On 15 June 2023, the Bank of Italy published on its website a series of acts aimed at reviewing the domestic AML rules to comply with EBA Guidelines on the use of remote customer onboarding solutions....more
The EU Directive (EU) 2021/2167 (NPL Directive), published in the Official Journal of the EU on 8 December 2021 and regulating the sale, purchase and servicing of both consumer and commercial non-performing loans (NPLs)...more
The Bank of Italy, COVIP, IVASS and the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance have jointly launched a public consultation on draft instructions for the exercise of enhanced controls on the business of a wide range of...more
Law Decree implementing EU Regulation 2022/858, containing urgent provisions on issuance and circulation of financial instruments in digital form, was published in the Official Gazette on 17 March 2023. It provides for the...more
Italian secondary legislation about to be adapted to EU standards - On 15 July 2021, the Italian Council of Ministers approved, in preliminary examination, a legislative decree introducing rules to adapt national legislation...more
On 1 July 2021, the Bank of Italy transposed into the Italian legal framework Article 106 of PSD2 regarding the obligation for payment service providers to inform consumers of their rights in the context of the provision of...more
The Italian Government repealed the tax, introduced in 2018, on money remittances outside EU executed through payment institutions....more
Italian news on on-line KYC for AML purposes, including the possibility to rely on SCA when certain conditions are met, have been confirmed.
On 14 September, Law Decree No. 76/2020 regarding urgent measures for...more
On 16 April 2020 the Italian Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) published a communication stressing the need for intermediaries, professionals, other qualified entities and public administrations to calibrate AML measures in...more
4/21/2020
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Reporting Requirements ,
Scams
On the basis of the measures recently adopted by the Italian Government to face the current COVID-19 emergency, on 10 April 2020, the Bank of Italy issued its recommendations to financial intermediaries on (i) anti-money...more
Please find below a brief summary of two Italian developments on PSD2. More specifically:
on 6 April 2020, the Italian Government approved a draft Legislative Decree introducing corrective and supplementary provisions to...more
Following the Ministry of Economy and Finance press release of 24 January 2019, last night the Italian Government approved the law decree aimed at ensuring financial stability and market integrity in the event of hard Brexit...more
3/21/2019
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Derivatives ,
Dispute Resolution ,
EU ,
Financial Institutions ,
Italy ,
IVASS ,
Loan Agreements ,
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Notification Requirements ,
Prior Authorization ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Temporary Permissions Regime (TPR) ,
Trading Platforms ,
UK ,
UK Brexit