Dear friends, dear interested, There is news on consumer and investor protection in digital financial services! The European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) has just demonstrated how strict consumer protection can go hand in hand with innovation friendliness in the FinTech sector. The Committee’s position on blockchain-based trading systems combines strengthened investor […]
Success at the GameStop hearing: European authorities will take a closer look at neo-brokers’ business models
Dear friends, dear interested, This is good news for all retail investors: Yesterday, on 24 February, Steven Maijoor, the chairman of the European securities supervisor ESMA, promised me that his authority will take a closer look at the business models of the so-called neo-brokers. Ugo Bassi, responsible director at the European Commission, also announced an […]