European Commission

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Period: 16 Nov 2001 - 12 Feb 2025

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EBAday 2022: EU wrestles with digital euro privacy concerns in targeted consultation

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EBAday 2022: EU wrestles with digital euro privacy concerns in targeted consultation

Publishing its ‘Targeted consultation on a digital euro’ on the 5th of April, the European Commission outlined that it would need to establish laws across privacy and AML should the Union decide to issue a digital euro.

EU Digital Finance Platform launches

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EU Digital Finance Platform launches

The European Commission has launched the EU Digital Finance Platform, a website designed to build dialogue between fintech players and supervisors.

EU consults on CBDC legislative issues

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EU consults on CBDC legislative issues

The European Commission is laying the groundwork for the introduction of a digital euro, issuing a 'call for ideas' that would help to inform rule makers about legislative challenges.

EBAday 2022: Why European FIs need to prepare for DORA

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EBAday 2022: Why European FIs need to prepare for DORA

The EU’s Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) is on track to be agreed before the summer and firms need to prepare accordingly.

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EU Digital Markets Act will force Apple to open up access to NFC chip

The Council and the Parliament today reached a provisional political agreement on the Digital Markets Act (DMA), which aims to make the digital sector fairer and more competitive.

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EU proposes simpler rules for financial market settlement

The European Commission has today proposed changes to the Central Securities Depositories Regulation to enhance the efficiency of the EU's settlement markets, while safeguarding financial stability.

EU Commission to legislate for full EU-wide coverage of instant payments

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EU Commission to legislate for full EU-wide coverage of instant payments

The European Commission is set to introduce legislation covering a digital euro and full EU-wide coverage of instant payments through Sepa Instant early next year.

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European Commision presents new digital strategy to modernise financial supervisory reporting

The European Commission has today presented a new strategy to improve and modernise financial supervisory reporting in the EU.

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EU fines banking giants €344 million over FX price fixing cartel

The European Commission has completed its cartel investigation into the Foreign Exchange (‘Forex') spot trading market by imposing fines on five banks.

IOTA tapped by EU to enable region’s blockchain infrastructure

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IOTA tapped by EU to enable region’s blockchain infrastructure

The IOTA non-profit and its distributed ledger technology has been named as one of seven providers selected by the Commission to develop the European Blockchain Services Infrastructure (ESBI).

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Worldline backs EC's TruBlo project

Worldline [Euronext: WLN], the European leader in the payments and transactional services industry, is leading the TruBlo (Trusted Blockchain) project under the European Commission's "Next Generation Internet" initiative, which aims to provide researchers and companies with funding to develop innovative solutions based on Blockchain technology to address the issue of trust in social media content.

New EU AML rules will ensure full traceability of crypto transfers

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New EU AML rules will ensure full traceability of crypto transfers

The European Commission is to extend anti-money laundering rules to the entire crypto sector as part of a wider overhaul of financial crime safeguards.

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