the foreign exchange market, and provide some views on the role of the Reserve Bank’s various policy measures… https://www.bis.org/review/r210219a.htm
Tagged width: BIS, capital markets
Feb
19
2021
Local firm Bitcoin Suisse has partnered with the canton of Zug, converting cryptocurrency tax payments into Swiss francs… https://www.coindesk.com/switzerlands-crypto-valley-has-started-accepting-bitcoin-ether-for-tax-payments
Tagged width: blockchain, fintech
Feb
13
2021
Discussing the role of banks in the time of COVID-19 is indeed vital. Banking is as important to the economy as the heart is to the human body… https://www.bis.org/review/r210212c.htm
Feb
09
2021
Ethereum startup Matic Network is rebranding to Polygon as it goes all-in on further Ethereum Layer 2 scaling solutions. The India-based firm is pivoting toward… https://www.coindesk.com/matic-network-polygon-targets-ethereum-layer-2-woes
Tagged width: blockchain, fintech
