MiFID II

The EU has slammed financial firms with a heavy regulatory burden to manage their calls better. That is how Theta Lake’s latest collaboration can help.

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has clarified how investors should be protected under the Market in Financial Instruments Directive and Regulation (MiFID II/ MiFIR).

Credit rating agencies have reason to swing by the European Securities and Markets Authority’s (ESMA) website as the body has just provided some extra insights into how they are regulated.

The UK has officially left the EU. Now, a huge European FinTech company has pulled the plug on its British operations.

The financial market is global and constantly dealing with new technologies and weighed down with ever-expanding regulations. So where does that leave the future of RegTech?

For the past 47 years, the UK has been able to influence EU legislation. Now, less than a week after Brexit, Brussels are looking to tear up the concessions made to Britain about its financial rulebook.

Lawmakers have hurled a smattering of new regulations against the financial industry over the last decade, forcing them to up their reporting efforts or risk facing fines and other sanctions.

After New Year’s Eve, Britain can arguably create its own rules for the financial sector. One executive is now arguing this is an opportunity too good to miss.

Just days after the UK officially left the EU, one of the country’s FinTech firms was granted a €20m loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB).

The revised Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) could be updated after Brexit. So what would MiFID III entail?