25/03/2020 FinTech Consultation response Responses to crypto-assets consultations In March 2020, Finance Watch submitted its responses to two public consultations on crypto-assets held by the European Commission and by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision.
11/03/2020 Retail & financial inclusion Consultation response Feedback on the Roadmap for a Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing Action Plan Brussels, 11/03/2020 – Finance Watch published today its feedback on the European Commission Roadmap for an Action Plan towards a new comprehensive approach to preventing and combating money laundering and...
02/03/2020 Retail & financial inclusion Report Financial Exclusion: Making the invisible visible Brussels, 3 March 2020 – Finance Watch released a report on the increasing range of people in the EU encountering difficulties in accessing financial services. Financialisation and technological developments are...
17/02/2020 Financial supervision Open letter Alliance Letters to EU institutions on the Reform of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) Together with BEUC, Better Finance, AGE Platform Europe and Coface Families Europe, we sent two letters to the European institutions regarding the Reform of the European Supervisory Authorities.
23/01/2020 Retail & financial inclusion Report Report – Is the human dignity of individual debtors at risk? New Finance Watch report provides evidence for the need to increase borrower protection and to improve proposed legislation on companies that deal with non-performing loans
07/01/2020 Banking Consultation response Consultation response on implementing the final BASEL III reforms in the EU On 3 January 2020, Finance Watch submitted its response to a public consultation held by the European Commission on the implementation of the final Basel III reforms in the EU.
11/12/2019 Banking Memo How can safer banks hurt the EU economy? Finance Watch publishes a critical analysis of a report on the EU implementation of the final Basel III framework by Copenhagen Economics for the European Banking Federation. It aims at...
26/11/2019 Financial Markets Consultation response Consultation response on EBA’s proposals for a STS framework for synthetic securitisation In its response to the European Banking Authority’s consultation, Finance Watch warns policymakers that an STS framework for synthetic securitisation would be a step toward recreating the conditions that made...
15/11/2019 Banking Briefing note Three reforms to strengthen the Banking Union and the euro area As a complement to a hearing held on 7 November 2019 by MEP Pedro Marques as rapporteur for the Banking Union Annual Report, Finance Watch published a technical brief on...
30/09/2019 Retail & financial inclusion Consultation response Consultation response on draft guidelines on loan origination and monitoring On 30 September 2019, Finance Watch responsed to the European Banking Authorities’ consultation on draft Guidelines on loan origination and monitoring (more on the EBA’s consultation page).
17/09/2019 Lawmaking Open letter Our letter to the EBA on top official’s alleged move to lobbying organisation Update 28/10/19 -> You can now sign a petition organised by the Change Finance coalition
16/09/2019 Sustainable finance Civil society briefing Game-changer: Financing the European Green Deal A civil society briefing on financing a fair ecological transition
