Maciek Bednarski

Articles - Het kan iedere financiële onderneming overkomen: in de bus vindt men een verzoek om informatie te verstrekken aan een van  de financiële toezichthouders, De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) of de Autoriteit Financiële Markten (AFM). Een dergelijk verzoek leidt al snel tot onrust binnen de onderneming. Ingrid Viertelhauzen en Maciek Bednarski bespreken de reikwijdte van de inlichtingenbevoegdheid en plaatsen hier enkele kanttekeningen bij.

Short Reads - As COVID-19 spreads across the globe, companies face various legal issues related to the disease and its spread. These issues result in disruption to business, alongside the related regulatory and contractual implications. The crisis is severely affecting financial institutions and financial markets too. Both the Dutch and European financial regulators are closely monitoring the situation given the continuing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the financial markets.

Short Reads - The Dutch National Forum on the Payment System (Maatschappelijk overleg betalingsverkeer - “MOB”) has published guidance on the transparency requirements for account information services providers (“AISPs”), a specific payment service regulated under PSD2. 

Short Reads - Building on its 2018 FinTech Roadmap, the EBA has issued a report focused on potential impediments to the cross-border provision of banking and payment services. In the 29 October 2019 report, the EBA identifies three regulatory areas in which the further integration of European banking and payment services markets can be improved.  The three areas the EBA addresses are authorisation and licensing, conduct of business and consumer protection requirements, and anti-money laundering ("AML") and countering the financing of terrorism ("CFT").