Insights
News and articles on EU fintech topics — licensing, AML, payments, reporting for operators.
MiFIR, EMIR and SFTR — where the boundaries fall
The three EU transaction-reporting regimes compared: what each captures, the exclusion separating MiFIR from SFTR, and why one trade can hit two…
MiFIR transaction reporting — how a report is built
How a MiFIR transaction report is built: what counts as a transaction under RTS 22, execution versus transmission, and the eight Article…
Reporting at market entry — the sequencing that works
Sequencing regulatory reporting for a new market: what belongs before launch, what enrolments carry their own deadlines, and the six-step entry plan.
Prudential vs statistical reporting — why they differ
Prudential and statistical reporting compared: different purposes and collectors, and why the same concept legitimately carries two different values.
Home or host — who you report to when passporting
Reporting when you passport: which returns follow the home supervisor, which follow the host, and which are triggered by your customers' residence…
Answering a supervisory data-quality query
What to do when a supervisor queries a reported figure: the five artefacts that answer it, how to scope the response, and…
Outsourcing reporting — what stays with you
Outsourcing regulatory reporting: what can move to a provider, what never can, and the four artefacts you must retain to stay in…
Reporting governance — who signs, and on what basis
Governance for regulatory reporting: the three lines, what a sign-off should actually certify, and the control framework a supervisor expects to find.
Reporting channels compared — the enrolment problem
The submission channels EU supervisors use: per-process enrolment, certificate requirements, test environments and why onboarding is the critical path.
AML data returns compared — beyond the SAR
AML data returns beyond the SAR: Italy's parallel obligations, Spain's systematic declaration, Ireland's REQ and Belgium's NBB periodic questionnaire.