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How digital is your country? The performance of the European countries
March 6th, 2017
The 2017 Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI) shows that the EU is making progress but the gap between top digital players and lower-performing countries is still too wide. More efforts and investments are needed to make the most ...
Key elements of the European Union budget for 2018
February 23rd, 2017
Introduction The Council considers that the budget for 2018 should provide adequate resources to continue supporting the traditional and evolving priorities within the Union, namely the recovery of the European economy, to address humanitarian and security challenges both within ...
DFSA Signs MoU with European Securities and Markets Authority
February 23rd, 2017
The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) and the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) have entered into information sharing and cooperation arrangements regarding DIFC based central counterparties (CCPs) compliance with conditions set out in The European Union’s Market Infrastructure ...
The Pound to Euro Rate hits a Wall at Notorious 200 Day M.A
February 22nd, 2017
It was an impressive start to the mid-week session for Pound Sterling having broken above a key technical level against the Euro for the first time in months. The exchange rate is now knocking its 200-day moving average; if ...
European Central Banks reports on Euro banknote counterfeiting
February 2nd, 2017
353,000 counterfeit euro banknotes were withdrawn from circulation in the second half of 2016 Around 80% of the counterfeits were €20 and €50 banknotes All euro banknotes can be verified using the “feel, look and tilt” method Euro banknotes ...
Europol and Global Cyber Alliance team up to fight cybercrime
February 1st, 2017
Europol and the Global Cyber Alliance (GCA)signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate on decreasing systemic cyber risk and improving internet security throughout Europe and beyond. The signing ceremony took place at Europol’s headquarters in The Hague. As ...
The European Parliament informs on Ceta trade deal
January 27th, 2017
Ceta, the EU-Canada trade deal, was approved by the international trade committee on 24 January. The agreement, which would remove tariffs on most traded goods and services, will be put to a final vote by all MEPs next month. ...
ECB on pan-European instant payment solutions
January 11th, 2017
The European Central Bank (ECB) has published a Keynote speech by Yves Mersch, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the French Payments Committee conference on “Technological innovations in payments and beyond”, Banque de France, Paris, 6 ...
Eurozone economic activity increased at its fastest rate since the debt crisis in 2011
January 4th, 2017
Economic activity in Eurozone industry in December expanded at the fastest pace since the currency union’s debt crisis started to hit, according to a closely watched indicator. The Eurozone composite purchasing managers’ index (PMI) – which measures activity throughout ...
ESMA identifies areas for improvemnet in EU CCP supervision
December 23rd, 2016
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has presented today the results of a peer review, it conducted into how national competent authorities (NCAs) ensure that central counterparties (CCPs) comply with margin and collateral requirements under the European Markets ...
