Publications

18May
2022

Good practices in debt advice

Published in: 
Other publications
Author(s): 
Beatriz Pozo Pérez, Willem Pieter de Groen

Debt advisors play a crucial role in giving professional advice and finding the best solutions to help households get out of debt. Currently, there is only a tiny fraction of the qualified independent debt advisors needed to support all the over-indebted households.

24Feb
2022

The EU is homing in on dirty money

Published in: 
Policy Briefs
Author(s): 
Karel Lannoo

The EU is getting serious in the fight against dirty money. It is currently grappling with a huge legislative package in the domain of anti-money laundering (AML), a package that includes four proposals overall

20Dec
2021

Consumer Credit Directive review: Needed change

Published in: 
Commentaries

Following the rise in digital lenders and increasing online distribution of consumer credit, the European Commission proposed a revision of the Consumer Credit Directive (CCD) in June 2021.

16Dec
2021

Central bank digital currencies: can central banks succeed in the marketplace for digital monies?

Published in: 
Research Reports
Author(s): 
Peter Bofinger, Thomas Haas

The discussion about central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) has gained impressive momentum.

06Dec
2021

ECRI Statistical Package 2021 - Key findings

Published in: 
Research Reports
Author(s): 
Damir Gojsic, Rishabh Khanna

The ECRI Statistical Package 2021 provides data on outstanding credit granted by monetary financial institutions to households and non-financial corporations for the period from 1995 to 2020.

06Jul
2021

Time to get serious on AML policy in Europe

Published in: 
Commentaries
Author(s): 
Karel Lannoo

Tackling money laundering is a longstanding policy priority, but one pursued with limited success. The EU Commission is announcing an AML action plan in July, but a new approach is needed. 

28Jan
2021

Anti-Money Laundering in the EU: time to get serious

Published in: 
Research Reports
Author(s): 
Karel Lannoo, Richard Parlour

Between 2 and 5% of global GDP is thought to be laundered every year, whereas only 1.1% is recovered. The CEPS-ECRI  report sets out key recommendations for a new approach to the fight against money laundering

18Dec
2020

ECRI Newsletter: Winter 2020

Published in: 
Newsletters
Author(s): 
Roeland van der Stappen, Ana Climente, Thierry Antonin, Jean Allix

Retail payments are at the forefront of the digital transformation of financial services.

05Oct
2020

Key findings from the ECRI Statistical Package 2020

Published in: 
Research Reports
Author(s): 
Nagesh Kommuri, Xinyi Li

The ECRI Statistical Package 2020 provides data on outstanding credit granted by monetary-financial institutions (MFIs) to households and non-financial corporations (NFCs) for the period from 1995 to 2019

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