09 March 2020
Giuseppe D’Agostino joins Bird & Bird as co-head of the international Finance & Financial Regulation group
www.twobirds.com/en/news/press-releases/2020/italy/giuseppe-d-agostino-joins-bird-and-bird

International law firm Bird & Bird appoints Giuseppe D’Agostino as co-Head of its international Finance & Financial Regulation practice. Giuseppe was a senior representative of the Italian Financial Services Authority ...

22 March 2019
Italian transparency rules: Bank of Italy publishes its final report regarding the new transparency rules implementing PSD2, PAD and the EBA Joint Committee Guidelines on complaints-handling
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/italy/italian-transparency-rules-bank-of-italy-publishes-its-final-report-regarding

On March 19th, 2019, following a public consultation, the Bank of Italy published its final report for the purposes of updating the rules on "Transparency of banking and financial transactions and services.

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 ...

24 July 2019
Bird & Bird advises Cubico on the closing of its €75m Italian solar refinancing
www.twobirds.com/en/news/press-releases/2019/global/bird-and-bird-advises-cubico-on-the-closing-of-its-75m-euro-italian-solar-refinancing

International law firm Bird & Bird advises Cubico Sustainable Investments, a global investor in renewable energy, on its €75m financial close on the refinancing of 14 solar assets in Italy with a combined capacity of ...

01 October 2018
Bird & Bird boosts Finance Practice and Energy & Utilities Sector Group with the appointment of Pierpaolo Mastromarini as partner in Italy
www.twobirds.com/en/news/press-releases/2018/italy/bird-bird-boosts-finance-and-energy-utilities-group-with-the-appointment-of-pierpaolo-mastromarini

International law firm Bird & Bird today boosts its Finance Practice and Energy & Utilities Sector Group with the appointment of Pierpaolo Mastromarini as a partner in Italy.

22 January 2019
Italian supervisory instructions for banks
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/italian-supervisory-instructions-for-banks

Bank of Italy implemented EBA Guidelines on major incident reporting and EBA Guidelines on the security measures for operational and security risks of payment services

01 April 2020
PSD2 and limited network or limited range exclusions (e.g. gift cards): the deadline for reporting data relating to the activity carried out in 2019 has been postponed to 30 June 2020 in Italy
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/italy/psd2-and-limited-network-or-limited-range-exclusions

Due to the current emergency caused by the COVID-19 epidemic, Bank of Italy has postponed from 30 April to 30 June 2020 the deadline for reporting data relating to the activity carried out in 2019 by the issuers of ...

05 February 2020
PSD2 and limited network exclusion (e.g. gift cards): by 30 April 2020, issuers of payment instruments covered by the limited network exclusion shall fulfil their reporting obligation towards Bank of Italy
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/italy/psd2-and-limited-network-exclusion-by-30-april-2020-issuers-of-payment-instruments

Regulation issued by Bank of Italy on 11 October 2018 ("Regulation") – implementing certain provisions of the Directive (EU) 2015/2366 ("PSD2") and Legislative Decree 15 December 2017, n. 218 – introduced the obligation ...

02 August 2019
PSD2: transitional period for strong customer authentication for online card payments in Italy
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/psd2-transitional-period-for-strong-customer-authentication-for-online-card-payments-in-italy

On 1st August 2019 the Bank of Italy issued a press release where it announced that it will grant, in line with the decisions taken at European level, more time to the Italian financial industry to complete the ...

11 March 2019
Brexit: information for Italian customers of UK-based financial institutions providing services in Italy
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/brexit-information-for-italian-customers-of-uk-based-financial-institutions

On 29th March, 2019, unless further decisions are taken, the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union (Brexit) will take effect; i.e. two years after the British government notified the European Council of ...