Beiträge zum Stichwort ‘banks’

• Protection Against Cyberattacks for German Banks and FinTechs

  Sep 27, 18 • Banking Regulations, Privacy Law • No Comments • Sebastian Förste
  

  Digital attacks against banks and financial services providers pose major challenges not only on that sector but also on the legislator and the financial supervisory authorities. In 2017, nearly 10 billion cyberattacks occurred worldwide. Apart from spam and phishing, the main […]

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• After Brexit: Rising number of foreign banks consider moving to Frankfurt

  Feb 6, 17 • Banking Regulations • No Comments • Sebastian Förste
  

  “It’s not enough just to install a letterbox.” With these words Peter Lutz, deputy executive director at the German financial supervisory authority, closed a workshop on the Brexit organized for foreign banks. Since the United Kingdom has voted out of the […]

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• Banks cannot charge fee for every transaction on business accounts

  Sep 23, 15 • Banking Law • No Comments • Sebastian Förste
  

  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 transaction are ineffective. In the case at issue, the terms and […]

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