Tag: European Banking Authority

ESMA bond liquidity data
January 18, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

EBA and ESMA call to clarify margin requirements between CRR and EMIR

The European Banking Authority (EBA) and the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published today their joint report on the functioning of the Capital Requirements Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) with the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 (EMIR). The report calls for the requirements for credit, market, and counterparty credit risk in the…

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February 05, 2015 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

Could Bitcoin make it big in Europe? Whilst the Euro teeters on the brink of obscurity, the authorities assess Bitcoin's future

With the euro depreciating, Switzerland safeguarding its interests by removing the 1.20 peg on the franc, causing market turmoil and the indebted Eurozone nations whose central bank is exposed to unserviceable debt, the European Banking Authority makes a detailed study on the potential regulation and structure of virtual currency on a continent-wide basis

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