The Bank of Italy launched a public consultation regarding new AML reporting which would replace the AML questionnaire that has been sent out for the last two years. On 31 July 2024, the Bank of Italy launched a public...more
On 17 June 2024, the Bank of Italy published a communication on unauthorised payment transactions. Inspections revealed shortcomings with several payment service providers (PSPs), such as groundless refund refusals,...more
La Banca d’Italia ha pubblicato un aggiornamento della Circolare 285 e un aggiornamento della Circolare 288 con cui sono stati modificati i rispettivi capitoli relativi alle operazioni di cartolarizzazione. Con tali...more
The Bank of Italy published an update to Circular 285 and an update to Circular 288, amending the chapter on securitisation transactions. With these updates, on the one hand, the content of the Bank of Italy's Communication...more
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 attention of financial regulators on environmental, social and governance factors is significantly and rapidly increasing. A proper integration of ESG features in the business model of financial and non-financial entities...more
On 17 May, the Bank of Italy published a public consultation on the supervisory guidelines for crowdfunding service providers to implement EU Regulation 2020/1503 on European crowdfunding service providers (“CSP”) for...more
The Bank of Italy and Consob, as competent authorities for Regulation (EU) 2022/858 on a pilot regime for market infrastructures based on DLT, declared compliance with the ESMA Guidelines on standard forms, formats and...more
Il presente contributo analizza la consultazione Banca d’Italia sulle proposte di modifica alle disposizioni di vigilanza sulle obbligazioni bancarie garantite (covered bond) contenute nella Circolare n. 285 del 17 dicembre...more
The Bank of Italy published a communication on Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) products warning consumers about potential risks noting the applicable regulatory framework...more
Pending the completion of the process for adapting Italian rules to Regulation (EU) 2020/1503 on European crowdfunding service providers (“ECSP Regulation”), Consob and the Bank of Italy declared their availability for...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
Bank of Italy launched initiatives regarding the use of Artificial Intelligence for innovating the banking, financial and payment sector and complaints handling....more
Following the tax relief introduced by Article 22 of Law Decree No. 124/2019, as converted into law by Law No. 157/2019, according to which merchants may obtain tax credits of 30% of the fees charged for the acceptance of...more
Italy is moving to adapt its legislative framework to the European Union standards and to remove fragmentation at national level for UCITS. On 15 July 2021, the Italian Council of Ministers approved, in preliminary...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 latest Consultations launched by the European Banking Authority (EBA) and the Bank of Italy on regulatory capital requirements for banks may lead to opportunities for alternative lenders, as traditional financiers may...more
La proposta - In data 30 luglio 2020, la Banca d’Italia ha avviato una consultazione pubblica sulle modifiche da apportare al “Regolamento sulla gestione collettiva del risparmio”....more
On Thursday 30th July 2020, the Bank of Italy released a consultation paper containing some proposed amendments to the Regulation on Collective Asset Management. It is worth noting that the Bank of Italy is proposing to...more
CELF Talks: Il credito cooperativo a poco più di un anno dalla costituzione dei gruppi....more
On 17 March 2020, IVASS and the Bank of Italy issued a joint communication regarding the cross-selling of insurance products and financing (the "Communication") to be delivered to the members of the management and supervisory...more
This second in a series provides practical guidance to help companies cope with the evolving regulatory scenario during the pandemic. Due to the global spread of COVID-19, governments and regulators have adopted a variety...more
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
BACKGROUND - The Covid-19 pandemic will likely affect the business of Italian companies in the short and medium term. Accordingly, Board of Directors are currently reviewing their dividend distribution policies....more