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  • Remarks At The Hoover Institution, Federal Reserve Vice Chair For Supervision Randal K. Quarles, At The Hoover Institution, Stanford, California, Via Webcast

    Date 14/10/2020

    I want to thank John Taylor and the Hoover Institution for inviting me to speak today. I will start with some brief remarks about the current economic situation and monetary policy and then turn to the actions that the Federal Reserve has taken this year to help ensure that the banking system remains a source of strength during the recovery from the COVID event, the term I use for the complex set of responses in both the private and public sectors to the outbreak of COVID-19. I will close with some thoughts on nonbank financial institutions and international coordination.

  • SEC Charges Brazilian Meat Producers With FCPA Violations

    Date 14/10/2020

    The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Brazilian nationals Joesley Batista and Wesley Batista and their companies J&F Investimentos S.A. and JBS S.A., a global meat and protein producer, have agreed to pay nearly $27 million to resolve charges arising out of an extensive bribery scheme that took place over multiple years. 

  • BOX Exchange: SAIL Order Entry Connectivity Modifications

    Date 14/10/2020

    On October 26, 2020, BOX Exchange LLC (“BOX”) will implement modifications to the connectivity of SAIL Order Entry components.

  • Finansinspektionen: AK Nordic Receives A Remark And An Administrative Fine

    Date 14/10/2020

    Finansinspektionen (FI) is issuing credit market company AK Nordic AB a remark. The company must also pay an administrative fine of SEK 20 million.

  • EBA: Consultation Paper On The Draft Revised Guidelines On Major Incident Reporting Under PSD2 (EBA/CP/2020/22)

    Date 14/10/2020

    The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today a public consultation to propose revising the Guidelines on major incident reporting under the Payment Service Directive (PSD2). The proposal aims at optimising and simplifying the reporting process, capturing additional relevant security incidents, reducing the number of operational incidents that will be reported, and improving the meaningfulness of the incident reports received. The revision of the Guidelines also intends to decrease the reporting burden on payment service providers (PSPs). The consultation runs until 14 December 2020.

  • Bitfinex Lets Users Earn On Their Bitcoin With Celsius

    Date 14/10/2020

    Bitfinex, a state-of-the-art digital tokens trading platform, and Celsius Network Limited (“Celsius”), the industry-leading cryptocurrency reward-earning platform, are collaborating to offer customers of the exchange easy access to Celsius’s unmatched rates for earning rewards on their crypto holdings.

  • EBA Consults On The Revision Of The Guidelines On Major Incident Reporting Under PSD2

    Date 14/10/2020

    The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today a public consultation to propose revising the Guidelines on major incident reporting under the Payment Service Directive (PSD2). The proposal aims at optimising and simplifying the reporting process, capturing additional relevant security incidents, reducing the number of operational incidents that will be reported, and improving the meaningfulness of the incident reports received. The revision of the Guidelines also intends to decrease the reporting burden on payment service providers (PSPs). The consultation runs until 14 December 2020.

  • Finansinspektionen Analysis 23: Can The Bond Market Dampen The Credit Cycle?

    Date 14/10/2020

    The access of non-financial firms to credit is central for financial stability, particularly during financial crises. In recent years, the market for corporate bonds has grown steadily and currently plays an important role in firms’ financing. This analysis shows that it has not been easier to issue corporate bonds in Swedish krona during financial crises than to take a bank loan. This pattern deviates from previous research on the USA and the euro zone.

  • EBA Published Final Draft Regulatory Technical Standards Specifying The Prudential Treatment Of Software Assets

    Date 14/10/2020

    The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its final draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) specifying the prudential treatment of software assets. As the banking sector is moving towards a more digital environment, the aim of these draft RTS is to replace the current upfront full deduction prudential regime so as to strike an appropriate balance between the need to maintain sufficient conservatism in the prudential treatment of software assets and their relevance from a business and an economic perspective. The final draft RTS keep a simple approach based on a prudential amortisation of software assets calibrated over a period of maximum three years.


  • Federal Reserve Requests Public Comment On Technical, Clarifying Updates Regarding The Federal Open Market Committee’s Rules Regarding Availability Of Information, Which Describe Its Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) Procedures

    Date 14/10/2020

    The Federal Reserve on Wednesday requested public comment on technical, clarifying updates regarding the Federal Open Market Committee's Rules Regarding Availability of Information, which describe its Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) procedures.