On 11 July 2025, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published a Final Report on revised guidelines on outsourcing to cloud service providers (CSPs).
Background
On 18 December 2020, ESMA published a Final Report on guidelines on outsourcing to CSPs. The guidelines are intended to help in-scope firms identify, address
On 11 July 2025, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) issued a public statement – Avoiding misperceptions: Guidance for crypto-asset service providers (CASPs) offering unregulated services. The purpose of the statement is to set out some of the risks that are likely to arise and the issues that CASPs should
On 11 July 2025, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) issued a Final Report on guidelines for the criteria on the assessment of knowledge and competence under the Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation (MiCA).
Background
Article 81(15) of MiCA provides for ESMA to issue guidelines specifying the criteria for the
On 10 July 2025, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published the results of a peer review that looked at the authorisation of crypto asset service providers (CASPs) in Malta under the Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation.
The peer review analyses the approaches adopted by the Malta Financial Services Authority
On 9 July 2025, the European Securities and Markets Authority published the official translations of its guidelines on supervisory practices for competent authorities to prevent and detect market abuse under the Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation. The guidelines apply from three months after this date (9 October 2025).
On 9 July 2025, the European Banking Authority (EBA) issued a consultation paper on draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) amending RTS on own funds and eligible liabilities instruments.
Background
When it published the final draft RTS on own funds and eligible liabilities on 26 May 2021, the EBA acknowledged comments received
On 9 July 2025, the European Banking Authority (EBA) published a consultation paper on the revision of the guidelines on product oversight and governance arrangements for retail banking products to take into account products with ESG features and greenwashing risks.
Background
In 2015, the EBA issued Product Oversight and Governance Guidelines (POG