Past Events

20Apr
2021

Effectiveness of AML policies: Transaction Monitoring

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Other events
Tuesday, 20 April, 2021 - 10:00 to 11:15
Zoom

Good AML policies start with transaction monitoring by operators but the burden and operational risks are growing, and the success rate is low. Operators, mostly banks are increasingly cooperating with each other to exchange best practice in monitoring, and with the Financial Intelligence Units to avoid reporting of false positives and facilitate enforcement. This however raises huge problems about data exchange and protection, free competition and division of competences.

30Mar
2021

Moratoria on loan repayments: status-quo and phase-out!

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Seminars
Tuesday, 30 March, 2021 - 10:00 to 11:30
Zoom

Governments, authorities and businesses have implemented credit moratoria, intended to offer temporary relief to borrowers impacted by COVID-19. A total of 24 EU Member States enforced either a legislative or non-legislative moratoria during this period. With the roll out of vaccines and easing of lockdown measures, when is the right time to phase out these moratoria?

28Jan
2021

Combating money laundering in the EU: time to get serious

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Seminars
Thursday, 28 January, 2021 - 10:30 to 11:30
Zoom

Every year an estimated 2 to 5 percent of the global GDP is being laundered. So far, anti-money laundering policies have seen limited successes. Meanwhile, the breadth and means to launder money have also increased, facilitated by technological progress.

From crime and drug-trafficking-related proceeds, the mandate to stop money laundering has expanded to now include tax avoidance, terrorist financing, human trafficking, state-sponsored and corporate bribery.

19Jan
2021

Online seminar series: Good practices in debt advice

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Other events
Tuesday, 19 January, 2021 - 10:00 to Tuesday, 26 October, 2021 - 12:00
Zoom

About one in twelve European households is having difficulties meeting their payment commitments, whether these relate to secured or unsecured borrowing, to payment of rent, or to utility or other household bills. Debt advisors play a crucial role in giving professional advice and finding the best solutions to help households get out of debt. Currently, there are only a fraction of the necessary qualified independent debt advisors available to support all the households in need.

19Nov
2020

Will the EU Retail Payments Strategy trigger a paradigm shift?

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Seminars
Thursday, 19 November, 2020 - 10:00 to 11:15
Zoom

Retail payments are at the forefront of the digital transformation of financial services. Changing payment-processing interfaces, the introduction of crypto-assets and more recently, new payment instruments, are all shifting the traditionally cash-dominated retail payment landscape.

15Jul
2020

Responsible lending in times of crisis

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Conferences
Wednesday, 15 July, 2020 - 11:00 to 12:00
Zoom

During the CEPS-ECRI webinar key stakeholders involved in the preparation and affected by the guidelines will discuss the new European Banking Authority guidelines on loan origination and monitoring.

 
 
04Feb
2020

Impact of pricing rules for retail payments: Need for a revision?

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Lunch Events
Tuesday, 4 February, 2020 - 13:15 to 14:30
CEPS Conference room Place du Congrès 1 - 1000 Brussels

In 2015 the EU agreed ambitious price regulation on retail payments. Most importantly, the Interchange Fee Regulation (IFR) limited the interchange fees and put a ban on surcharges for most payment transactions under the Second Payment Services Directive (PSD2).

During this CEPS-ECRI lunchtime meeting the impact of the price rules on the retail payment sector will be discussed as well as whether there is a need for any revision of these rules. Moreover, a new CEPS-ECRI paper on the same topic is presented.

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01Jan
2020

Anti-Money Laundering in the EU Ensuring effective and efficient cross-border cooperation and mutual trust: Time to get serious

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Task Forces
Wednesday, 1 January, 2020 - 14:30 to Sunday, 31 January, 2021 - 23:00
CEPS - Centre for European Policy Studies, 1 Place du Congrès/Congresplein, 1000 Brussels

CEPS and ECRI are organizing a Task Force on Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and how to ensure effective and efficient cross-border cooperation and mutual trust.

02Dec
2019

Is innovation increasing competition in retail payments?

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Lunch Events
Monday, 2 December, 2019 - 12:30 to 14:30
CEPS - Centre for European Policy Studies, 1 Place du Congrès/Congresplein, 1000 Brussels

The retail payments sector is growing and changing due to ecommerce and new payment offerings such as in-app payments and other mobile offerings. During this CEPS-ECRI lunchtime meeting the impact of those innovations on the retail payment sector will be discussed. Senior practitioners, high-level officials and corporate representatives will focus on issues like whether digitalisation and new legislations are increasing the competition and support for innovation in the retail payments markets? Is there a need for changes in the existing legislation?

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