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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

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Bitcoin vs Gold ?

21/08/202021/08/2020 Deni Memic Bitcoin, Economics, Gold

Starije generacije više vole zlato (žuta linija), mlađe vole Bitcoin (tamno plava linija). Starija generacija je konzervativnija, mlađa agresivnija. 100-dnevni

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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

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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.… [...]