Events

18Jan
2018

Dynamic Currency Conversion: Valuable service or deceptive business model?

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Seminars
Thursday, 18 January, 2018 - 08:30 to 10:00
CEPS, Place du Congres 1, 1000-Brussels

CEPS-ECRI-BEUC Breakfast Debate

20Nov
2017

Cybersecurity in Finance: Getting the policy mix right

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Task Forces
Monday, 20 November, 2017 - 12:30 to 16:00
CEPS

CEPS-ECRI 2nd meeting of the TF on: "Cybersecurity in Finance: Getting the policy mix right!". The different consensuses achieved during the Task Force will result in a list of recommendations and an action plan that will be submitted to the European regulators (primarily DG FISMA, DG Connect, DG Justice, ESAs, ECB, and European Parliament). 

Please click here for the agenda of the 2nd meeting.

Registration and lunch from 12:30 - Meeting from 13:00 to 16:00

17Oct
2017

Big data and fintech: a solution to financial exclusion?

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Conferences
Tuesday, 17 October, 2017 - 09:00 to 16:30
CEPS, Place du Congres 1, 1000-Brussels

CEPS-ECRI conference in cooperation with BEUC and EFIN.

The aim of the conference is to explore, from the perspective of financial inclusion, both the potential risks and benefits for everyone in society of innovations in financial services products and delivery systems, encompassing big data and fintech. The underlying question is whether regulators should act in anticipation of these developments, and if so, what actions will best guarantee a positive outcome, without stifling innovation.

Each of the panels will focus on the following three questions:

25Sep
2017

How to cleanse NPLs from EU banks’ balances?

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Lunch Events
Monday, 25 September, 2017 - 12:30 to 14:30
CEPS, Place du Congres 1, 1000-Brussels

In the aftermath of the financial crisis, banks have accumulated about a trillion euro of non-performing loans (NPLs) in their balance sheets. The high levels of NPLs in countries such as Italy, Greece and Portugal constrain their banks’ lending abilities, which causes delays in the countries’ economic recovery.

30May
2017

Developing the FinTech Ecosystem: The challenges of regulation, innovation and digitalisation

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Conferences
Tuesday, 30 May, 2017 - 08:45 to 15:30
CEPS, Place du Congres 1, 1000-Brussels

Between 2011 and 2015, global investment in FinTech increased eightfold. Resulting from the use of enabling digital technologies, new products and processes are being developed by “traditional” providers and by ever-rising numbers of FinTech startups. While policy-makers are gradually creating the necessary conditions to strengthen this digital transformation of financial services, numerous policy issues and unanswered questions remain.

31Jan
2017

The Future of Financial Services: Which policy mix to stimulate innovation in products, models and processes?

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Other events
Tuesday, 31 January, 2017 - 10:00 to 12:00
CEPS Conference Room 1, Place du Congrès - 1000 Brussels

In a context of rising competition and increasingly exigent consumers, established banks and newcomers are using enabling digital technologies to develop new products, processes and...

08Dec
2016

Task Force on FinTech - Third meeting

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Task Forces
Thursday, 8 December, 2016 - 12:00 to 18:00
CEPS, 1 Place du Congrès - 1000 Brussels

This third meeting of the ECRI Task Force places the focus on the most adequate regulatory framework for pre-contractual information duties in the digital era, as well as on the possibilites to improve the regulatory framework for...

08Nov
2016

Task Force on FinTech - Second meeting

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Other events
Tuesday, 8 November, 2016 - 12:00 to 18:00
CEPS, 1 Place du Congrès - 1000 Brussels

This second meeting of the ECRI Task Force on FinTech places the focus on the most adequate level playing field to ensure a successful digital transformation and on the opportunities and risks of use of alternative...

14Sep
2016

The Future of Retail Financial Services: What policy mix for a balanced digital transformation?

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Task Forces
Wednesday, 14 September, 2016 - 11:30 to 15:30
CEPS Conference room Place du Congrès 1 - 1000 Brussels

In recent years, digitalisation of the economy has accelerated at a steady pace, and retail financial services for households are no exception to this phenomenon.

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