343 results about this entity
Period: 16 Nov 2001 - 19 Dec 2024
Company announcement/payments
As of today, consumers and businesses in non-eurozone Member States will enjoy cheaper cross-border payments in euro.
17 December 2019
News/crypto
In the latest shot across the bow of Facebook's Libra project, European authorities are warning that no global stablecoin systems will be allowed to operate in the EU until legal, regulatory and oversight issues have been addressed.
06 December 2019
News
EU banks and payment networks will be obliged to hand over data on e-commerce purchases to security services under a European Commission-led initiative to clamp down on VAT fraud.
11 November 2019
News/regulation
Cross-border banking and payment services in the EU are being held back by a lack of regulatory clarity and harmonisation, says the European Banking Authority (EBA).
30 October 2019
Competition watchdogs at the European Commission have begun probing potential anti-trust issues relating to Facebook's digital currency project Libra.
21 August 2019
Company announcement/regulation
The European Commission is today adopting a Communication and four reports that will support European and national authorities in better addressing money laundering and terrorist financing risks.
24 July 2019
The European Commission is hosting a roundtable in Brussels as part of an ongoing intiative to push the development and availability of cross-border instant payments for European consumers and businesses.
21 June 2019
Traders from Barclays, RBS, Citigroup, JPMorgan and MUFG who used chat rooms to fix the spot forex market have cost their employers EUR1.07 billion in fines following an investigation by EU antitrust authorities,.
16 May 2019
Mastercard and Visa have agreed to cut interchange fees for payments made in Europe by cards issued elsewhere by an average of 40% following an EU anti-trust investigation.
29 April 2019
The European Commission has launched a European Forum for Innovation Facilitators (EFIF), to improve cooperation and coordination of national regulatory bodies in support of the region's booming fintech economy.
03 April 2019
The Commission welcomes the political agreement reached today by the European Parliament and EU Member States to ensure a more robust and effective supervision of central counterparties (CCPs) offering services to the EU.
14 March 2019
The Commission welcomes the political agreement reached today by the European Parliament and Member States on new rules that will further help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to finance their growth, innovate, and create jobs.
06 March 2019
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