On 11 May 2022, the European Commission has adopted a reform of the current EU rules on Distance Marketing of Consumer Financial Services.
Following the significant evolution of the sector over the last 20 years, the distance marketing of financial services to the public has seen many of the circumstances regulated by Directive 2002/65/EC on […]
THE FINTECH COMMITTEE AND THE REGULATORY SANDBOX FOR THE DIGITALIZATION OF THE FINANCIAL SERVICES OF THE COUNTRY ARE UNDERWAY (JOIN PRESS RELEASE OF BANK OF ITALY, CONSOB, IVASS AND MINISTRY OF ECONOMY AND FINANCE OF 17 JULY 2021)
The decree governing the operations and the powers of the FinTech Committee as the control room […]
[Newsflash n. 73]
Following the consultation launched on June 3 2020, on 18 December 2020 ESMA published the final report on its guidelines on outsourcing to cloud service providers (CSPs). The guidelines are intended to help companies identify, address, and monitor risks arising from cloud outsourcing arrangements and provide guidance to companies on a number […]
[Newsletter n. 18]
The EU Commission adopts a new set of measures to foster FinTech
On 24 September 2020, the European Commission has adopted a new Digital Finance Package that encompasses a broader strategy for digital finance and legislative proposals on crypto-assets and digital resilience. The goal is to make the EU financial sector more competitive so […]
The ECB, as guardian of the euro, provides currency in two forms: we issue banknotes and we transfer electronic deposits to banks and other financial institutions.
Digitalisation has spread to every corner of our lives and transformed how we pay. In this new era, a digital euro would guarantee that citizens in the euro area can […]
[Newsflash n. 68]
Following to the introduction in Italy of the notion of regulatory sandbox by the Law Decree n. 34/2019 (“Growth Decree”, as modified by the Law n. 58 of 2019), the Italian Ministry of Finance (“MEF”) submitted to public consultation a Draft Regulation to establish the criteria to use sandboxes and to regulate the […]
[Newsflash n. 66]
During the period of application of the legislative decree n. 129 of 2017, implementing EU Directive 2014/65/EU (“MiFID II”) and EU Regulation 2014/600/EU (“MiFIR”) in the Italian legal system, national Supervisory Authorities spotted certain issues in the transposing legislation and reported them to the Ministry of Finance (“MEF”).
[Newsletter n. 17]
Italy has been the first EU Member State to equipe itself with a regulation for equity crowdfunding in 2013 (Consob Regulation no. 18592 of 26 June 2013) (“Crowdfunding Regulation”) and now a further step to foster this successful financing tool has been added to the existing infrastructure.
On 25 October 2019, the Crowdfunding […]
The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today a report identifying potential impediments to the cross-border provision of banking and payment services in the EU. Developed under the EBA’s FinTech Roadmap, this Report calls on the European Commission to facilitate cross-border access, including the update of interpretative communications on the cross-border provision […]
The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today an Opinion addressed to the EU Commission with recommendations to ensure that disclosure requirements in EU law take account of the increasing use of digital marketing channels for financial services and the resultant issues potentially affecting consumers. The recommendations relate primarily to the scope and consistency of disclosure […]