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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.

Europex Response To Public Consultation On The Revision Of The Energy Taxation Directive (ETD)

Date 14/10/2020

Europex supports a revision of the Energy Taxation Directive (ETD) in order to enable the transition towards climate neutrality. This is an important opportunity to ensure that energy taxation policy supports the objectives of the Internal Energy Market – and ensure that consumers can benefit from incentives provided by price signals from the electricity and gas wholesale markets. The energy mix is changing, with higher shares of renewable gas and electricity. In a sector integration context, electricity and gas will increasingly compete as energy carriers. Against this backdrop, our response focuses on two aspects – the effect of the relatively high tax share in the final energy bill and the need to ensure a level playing field between different energy carriers.

METACO Partners With Unbound Tech To Offer Market-First Solution In Digital Asset Management - Partnership Expands Digital Asset Operating System, SILO, To Offer Unprecedented Flexibility In The Deployment Of Key Management Technologies

Date 14/10/2020

METACO, the leading provider of security-critical infrastructure enabling financial institutions to enter the digital asset ecosystem, today announced a strategic partnership with Unbound Tech, the leader in cryptographic key management and protection solutions designed for an increasingly interconnected world, to offer a market-first solution in digital asset management. 

U.S. Economic Outlook And Monetary Policy, Federal Reserve Vice Chair Richard H. Clarida, At The 2020 Annual Membership Meeting Of The Institute Of International Finance, Washington, D.C. (Via Webcast)

Date 14/10/2020

It is my pleasure to meet virtually with you today at the 2020 Annual Membership Meeting of the Institute of International Finance.1 I regret that we are not doing this session in person, and I hope the next time Tim Adams invites me back, we will be gathering together in Washington. I look forward, as always, to my conversation with Tim, but first, please allow me to offer a few remarks on the economic outlook, Federal Reserve monetary policy, and our new monetary policy framework.

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change For The Security SU29017RMFS9

Date 14/10/2020

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Risk parameters change for the security SU29017RMFS9
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Nasdaq Stockholm Orders Oasmia Pharmaceutical AB To Pay A Fine Corresponding To Fifteen Annual Fees

Date 14/10/2020

The Disciplinary Committee of Nasdaq Stockholm has found that Oasmia Pharmaceutical AB (“Oasmia Pharmaceutical” or the “Company”) has breached the rules of Nasdaq Stockholm (the “Rulebook”) and therefore ordered the Company to pay a fine of fifteen annual fees, corresponding to an amount of SEK 3,075,000.