Four banks develop Blockchain as alternative to central bank
Last year in September, Swiss bank UBS and the American start-up company Clearmatic presented their concept of a “Utility Settlement Coin” (USC) to the...
Archive for the category ‘German Banking & Finance Law’
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Credit linked notes: BaFin intervenes to protect investors
In 2015 the German legislator passed the Retail Investors Protection Act (“Kleinanlegerschutzgesetz”). This has been done to remedy shortcomings on the so...
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Bank of England promotes Blockchain for central banks
In 1987 the renowned economist James Tobin published an article in which he raised the question if “big financial institutions can be allowed to fail?”....
Payment Accounts Directive – banks will soon have to set up an account for anyone
As of this summer, the new Payment Accounts Directive will be transposed into the national law of each member state of the European Union. For this reason, the...
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Brits for Brexit: Risks for banks and financial service providers – Chances for Frankfurt?
On 23 June 2016, the British in their referendum on whether or not to remain in the European Union by a narrow but clear majority voted to leave the EU, the...
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New FinTech center to be created in Frankfurt/Main
Although Frankfurt is an international financial center located at a favorable traffic hub, it finds itself lagging behind in terms of attracting start-up...
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New rules for real estate credit intermediaries in Germany
While to date, real estate lending intermediaries only have to overcome a few regulatory hurdles in Germany, this is going to change soon based on the European...
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Banks cannot charge fee for every transaction on business accounts
In a judgment dated July 28, 2015, the German Federal Court of Justice held that a bank’s general terms and conditions that set a fee of EUR 0.32 for every...
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Bitcoins and Criminal Law
The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) considers bitcoins to be units of account and thus financial instruments within the meaning of the German...
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