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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has updated its webpage on the new anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing (CTF) regime for...

Belgium fittingly celebrated its national holiday with the entering into force of its new prospectus act.

The Court for the Defence of Competition has issued two decisions rejecting applications submitted by two card payment system associations (Sistema 4B and Servired) to obtain individual exemptions for their respective agreements on intra-system interchange fees (ie, fees applied to domestic consumer card transactions in retail outlets when the acquirer's and the merchant's banks are members of the same card payment system association).

Heralded as a "new step in France's economic transformation", the recently adopted Pacte Act aims to liberate companies from the burden of certain obligations and ensure they are better funded,

The Belgian government's proposal for a New Company Code is highly anticipated in the legal and business sectors, given its focus on enabling greater adaptability and competitiveness for companies.

Legal regulations. From sales and liquidation sales to special offers, coupons, contests and price comparisons, retailers must strike a balance between effective marketing and legal compliance.

Today the EBA published a Peer Review Report on the authorisation of Payment Institutions (PIs) and Electronic Money Institutions (EMIs) by the national authorities / financial regulators.

Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager had highlighted as one of her top priorities the application of State aid rules to taxation.

The European Central Bank (ECB) working group on euro risk-free rates has published a report on the impact the transition from the euro overnight index average

On October 27, 2023, the FTC approved an amendment to the Safeguards Rule (the "Amendment") requiring that non-banking financial institutions notify the FTC in the event of a defined...

The European Market Infrastructure Regulation1 (EMIR) came into force on 16 August 2012 and was the European response to the G20 commitment to implement measures to increase transparency

On 20 December 2024, the Belgian Parliament adopted the law transposing Directive (EU) 2021/2167 on credit servicers and credit purchasers...

The European Union ("EU") Anti-Money Laundering ("AML") package adopted by the European Parliament and the Council on May 31, 2024, represents a major shift in the fight against money laundering...

Small and medium-sized enterprises have gained 'consumer-like protection' pursuant to the Act of 21 December 2013 on the financing of SMEs.

The National Bank of Belgium (NBB) has issued a new Circular on outsourcing arrangements (Circular NBB_2019_19)

No one has yet given their last word yet about the current financial environment.

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