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The German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht – BaFin) published further part of fifth edition of its Issuer Guide (Emittentenleitfaden)

Pursuant to recent legislative changes, certain investment funds are now entitled under certain conditions to originate or restructure loans in Germany without the need to obtain a banking licence for lending.

With effect of March 18, 2016 the legislator has now implemented into law the new administrative practice of the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority.

On 15 September 2025, the European Central Bank (ECB), acting in its role at the head of the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM) pillar of the EU's Banking Union, launched a public consultation on new guidelines for dealing with non-performing exposures (NPEs) at less significant institutions (LSIs) (the LSI NPE Guidelines).

On August 24, 2018, ESMA announced, in its first use of this power, an extension of the existing ban from October 2, 2018 for binary options for those products it has not exempted from the further extension.

Changes to the German investment industry, including a combination of new types of fund offerings and a liberalization and improvement of the previous regulatory scheme, have been implemented by an Act amending the German Investment Act and related provisions of other laws ("Investmentänderungsgesetz", the "Act").

The European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, ESMA and EIOPA – together, the ESAs) have published their Final Reports to the European Commission on greenwashing in the financial sector.

On 24 May 2024 the European Banking Authority (EBA) released an inaugural Report on the issuance of virtual International Bank Account Numbers (VIBANs).

On 14 August 2025, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published a detailed Registration Guide for financial entities seeking to operate under its direct supervision...

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On 2 May 2018 the European Central Bank (ECB) published its framework for "Threat Intelligence-Based Ethical Red-Teaming" (TIBER-EU) Framework.

The BaFin warns against entering into transactions, particularly involving CFDs (Contracts for Difference),

On 2 March 2021 the European Central Bank (ECB), acting in its role at the head of the Banking Union's Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM), published its supervisory guide to the method of...

Regulation (EC) 1/2003<SUP>1</SUP> ("Regulation 1/2003") which will enter into force on 1 May 2004 brings about a fundamental reform to the procedural rules of European Competition Law.

On July 5, 2013, the German Federal Council (Bundesrat) decided to raise no objection against the CRD IV Implementation Act passed by the German Federal Parliament (Bundestag) on June 27, 2013.