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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

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

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ESAs invite stakeholders' input on PRIIPs review

21 October 2021

The European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) have opened today a call for evidence regarding the PRIIPs (Packaged retail and insurance-based investment products) Regulation. [...]

EBA publishes clarifications to the seventh set of issues raised by its industry working group on Application Programming Interfaces under the Payment Services Directive (PSD2)

20 October 2021

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today clarifications to a seventh set of issues that had been raised by participants of its working group on Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) under the Payment Services Directive (PSD2). The clarifications respond to issues raised on downtime of dedicated interfaces, payment status/rejection reasons, ASPSPs restricting access in case of embedded redirection, scope of the bank offered consent, inability to initiate bulk payments via APIs and whether the Electronic Banking Internet Communication Standard (EBICS) is within the scope of PSD2. [...]

EBA publishes final draft regulatory technical standards on disclosure of investment policy by investment firms

19 October 2021

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today new regulatory technical standards (RTS) on disclosure of investment policy by investment firms. The final draft RTS put forward comparable disclosures that should help stakeholders understand investment firms’ influence over the companies in which they hold voting rights and the impact of investment firms’ policies on aspects such as the governance or management of those companies. [...]

EBA updates version 5.1 of its filing rules for supervisory reporting

19 October 2021

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today an updated version of its 5.1 filing rules document for supervisory reporting. In particular, the update modifies rule 1.6 to simplify the use of the filing indicator by removing the option “empty filing” indicator. This updated rule must be followed for all the submissions and resubmissions as of 1 January 2023. In addition, the update modifies rule 3.6 to improve Consolidated/Individual information circulation and to allow for multiple consolidation levels for an entity. CON/IND is being moved from module name to reporting subjects. This change will apply as of 31 December 2022. [...]

European Supervisory Authorities publish sectoral reports on the supervisory independence of competent authorities

18 October 2021

The three European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) – the EBA, EIOPA and ESMA – published today their individual reports on the supervisory independence of competent authorities (CAs) in their sectors. Based on the CAs’ self-assessment, the three reports highlight that the independence of NCAs is multi-faceted and dependent on a number of legal, institutional, operational and cultural factors. [...]