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 potential use for money laundering and the financing of ...more »

Il Nicola Bruti Liberati Quantitative Finance Lab del Dipartimento di Matematica del Politecnico di Milano organizza nei giorni 9-10 maggio 2018 la conferenza From Blockchain&Bitcoin to Distributed Ledger ...more »

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 as for the structure and stability of the financial system. ...more »

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 unicorns (companies with market valuation of $1bn+). While North America ...more »

 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 2017. The objectives of the report were firstly to map the ...more »

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 digital currencies must be supplemented by a careful weigh ...more »

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 concern is the increasing demand of virtual currencies by ...more »

La rivoluzione fintech, dopo aver sparigliato le regole del gioco nell’ambito dei sistemi di pagamento, della consulenza e del trading, inizia a volgere il proprio sguardo verso le emissioni ...more »

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 in the near to medium term. The increasing presence of new ...more »