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 and terrorist financing at the...more
On June 29, 2022, the European Parliament, the Commission, and the Council reached a provisional agreement on the European Union proposal to update Regulation 2015/847 on information accompanying the transfer of funds ("TFR")...more
The Development: New Regulation (EU) 2020/2176 (the "Regulation") provides regulatory capital relief, allowing certain software assets to be considered when calculating Common Equity Tier 1 ("CET1") capital. It entered into...more
The United Kingdom and European Union look to give powers to regulators, rather than using direct legislation, to deal with existing contracts that prove unable to convert or be amended to include fallbacks ahead of IBOR...more
The economic crisis caused by the spread of the coronavirus triggered an unprecedented response from European governments to support their economies with various measures of support.
This overview summarizes the various...more
7/6/2020
/ Business Interruption ,
Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme (the CLBILS) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Member State ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Relief Measures ,
State Aid ,
State of Emergency
The Situation: The European Commission issued an Action Plan on Anti-Money Laundering/Combating the Financing of Terrorism ("AML/CFT") in response to recent money laundering scandals and concerns of an increase in crime due...more
6/19/2020
/ AML/CFT ,
AMLD V ,
Banking Sector ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
EU Action Plans ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
European Commission ,
Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Law Enforcement
The Situation: The European Banking Authority ("EBA") issued its Action Plan on Sustainable Finance ("Action Plan") on December 6, 2019, setting forth an outline for its deliverables and activities related to environmental,...more
The EU Commission is proposing measures to increase financial sector supervision in the wake of money laundering incidents.
The European Commission recently proposed expanding the Europe Banking Authority’s ("EBA") mandate...more
10/2/2018
/ Amended Legislation ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
Cross-Border ,
EU ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
European Commission ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Member State ,
Risk Assessment
The Situation: The second EU Payment Services Directive requires banks to give third-party payment service providers ("TPPs") access to the bank accounts of their customers (with their consent), in order to enable TPPs to...more