European Commission

341 results about this entity

Period: 16 Nov 2001 - 01 Aug 2024

European Commission extends probe into Thomson Reuters RIC licensing

The European Commission is consulting on fresh attempts from Thomson Reuters to shrug off a three-year antitrust probe into the licensing of Reuters Instrument Codes (RICs).

One-in-five European Internet users have been scammed online - Eurobarometer

A European Commission survey of 27,000 people in all EU member states shows that twelve percent of Internet users have experienced online fraud and eight per cent have fallen victim to identity theft.

Lords call for halt to "rushed" MiFID II reforms

The UK's House of Lords has urged the European Commission to call a halt to proposed changes to the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II), labelling the reforms as "ill-thought out" and potentially damaging to the City of London.

EU-backed group releases social media sentiment surveillance prototype

Project First, the European Union-backed research effort to find a way of extracting and analysing financial services-related sentiment from social media networks, has launched its first running prototype.

EU pushes through OTC regulation

The Council of the European Union has adopted a regulation requiring financial firms to clear over-the-counter derivatives contracts through a central clearing counterparty and report them to trade repositories.

MasterCard loses court challenge to EC interchange ruling

An EU court has dismissed MasterCard's challenge against a European Commission ruling that the firm's cross-border interchange fees violated competition law.

EU names and shames national authorities lagging on e-money rule changes

Six EU member states - Belgium, Spain, France, Cyprus, Poland and Portugal - have been threatened with legal action by the European Commission unless they comply with one-year old rules on e-money issuance.

Finance Watch demands European HFT crackdown

Finance Watch, a European association lobbying under the banner 'making finance serve society', has called on the EU to crack down on high-frequency trading.

European Central Bank proposes 2FA liability shift to boost Internet payment security

The European Central bank has issued a set of recommendations to promote the security of payments made over the Internet.

EU Parliament votes through OTC rules

European lawmakers have approved tough new rules governing trading in the over-the-counter derivatives market.

EC plans cybercrime centre to fight online crooks

The EC is planning to create a European cybercrime centre to help protect the continent's citizens and businesses from a threat that claims one million victims around the world every day.

European parliamentarian demands tougher crackdown on HFT

A European Parliament report is calling for the Commission to toughen up its crackdown on high-frequency trading under MiFID II.