Beginning 17 January 2025, the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) will apply to almost all EU financial entities, including banks, insurers and reinsurers, brokers , payment and electronic money institutions,...more
1/20/2025
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Cybersecurity ,
Data Security ,
Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) ,
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Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) ,
Information Technology ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Risk Management
On 18 December 2024, the German Parliament (Bundestag) passed the Act on the Digitalization of Financial Markets (Finanzmarktdigitalisierungsgesetz, the "Act"). The Act is intended to complement key measures of the European...more
12/24/2024
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Cryptoassets ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Assets ,
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Financial Markets ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Germany ,
Regulatory Oversight
I. IMPLEMENTING BASEL III THROUGH THE CRR III REGULATION -
The Basel III standards comprise a package of reforms that were largely agreed by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision ("BCBS") in December 2017 and set out...more
6/21/2024
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Basel III ,
Borrowers ,
Capital Markets ,
Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
European Commission ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Risk Management ,
Securities
On 30 December 2023 the German Secondary Credit Market Promotion Act (Kreditzweitmarktförderungsgesetz) entered into force, which simplifies dealing in non-performing loans (“NPLs“) by introducing a new law, the German...more