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Switzerland: New law to bring Bitcoin and blockchain into the mainstream

15/09/202015/09/2020 FinConf News Bitcoin, Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies, Swiss Councile

The Swiss Council of States has unanimously approved a new blockchain law. The law will allow the use of applications

Technology

Photomath koristi skoro 200 miliona korisnika

09/09/202009/09/2020 FinConf News Photomath

Najpopularnija hrvatska mobilna aplikacija Photomath, koja fotografisanjem rješava matematičke zadatke, pred sam početak školske godine 2020./2021. nalazi se nadomak 200

Banking

Two technology leaders join forces: Giesecke+Devrient invests in Netcetera

09/09/202009/09/2020 FinConf News Giesecke+Devrient, Netcetera

The global security technology group Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) invests in Netcetera. The Swiss software company is one of the leading providers

Style

Danhera Italy

04/09/202004/09/2020 FinConf News Danhera Italy, Luxury Fragrances

Tržište parfema i svijeća cvjeta. Domaći mirisi, mirisne svijeće, ali i ulja i raspršivači privlače znatiželju i uvjeravaju i one

Technology

Top 15 highest-paying programming languages in 2020

04/09/202004/09/2020 FinConf News Technology

The push for digitisation has changed the most in-demand job verticals across the industries. Web, mobiles and software developers have

Banking

Uvođenje eura 2023. ostvarivo je

03/09/202003/09/2020 FinConf News Croatian National Bank, HNB

Iako je izbijanje pandemije snažno pogodilo hrvatsko gospodarstvo i javne financije, uvođenje eura 1. siječnja 2023. ostvarivo je, rekao je

Banking

What role can finance play in the green recovery? EIT Climate-KIC and UNEP Finance Initiative ask leading thinkers to weigh in

03/09/202003/09/2020 FinConf News EIT Climate-KIC, Green Recovery, UNEP Finance Initiative

EIT Climate-KIC, in partnership with the UNEP Finance Initiative, is releasing Aligning finance for the net-zero economy: New ideas from leading

Payments

Mastercard Expands Installment Offerings Through Global Partnerships, Empowers More Consumers to Choose When to Pay with Pre-Sale, Point of Sale and Post-Sale Payment Options

02/09/202002/09/2020 FinConf News MasterCard

TSYS, a Global Payments company, and Mastercard partner to offer highly configurable, issuer-driven installment options providing consumer payment flexibility Consumer

Payments

PayPal je lansirao “Pay in 4”, kratkoročnu beskamatnu ponudu “kupi sada – plati kasnije”

01/09/202001/09/2020 FinConf News PayPal

PayPal je lansirao “Pay in 4”, kratkoročnu beskamatnu ponudu “kupi sada – plati kasnije” za trgovce u SAD-u. Kako se

Good Reads

Machine Learning in Finance: From Theory to Practice

31/08/202031/08/2020 FinConf News Igor Halperin, Machine Learning, Matthew F. Dixon, Paul Bilokon

by Matthew F. Dixon (Author), Igor Halperin (Author), Paul Bilokon (Author) This book introduces machine learning methods in finance. It presents a unified treatment of machine

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ECB finalises guide to assessing how banks calculate counterparty credit risk

18 September 2020

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ECB allows temporary relief in banks’ leverage ratio after declaring exceptional circumstances due to pandemic

17 September 2020

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Pentti Hakkarainen: Technology exposes banks’ vulnerabilities

16 September 2020

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ECB lists Bulgarian and Croatian banks it will directly supervise as of October 2020

11 September 2020

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Yves Mersch: Supervisory action in times of crisis and the limits of the ECB’s prudential mandate

11 September 2020

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CON/2020/16 Opinion on amendments to the Union prudential framework in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

19 May 2020

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CON/2020/15 Opinion on amendments to Latvian national security, emergency situation and mobilisation laws

10 May 2020

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ECB/2020/22 Regulation (EU) 2020/605 of the ECB of 9 April 2020 amending Regulation (EU) 2015/534 on reporting of supervisory financial information

6 May 2020

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CON/2020/12 Opinion on the identification and reporting by financial institutions of the allocation of sums deposited in savings account

16 April 2020

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ECB/2020/19 Recommendation of the ECB of 27 March 2020 on dividend distributions during the COVID-19 pandemic and repealing Recommendation (ECB/2020/1)

29 March 2020

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Fossil fuel lending is a financial stability issue

1 September 2020

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The EU recovery plan can still be made into a catalyst for sustainability

31 July 2020

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Which financial services are needed for financial inclusion?

7 July 2020

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Finance Watch publishes its Annual Report 2019

3 July 2020

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The temporary financialisation of refugees in Greece

24 June 2020

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EBA flags to the EU Commission elements of the definition of credit institution and aspects of the scope of authorisation

18 September 2020

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today an Opinion addressed to the European Commission to raise awareness as to the opportunity to clarify certain issues relating to the definition of credit institution in the upcoming review of the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) and Capital Requirements Directive (CRD). Such clarifications would be beneficial to the development of a truly uniform Single Rulebook and ultimately to a deeper market integration of banking and financial services across the EU. [...]

EBA seeks input from institutions on their ESG disclosure practices

16 September 2020

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today an online survey to receive input from credit institutions on their practices and views in the area of disclosure of information on environmental social governance (ESG) risks. The survey, which is addressed to large credit institutions that will be required to disclose prudential information on ESG risks, aims to support the EBA’s policy work on Pillar 3 disclosure and its wider efforts to develop a robust policy framework in the area of sustainable finance. The deadline for the call for input is 16 October 2020. [...]

EBA calls on the EU Commission to establish a single rulebook on fighting money laundering and terrorist financing

10 September 2020

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its response to a European Commission’s call for advice on how to strengthen the EU legal framework on anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT). The European Commission issued this call for advice to the EBA to take advantage of its technical expertise across all areas of financial services regulation and because the EBA has a legal duty to lead, coordinate and monitor the EU financial sector’s fight against ML/TF. [...]

EBA issues revised list of ITS validation rules

10 September 2020

The European Banking Authority (EBA) issued today a revised list of validation rules in its Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on supervisory reporting, highlighting those, which have been deactivated either for incorrectness or for triggering IT problems. Competent Authorities throughout the EU are informed that data submitted in accordance with these ITS should not be formally validated against the set of deactivated rules. [...]

EBA publishes its 2019 Annual Report on resolution colleges

1 September 2020

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its Annual Report on resolution colleges for 2019. The Report sets out the EBA’s observations on the efficiency, effectiveness and consistency of the functioning of resolution colleges during the year and the progress achieved in key areas of resolution planning. It also highlights the main areas that the EBA will monitor in 2020, which primarily address responses to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. Overall, the Report shows that resolution colleges continue to be an active forum for resolution authorities in the development of resolution plans for cross-border banking groups, where the intensity… [...]