European Central Bank

European banks asked to intensify scrutiny of transactions by Russian clients

Understand the impact of the Ukraine conflict from a cross-sector perspective with the Global Data Executive Briefing: Ukraine Conflict The European…

ECB to create dedicated anti-money laundering watchdog

The European Central Bank (ECB) is set create new anti-money laundering authority to augment anti-money laundering supervision over high-risk banks.…

Malta asks ECB to revoke Pilatus Bank’s licence

Malta’s banking watchdog Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) has urged to the European Central Bank (ECB) to cancel licence of…

ECB unveils new framework to test cyber attack resilience for financial sector

The European Central Bank (ECB) has published a new Europe-wide framework to conduct controlled and bespoke tests against cyber attacks…

ECB revokes authorisation of Versobank

The European Central Bank (ECB) has revoked the authorisation of Estonian financial firm Versobank to operate as a credit institution…

ECB issues new guidelines to assess bank licensing applications

The European Central Bank (ECB) has published a new guide concerning the assessment of banking licence applications. The document elucidates…

ECB, Bank of Japan say blockchain technology immature to replace settlement systems

The European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of Japan have concluded that distributed ledger technology (DLT) is currently not…