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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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EBA publishes final draft technical standards on the treatment of non-trading book positions subject to foreign-exchange risk or commodity risk under the FRTB framework

2 December 2020

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today final draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) on how institutions are to calculate the own funds requirements for foreign-exchange and commodity risk stemming from banking book positions under the FRTB standardised and internal model approaches. [...]

The EBA reactivates its Guidelines on legislative and non-legislative moratoria

1 December 2020

After closely monitoring the developments of the COVID-19 pandemic and, in particular, the impact of the second COVID-19 wave and the related government restrictions taken in many EU countries, the European Banking Authority (EBA) has decided to reactivate its Guidelines on legislative and non-legislative moratoria. This reactivation will ensure that loans, which had previously not benefitted from payment moratoria, can now also benefit from them. The role of banks to ensure the continued flow of lending to clients remains of utmost importance and with the reactivation of these Guidelines, the EBA recognises the exceptional circumstances of the second COVID-19 wave.… [...]

ESAs propose to adapt the EMIR implementation timelines for intragroup transactions, equity options and novations to EU counterparties

23 November 2020

The European Banking Authority (EBA), the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) and the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs), have today published a final report with draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) proposing to amend the Commission Delegated Regulation on the risk mitigation techniques for OTC derivatives not cleared by a CCP (bilateral margin requirements) under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR). [...]

The EBA calls on the European Commission to harmonise the significant risk transfer assessment in securitisation

23 November 2020

The European Banking Authority (EBA) publishes today a Report on significant risk transfer (SRT) in securitisation transactions, which includes a set of detailed recommendations to the European Commission on the harmonisation of practices and processes applicable to the SRT assessment. The EBA proposals aim to enhance the efficiency, consistency and predictability of the supervisory SRT assessment within the current securitisation framework. [...]

Banks report a significant use of COVID-19 moratoria and public guarantees

19 November 2020

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today a first assessment of the use of COVID-19 moratoria and public guarantees across the EU banking sector. COVID-19 related moratoria on loan repayments provided breathing space to borrowers across many countries with many banks reporting that loans under moratoria represented a significant share of their total loans. The use of moratoria was particularly widespread for SMEs and commercial real estate but were also important for mortgage loans in some countries. While public guarantees were used to a lesser extent, they allowed banks to provide new lending to many companies impacted by the crisis.… [...]