Live chat on January 26: Bank accounts, mortgages, loans or insurance - tell the Commission what should be done! (19/01/2016)
Loans, bank accounts, payments, credit cards, mortgages, insurance products… Many Europeans find it difficult to access these services across borders and businesses find it hard to provide them. That's why the European Commission is currently consulting on consumer financial services to identify what should be done.
Get the facts: Call for evidence on EU regulatory framework for financial services (17/12/2015)
Why is the Commission launching a call for evidence on EU rules for financial services?
In the spotlight: Retail financial services consultation (17/12/2015)
What are the issues at stake in the Commission's green paper on retail financial services and insurance?
Policy in focus: European Deposit Insurance Scheme (17/12/2015)
European Commission proposes new measures to reinforce deposit protection and further reduce banking risks
Giving Europeans more choice in financial services: the European Commission consults (17/12/2015)
Brussels, 10 December 2015
The Commission has taken several infringement decisions (17/12/2015)
Brussels, 10 December 2015
Commission launches a social media campaign to collect experiences from consumers on financial services across Member States. (17/12/2015)
Brussels, 7 December 2015
Capital Markets Union: The Commission proposes to overhaul prospectus rules (17/12/2015)
Brussels, 30 November 2015
Single Resolution Board fully operational as of 1 January 2016 (17/12/2015)
Brussels, 30 November 2015
European Commission adopts a second package of equivalence decisions under Solvency II for Japan and Bermuda (17/12/2015)
Brussels, 26 November 2015
Call for evidence: EU regulatory framework for financial services (23/10/2015)
30.09.2015 - 31.01.2016
Public consultation on the review of the European Venture Capital Funds (EuVECA) and European Social Entrepreneurship Funds (EuSEF) regulations (23/10/2015)
30.09.2015 - 06.01.2016
Covered bonds in the European Union (23/10/2015)
30.09.2015 - 06.01.2016
Conference on Covered Bonds (01/02/2016)
Room Alcide de Gasperi, Charlemagne building, Rue de la Loi 170, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
Financial services (17/12/2015)
Olivier Salles on the Commission's new #MyMoneyEU social media campaign.
The European Commission has launched a social media campaign to collect experiences from consumers on financial services across Member States. These experiences could involve cross-border banking, insurance or other payment services. They could include, for instance, problems opening a bank account in another EU country, lack of transparency on charges for using a credit card when shopping online abroad or trying to buy insurance in another member state where it is cheaper.
We spoke to Commissioner Jonathan Hill about the Capital Markets Union action plan and, in particular, the proposals to build a solid EU-wide securitisation market.
In the spotlight: TARGET2-Securities (28/10/2015)
TARGET2-Securities is up and running. But what exactly is it – and why do we need it?
Understanding... MiFID II (28/10/2015)
Peter Ohrlander gives an overview of how the MiFID II rules work – and how they will contribute to safer and more efficient EU capital markets.
Commission refers six Member States to the Court of Justice of the EU for failing to transpose EU rules on Bank Recovery and Resolution (23/10/2015)
Brussels, 22 October 2015
Completing Europe's Economic and Monetary Union: Commission takes concrete steps to strengthen EMU (23/10/2015)
Brussels, 21 October 2015
The European Parliament adopts the revised Directive on Payment Services (23/10/2015)
Brussels, 8 October 2015
Capital Markets Union (23/10/2015)
Making securitisation simple, transparent and standardised.
News alert: EU Commission launches Capital Markets Union action plan (30/09/2015)
The European Commission is today launching an action plan to build a Capital Markets Union for the EU’s 28 Member States by 2019. The overall aim of the Capital Markets Union is to link savings with growth and give companies greater choice about where and how they get their financing. European businesses remain heavily reliant on banks, which makes the economy vulnerable to a tightening of bank lending. Making it easier for companies to get funding from markets, while not replacing banks as a source of financing, should make Europe more attractive to inward investment and spread risk more effectively than in the past.
We talk to the new Director-General for DG Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union about his work and what he sees as the main challenges and priorities for the years ahead.
In the spotlight: Startup Europe (23/09/2015)
Startup Europe explains what it does and how it is helping to improve the business environment for EU tech entrepreneurs.
Policy in focus: EFSIR and financing the EU economy (23/09/2015)
In its annual report, the Commission provides a clear overview of the different ways the EU economy is financed.
The responses to the consultation on further corporate tax transparency have been published (23/09/2015)
Brussels, 23 September 2015
Financial stability: new Commission rules on central clearing for interest rate derivatives (22/09/2015)
Brussels, 6 August 2015
How revised bank capital requirements have affected lending: Commission consults (22/09/2015)
Brussels, 15 July 2015
Public consultation on Long term finance (16/07/2015)
15.07.2015 - 07.10.2015
Capital Markets Union (23/09/2015)
What are the goals of the EU’s Capital Markets Union?
