European Commission - News, Articles & Research

Company announcement/security

European Commission unveils new cyber-resilience rules

Today, the Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy are presenting a new EU Cybersecurity Strategy.

16 December 2020

News/regulation

Dutch competition watchdog calls for tighter EU rules to rein in Big Tech role in payments

Dutch anti-trust authorities have recommended new rules to rein in the advance of Big Tech companies in the payments arena.

04 December 2020

News/crypto

EBAday 2020: Stablecoins could pose threat to level playing field in payments landscape

The level playing field of payment services could be undermined by the widespread use of stablecoin network, according to Maria Teresa Chimienti, market infrastructure expert at the the European Central Bank.

25 November 2020

News/payments

No rivalry between public and private digital currency solutions – European Commission

During the ‘Retail Payments Strategy’ webinar held Wednesday , the European Commission’s Eric Ducoulombier, head of retail financial services and payment unit, spoke to the subject of digital currencies and the future of a digital euro.

14 October 2020

News/regulation

EU should mandate single provider for consolidated tape - MSP study

A study undertaken on behalf of the European Commission recommends the creation of a single EU consolidated tape provider for financial market data.

07 October 2020

News/crypto

EU proposes first set of rules for crypto assets

The European Union has taken a major step forward in its bid to regulate the crypto assets world after its executive branch issued its most extensive proposals to date for supervising the growing sector.

25 September 2020

News/payments

Visa faces EU scrutiny over digital wallet licencing rules

The European Commission has opened a preliminary investigation into Visa's rules regarding staged digital wallets.

07 September 2020

Company announcement/wholesale

FactSet to provide European Commission with global supply chain data

FactSet (NYSE:FDS) (NASDAQ:FDS), a global provider of integrated financial information, analytical applications, and industry-leading service, announced that it has been selected by the European Commission (EC) to deliver comprehensive and up-to-date data on global supply chains.

02 September 2020

News/crypto

PayPal confirms crypto interest

In a letter to the European Commission, PayPal has confirmed its long-suspected interest in cryptocurrency and distributed ledger technology.

16 July 2020

Company announcement/regulation

European Commission censures Austria, Belgium and the Netherlands for AML failings

The European Commission has today referred Austria, Belgium and the Netherlands to the Court of Justice of the European Union, with a request for financial sanctions, for failing to fully implement the 4th Anti-Money Laundering Directive (AMLD4) into their national law.

03 July 2020

News/regulation

European Commission: Caps on interchange fees have proved their worth

The European Commission says regulations to cap the interchange fees charged to merchants by the global card schemes have had the desired effect of reducing costs to merchants and driving cross-border acquiring.

01 July 2020

News/markets

EC opens antitrust probe into LSE-Refinitiv deal

The European Commission has opened an in-depth antitrust investigation into the London Stock Exchange's planned $27 billion takeover of financial data vendor Refinitiv.

22 June 2020