The establishment of the Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AMLA) represents a structural transformation of the European Union's AML/CFT framework.

The Malta Gaming Authority ("MGA") has published the Capital Requirements Policy ("Policy"). It shall be applicable to all Licensees and Licence Applicants and is meant to provide a foundation to financial soundness...

Official Abolishment of Notification Requirements, Third Country Data Transfers & New Regulations on Secondary Processing of Health Data.

The growth of the real estate industry in Malta has seen a rapid increase in the amounts of real estate agents, property brokers and property consultants...

Artificial intelligence has already sunk deep roots into the way financial services operate. It is guiding risk scoring, detecting unusual patterns in payments, filtering fraud and shaping decisions that once depended entirely on human judgment.

The UK Supreme Court has stood firm in not allowing counterfactual crypto-market outcomes or speculative price-formation scenarios to be used as a basis to measure and assign...

In recent years, Malta has witnessed a growing number of family-owned enterprises navigating generational change, restructuring ownership, and adapting to modern governance standards.

As 2025 approaches, the financial world stands on the cusp of transformation. Digital assets, once dismissed as speculative novelties, are now at the forefront of innovation.

On 21 May 2025, the European Commission unveiled its fourth Omnibus Simplification Package, a reform package aimed at slashing €400 million in administrative burdens across the EU...

Following the post-Schrems II regime, the EU–US Data Privacy Framework ("DPF") emerged as the Commission's latest attempt to secure lawful transatlantic data flows.

The MFSA has conducted a thematic review on financial institutions' compliance when offering payment accounts. The MFSA's aim is to support clients and institutions in building long-term relationships, as well as promoting stability and resilience in the financial sector.

In a much-anticipated opinion, the European Banking Authority (EBA) has addressed one of the most pressing regulatory questions...

Securitisation vehicles and collective investment scheme structures are both corporate set-ups which, while they are set-up with different goals, often have overlapping elements...

A remote cardiac monitor is small enough to slip under the skin, but it changes the way a patient's heart is watched. Once in place it works quietly in the background, recording every beat and any irregular rhythm...

The promise of sale (the konvenju) is the foundational instrument of Maltese property transactions, creating binding obligations on both parties to execute a final deed at an agreed price.

In Maltese civil law, various legal tools are available for securing rights, recovering debts, or protecting oneself from wrongful actions. Among these tools are different types of warrants, detailed in the Code.

On October 7, 2024, the European Data Protection Board ("EDPB") adopted four salient documents during its latest plenary session. These documents are:

No official invites have been dispatched, yet AI has settled into our lives like a discreet neighbour who rearranges your kitchen while you sleep - unannounced, increasingly indispensable, and impossible to ignore.

Encroachments on sovereignty rarely announce themselves with trumpets. They come quietly, dressed as practicality...

It is no news that the Maltese Islands is one of the most reputable Flag States in the world and it is partly for the smooth registration process available.