CySEC's Circular C576 & The Implementation of EBA's Guidelines

As cryptocurrency becomes more widely known and understood, more focus is being given to the legal and regulatory issues involved.

Findings of Compliance Officers’ Annual & Internal Audit Reports on the prevention of money laundering & terrorist financing assessments.

The European Council is strongly condemning the involvement of Belarus in the aggression against Ukraine

Further restrictive measures for the provision of SWIFT are taken against Russian credit institutions and their Russian subsidiaries.

CySEC has redefined the threshold criteria that determines a ‘significant CIF’ for the purposes of the Investment Services and Activities a

CySEC Chairman announced during a press conference on 1 Feb 2022 it is enhancing its supervisor capabilities through the implementation...

The Distance Marketing of Financial Services to Consumers Law of 2004 (N.242 (I) 2004) The Consumer Right of Withdrawal

Practical Guide for the submission of the Prudential forms under IFR/IFD.

Monthly Reporting Obligations - February 2022 for Cyprus Investment Firms.

Last week we enjoyed a few days away from the office at the largest B2B fintech exhibition organized by iFX EXPO International that was held

The new prudential framework for investment firms introduces classification for Investment Firms and sets new initial capital requirements.

Updates regarding the new prudential framework for Investment Firms(IFD/IFR) & CySEC’s Data collection

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published its Opinion on risks of money laundering and terrorist financing (ML/TF) affecting the Europe

Following the publication of Circular C426, the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (the "CySEC") wishes therein to remind CIFs that “

In this blog we would like to notify you about the new publication of the Financial Conduct Authority (the "FCA") as far as the UK's Tempora

On 29 December 2020 CySEC's latest Dear CEO Letter went to CIFs, which disclosed deficiencies found during reviews and onsite inspections.

POLICY STATEMENTS: PS-02-2020: Policy Statement on Launching a Temporary Permission Regime

Read our explanation of the treatment that should be used by CIFs, according to CySEC's recommendations, when dealing with crypto assets.

December 2020 Monthly Reporting Obligations of Cyprus Investment Firms (“CIF”s) as per the relevant provisions of the Law 87(I)/2017.