Grant Thornton’s "The Financial Services Insider" is a Quarterly Newsletter designed to help you navigate the constantly changing regulatory landscape within which your business operates.
Grant Thornton’s "The Financial Services Insider" is a Quarterly Newsletter designed to help you navigate the constantly changing regulatory landscape within which your business operates.
"The Financial Services Insider" covers the main regulatory developments in the Financial Services sector, published by the EU and Greek competent authorities the previous quarter, in order to help you remain up to date with the most significant regulatory updates affecting your organization.
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The most important highlights
The 1st quarter of 2025 was marked by several regulatory developments in various areas such as AML, ESG, Fintech, Risk Management, Insurance and Capital Markets.
Anti-Money Laundering (AML)
EBA launched a consultation on new rules related to the AML/CFT package.
Capital Markets
EBA repealed guidelines on major incident reporting under the revised PSD2 and published its draft final ITS on reporting of data on charges for credit transfers and payments accounts, and shares of rejected transactions. Furthermore, ESMA launched consultation on revised disclosure requirements for private securitisations and published technical standards on different aspects of the CSDR Refit.
ESG
EBA published its final guidelines on the management of ESG risks and launched a consultation on guidelines on ESG scenario analysis.
Fintech
EBA and ESMA published a report on recent developments in crypto-assets. Furthermore, ESMA published guidelines on MiCA best practices.
Insurance
EIOPA i) published its 2024 Consumer Trends Report, ii) provided its advice on Solvency II’s new proportionality framework to the EC, iii) launched a consultation on AI governance and risk management and iv) published recommended actions and best practices after peer review on stochastic valuation.
Risk Management
ESAs published their Spring 2025 Joint Committee update on risks and vulnerabilities in the EU financial system. Furthermore, EBA published its i) final draft technical standards to implement a centralised EBA Pillar 3 data hub, ii) Q4 2024 Risk Dashboard and iii) Consumer Trends report for 2024/25.
Other
EIB will support five Greek regions affected by lignite phase-out. Furthermore, EC issued a positive assessment of Greece's €3.13 billion payment request under NextGenerationEU.
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