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Dr Justine Scerri Herrera discusses the Digital Euro Regulation together with the latest developments in CBDC in this episode.

Issue no.4 of the Banking & Fintech Newsletter is now available.

Under the Digital Operational Resilience Act ("DORA") certain financial entities ("FEs") must establish and maintain an updated Register of Information ("RoI")...

On the 10th May 2023 ESMA announced its decision to postpone to 2024 the 2023 annual IFRS amendment of the European Single Electronic Format (ESEF) Regulatory Technical Standard (RTS).

The Malta Financial Services Authority (‘MFSA') has issued a Consultation Paper on Security Tokens Offering ("STOs") which aims to provide legal certainty for STOs.

The Malta Financial Services Authority ("MFSA") has kept the momentum going ahead of the implementation of the Markets in Crypto-Asses Regulation ("MiCA").

Andrew Caruana Scicluna hosts Riccardo Conti of Fume and Stephen Gauci Baluci of CC Fund Services Limited to examine whether fund tokenisation delivers on its promises of liquidity and efficiency, or simply redistributes existing risks. The discussion explores how atomic settlement, fractional ownership, and smart contracts may reshape the roles of transfer agents, fund administrators, and settlement teams in daily operations.

She has obtained an MSC in Digital Currencies and Blockchain Technologies from the University of Nicosia.

The Legal Notice, apart from other amendments, includes updates relevant to the blockchain sphere.

Malta has made a remarkable jump in the 2025 Greenfield FDI Performance Index, climbing 50 places to 33rd globally, the largest leap of any country this year.

On the 20th of April 2023, the European Union Parliament approved the final text of MiCA, the latter of which aims to harmonise and provide for a consolidated regulatory framework...

Cryptocurrencies have transformed finance, created investor opportunities, and disrupted traditional institutions. Malta has been known as "The Blockchain Island" for many years...

Further to its efforts to place Malta as a hub for digital innovation, the Maltese Parliament has, on the 26th of June, approved forthcoming laws concerning Distributed Ledger Technology (‘DLT').

In this MK Crypto Diary episode, Dr Justine Scerri Herrera sat down with special guest Bob Reid to discuss Blockchain Identity.

As expected and by virtue of Legal Notice 306 of 2018 and Legal Notice 307 of 2018, the Innovative Technology Arrangements and Services Act and the Virtual Financial Assets Act...

Following the positive feedback received on the proposed introduction of a new legislative framework regulating Initial Coin Offerings ('ICOs') and the provision of certain services in relation to virtual currencies...

The Malta Financial Services Authority has issued three significant regulatory updates addressing the intersection of artificial intelligence and cybersecurity threats, streamlined investment services requirements, and the modernisation of supervisory reporting through digital frameworks. These developments reflect a strategic shift toward enhanced operational resilience, proportionate regulation, and technology-driven compliance processes.