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Basel Committee publishes stocktake report on climate-related financial risk initiatives
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Mag
01
2020
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision is today publishing a stocktake report on its members’ existing regulatory and supervisory initiatives on climate-related financial risks… https://www.bis.org/press/p200430.htm
Tagged width: BIS, capital markets
EIOPA revises its timetable for advice on Solvency II Review until end December 2020
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Mag
01
2020
EIOPA, in close coordination with the European Commission, has decided to deliver its advice to the European Commission at end December 2020… https://www.eiopa.europa.eu/content/eiopa-revises-its-timetable-advice-solvency-ii-review-until-end-december-2020_en
Apr
25
2020
With companies closing, unemployment rising and investors spooked in the age of the pandemic… https://www.coindesk.com/starting-a-bitcoin-startup-during-the-covid-19-crisis-feat-yan-pritzker
Tagged width: blockchain, fintech
ECB takes steps to mitigate impact of possible rating downgrades on collateral availability
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Apr
25
2020
The Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) today adopted temporary measures to mitigate the effect on collateral availability of possible rating downgrades… https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pr/date/2020/html/ecb.pr200422_1~95e0f62a2b.en.html
Apr
25
2020
By allowing banks to run down some of their buffers, policymakers are sending a strong signal… https://www.bis.org/publ/bisbull09.htm
Apr
25
2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has severely disrupted the global economy at every level… https://blogs.imf.org/2020/04/22/the-short-term-liquidity-line-a-new-imf-tool-to-help-in-the-crisis/
Tagged width: banking, capital markets, imf
In Canada They’re ‘Essential,’ In Argentina They’re Shut Down: Bitcoin Miners Reckon With COVID-19
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Apr
17
2020
The “Great Lockdown” is redrawing the bitcoin mining landscape as the economic crisis makes smaller operations less profitable and access to China’s hardware supply chains crucial… https://www.coindesk.com/in-canada-theyre-essential-in-argentina-theyre-shut-down-bitcoin-miners-reckon-with-covid-19
Tagged width: blockchain, fintech
The ECB’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic
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Apr
17
2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is a shock of unprecedented intensity and severity. The challenges facing all parts of the economy in dealing with the economic, humanitarian and social consequences of this crisis are historic… https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/key/date/2020/html/ecb.sp200416~4d6bd9b9c0.en.html
ESMA ISSUES POSITIVE OPINIONS ON SHORT SELLING BANS BY AUSTRIAN FMA, BELGIAN FSMA, FRENCH AMF, GREEK HCMC AND SPANISH CNMV
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Apr
17
2020
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s securities markets regulator, has issued opinions agreeing to the renewal of the emergency restrictions on short selling… https://www.esma.europa.eu/press-news/esma-news/esma-issues-positive-opinions-short-selling-bans-austrian-fma-belgian-fsma
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How fintech can promote financial inclusion – a new report on the opportunities and challenges
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Apr
15
2020
Financial technology can spur financial inclusion by facilitating payments, but the opportunities come with challenges… https://www.bis.org/press/p200414.htm
