24 February 2020
Danish implementation of EBA guidelines on outsourcing
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/denmark/danish-implementation-of-eba-guidelines-on-outsourcing

On 20 February 2020, the Danish Financial Supervisory Authorities (Danish FSA) published consultations on two new executive orders on outsourcing in the financial sector setting out the requirements to financial ...

30 January 2020
Implementation of the fifth money laundering directive in Germany: increased penalty in the course of the transparency register
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/germany/implementation-of-the-fifth-money-laundering-directive-in-germany

At the beginning of the year, the Fifth Money Laundering Directive (“AMLD5”) was implemented in Germany. Thereby, the German Money Laundering Act was subjected to an extensive reform, in regards to penalty infringements ...

03 December 2019
PSD2: transitional period for strong customer authentication for remote card payments in Italy
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/italy/psd2-transitional-period-for-strong-customer-authentication-for-remote-card-payments-in-italy

On 29 November 2019, Bank of Italy has issued a press release where it announced that it will grant an adjustment period until 31 December 2020 to comply with the PSD2 strong customer authentication (SCA) requirement ...

11 February 2020
New German legislation allows access to the iPhone's NFC antenna
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/germany/new-german-legislation-allows-access-to-the-iphones-nfc-antenna

As part of the implementation of the fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (AMLD5), the German Parliament has decided to require providers of technical infrastructures, such as Apple in relation to the Near Field ...