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Guide to Assessments of Licence Applications

ECB guide on the process and requirements for assessing licence applications

European Central Bank guide applies to all licence applications to become a credit institution (bank) within the meaning of the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR), including initial authorizations for new credit institutions, applications from FinTech companies, authorizations in the context of mergers or acquisitions, bridge bank applications and licence extensions. Promotes awareness and enhances the transparency of the assessment criteria and processes for the establishment of a credit institution within the Single Supervisory Mechanism.

Publisher: Regional Standard-Setting Bodies Release date: Mar 2018

Type: Guideline

Parent: Capital Requirements Regulation - CRR

Peer: Guide to Assessments of FinTech Credit Institution Licence Applications

Topics: Financial inclusion

Sectors: Banking

FSB Action Plan to Assess and Address the Decline in Correspondent Banking

Progress report on FSB's action plan on de-risking

Financial Stability Board progress report on implementation of its four-point action plan to assess and address decline in correspondent banking. These actions include: i) strengthening tools for due diligence by correspondent banks; ii) data collection and analysis; iii) clarifying regulatory expectations; and iv) domestic capacity building.

Publisher: Global Standard-Setting Bodies Release date: Mar 2018

Type: Consultative, discussion and issues paper

Topics: Financial inclusion

Sectors: Banking

Stocktake of Remittance Service Providers' Access to Banking Services

FSB stocktake identifies drivers for the termination of banking services to remittance service providers

Financial Stability Board report provides stocktake of remittance service providers' access to banking services and an action plan to address the gaps and barriers identified in the stocktake. Makes 19 recommendations in four areas to address gaps and remaining barriers to banking services by remittance service providers: i) promoting dialogue and communication between the banking and remittance sectors; ii) improving the implementation of international standards and oversight of the remittance sector; iii) use of innovation in the remittance sector and its possible role in enabling remittance service providers' greater access to banking services; and iv) technical assistance relating to remittances.

Publisher: Global Standard-Setting Bodies Release date: Mar 2018

Type: Consultative, discussion and issues paper

Topics: Financial inclusion

Sectors: Banking

Joint Committee Final Report on Big Data

EBA, EIOPA and ESMA report analyzes impact of big data on consumers and financial firms

European Banking Authority, European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority, and European Securities and Markets Authority report concludes that benefits of big data outweigh potential risks to financial services consumers. Benefits for the financial industry and consumers include: i) more tailored products and services; ii) improved fraud analytics; and iii) enhanced efficiency of organizational internal procedures. Risks include: i) potential for errors; and ii) increasing level of segmentation enabled by big data may potentially influence access and availability of certain financial services or products.

Publisher: Regional Standard-Setting Bodies Release date: Mar 2018

Type: Consultative, discussion and issues paper

Topics: Financial inclusion

Sectors: Banking, Insurance, Pensions, Securities

EBA's FinTech Roadmap

EBA's next steps and indicative milestones for 2018/19 in assessing implications of FinTech

European Banking Authority roadmap on FinTech sets out the EBA's priorities for 2018/19. Priorities are: i) monitoring the regulatory perimeter, including assessing current authorization and licensing approaches to FinTech firms, and analyzing regulatory sandboxes and innovation hubs in order to identify a set of best practices; ii) monitoring emerging trends and analyzing the impact from the use of FinTech; iii) promoting best supervisory practices on assessing cybersecurity and promoting a common cyber threat testing framework; iv) addressing consumer issues arising from FinTech; and v) identifying and assessing money laundering/terrorist financing risk associated with regulating FinTech firms, technology providers and FinTech solutions.

Publisher: Regional Standard-Setting Bodies Release date: Mar 2018

Type: Consultative, discussion and issues paper

Peer: EBA Discussion Paper on Financial Technology (FinTech)

Topics: Financial inclusion

Sectors: Banking

ECB Releases Progress on Gender Targets

ECB report on number of women in management positions in the EU banking sector

European Central Bank statistics on its progress in increasing the share of women in management positions. Results show that as of the end of 2017, 27% of management positions were held by women compared with an interim target of 29%. Outcomes of these results are: i) ECB will step up efforts to increase gender diversity; and ii) ECB will work to double the share of women in management from 2013 to 2019.

Publisher: Regional Standard-Setting Bodies Release date: Mar 2018

Type: Consultative, discussion and issues paper

Topics: Financial inclusion

Sectors: Banking

Guide to Assessments of FinTech Credit Institution Licence Applications

ECB guide for potential FinTech bank applicants

European Central Bank guideline enhances transparency for potential FinTech bank applicants and increases their understanding of the procedure and criteria applied by the ECB in its assessment of licence applications.

Publisher: Regional Standard-Setting Bodies Release date: Mar 2018

Type: Guideline

Peer: Guide to Assessments of Licence Applications

Topics: Financial inclusion

Sectors: Banking

EBA Financial Education Report 2017/18

EBA report on financial education across the EU

European Banking Authority report on financial education is based on a repository of more than 80 financial education initiatives carried out by national authorities supervising banking products and services across the 28 EU Member States. Aimed at helping financial consumers to improve their financial well-being and understanding of financial products.

Publisher: Regional Standard-Setting Bodies Release date: Mar 2018

Type: Consultative, discussion and issues paper

Topics: Financial inclusion

Sectors: Banking

Registration and Operation of Peer to Peer Lending Platforms

RBI directive for Non-Bank Financial Companies operating P2P lending platforms

Reserve Bank of India framework for the registration and operation of Non-Bank Financial Companies Peer to Peer Lending Platforms (NBFC-P2Ps), intermediates providing the services of loan facilitation via online medium or otherwise.

Publisher: National Regulators Release date: Feb 2018 Country: India

Type: Implementation

Topics: Financial inclusion

Sectors: Banking

FinTech, RegTech and SupTech: What They Mean for FInancial Supervision

TC webinar discusses issues relating to technology and supervision

Toronto Centre webinar discusses: i) ongoing FinTech revolution that is reshaping the financial services industry; ii) how FinTech, RegTech and SupTech have been developing, and how financial supervision and risk management are, in turn, being transformed; iii) key technologies and their potential uses in RegTech and SupTech; and iv) how key technologies could help improve supervision and allow new supervisory approaches.

Publisher: Toronto Centre Release date: Feb 2018

Type: TC Videos

Topics: Financial inclusion

Sectors: Banking, Insurance, Securities

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382 records

Guide to Assessments of Licence Applications

FSB Action Plan to Assess and Address the Decline in Correspondent Banking

Stocktake of Remittance Service Providers' Access to Banking Services

Joint Committee Final Report on Big Data

EBA's FinTech Roadmap

ECB Releases Progress on Gender Targets

Guide to Assessments of FinTech Credit Institution Licence Applications

EBA Financial Education Report 2017/18

Registration and Operation of Peer to Peer Lending Platforms

FinTech, RegTech and SupTech: What They Mean for FInancial Supervision

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