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ESBG’s response to FATF draft amendments on the transparency and beneficial ownership of legal arrangements
07/12/2022
Following a white paper on the revision of the rules on the transparency and beneficial ownership
ESBG stresses the need for timely assessment of loans with ESG-linked features in its letter to the IASB Chair
25/11/2022
In the letter, the ESBG expresses concerns that the IASB’s deliberations on the first two topics (CLIs and electronic cash transfers) have not progressed as much
The WSBI World Congress in Delhi brought together WSBI and ESBG members and interested retail bankers to discuss topics that define the future of the retail banking sector and address them to the worldwide policymaking community.
Payment Fintech:Quo Vadis?
17/11/2022
ESBG Spotlight 6 December 2022 – Jan Vermeulen (NBB), Payment Fintech: Quo Vadis?
ESBG welcomes EU Commission’s legislative proposal on instant payments
26/10/2022
The European Savings and Retail Banking Group (ESBG) welcomes the European Commission’s legislative proposal on instant payments announced today. The ESBG hopes that the initiative will strengthen the efforts of savings and retail banks to make instant payments the new normal across the European Union.
ESBG and EACB congratulate EU Commission’s Expert Group on its Open Finance report
25/10/2022
The European Savings and Retail Banking Group (ESBG) and the European Association of Co-operative Banks (EACB) congratulate the Expert Group on European financial data space of the European Commission on the finalisation of their Report on Open Finance, delivered today to EU Commissioner Mairead McGuinness. The report provides an overview on the modalities for data sharing and reuse based on a specific number of illustrative use cases and describes the key components of an open finance ecosystem in the EU.
Savings can make all the difference
14/10/2022
Established on 31 October 1924 by the WSBI founding fathers as the ‘World Thrift Day’, the World Savings Day has been marked ever since.
Joint letter to Commissioner McGuinness on the EFRAG consultation regarding its first set of draft ESRSs
05/10/2022
On 27 September, the ESBG, together with the European Banking Federation (EBF), the European Association of Co-operative Banks (EACB), Insurance Europe, Accountancy Europe,
Business Europe and European Issuers, has submitted a joint
Bank Asia Agent Banking: An Initiative to Reach the Unreached People for Better Financial Inclusion in Bangladesh
13/09/2022
The European Savings and Retail Banking Group considers that the recent decision in some EU countries to impose new windfall taxes on the banking sector will further reduce the latter’s lending capacity to corporates and individuals, jeopardizing bank' ability to have a positive impact in the economy in the current challenging times.
New taxes on banks can affect economic growth
12/09/2022
The European Savings and Retail Banking Group considers that the recent decision in some EU countries to impose new windfall taxes on the banking sector will further reduce the latter’s lending capacity to corporates and individuals, jeopardizing bank' ability to have a positive impact in the economy in the current challenging times.
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