The chair of the European Banking Authority discusses how industry participants and supervisors can prepare for enhanced regulatory obligations of crypto assets.
The US, EU and UK have imposed an increasingly complex regime of sanctions on Russia as the war in Ukraine has evolved.
The United Arab Emirates is consolidating its standing on the international stage as it leans towards reciprocity of enforcing judgements from the UK.
Initially this crisis will be positive for banks’ earnings, and leaders will take rapid and bold steps in their attempts to outperform the competition. The time to act is now.
Inflation and the rocketing cost of living are putting a strain on spending, creating issues for consumers and firms alike.
The European Investment Bank can play a vital role in drawing investment to projects that diversify Europe’s energy supplies.
As the world’s forests vanish faster than ever, the European Parliament moves towards tighter due diligence rules. But how effective are they?
The UK’s financial watchdog is introducing new rules to its appointed representatives regime amid consumer-harm concerns.
The European Banking Authority has set out an action plan following its report outlining deficiencies in the supervisory networks’ operations.
As climate change threatens increased risk of floods, banks and insurers have a responsibility to galvanise their insurance policies.
Supporters say the 1250% requirement will target the projects that do the most environmental damage.
Huge growth in digital payments during the Covid-19 pandemic points to a longer-term trend, with physical payments set to gradually wane.
Microfinance can unlock the entrepreneurial potential within under-represented and disadvantaged vulnerable population groups, the number of which remains significant in Europe.
The war of words between the UK government and banks about extensive losses over government-guaranteed loans during Covid-19 has escalated.
A huge project backed by the European Central Bank and the continent’s major lenders looks to further accelerate the digital transformation of the European payments sector.
Using technology, banks and fintechs vitally must co-operate to ensure accurate cash-flow forecasts.
The ECB’s new tool aims to ensure stable monetary policy in Europe, but will its high bar ever be cleared?
The biggest lenders in Europe are set to have their cross-border exposures in the European Banking Union redefined.
While Germany’s banks face serious economic and geopolitical headwinds, they have been generating good profits and are well capitalised, so should be able to ride out the storm.
It was a mixed picture for European banks’ capital positions in 2021, with almost every lender in the top 10 table for central and eastern Europe seeing a rise in their Tier 1 capital, yet the opposite was true for western Europe.