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The Malta Financial Services Authority has today issued the second Volume of the publication “The Nature and Art of Financial Supervision”. This publication focuses on supervision in the Virtual Financial Assets (‘VFA’) sector  providing an overview of the VFA Framework and how it is being ...

Today, the Malta Financial Services Authority published its Supervisory Priorities for 2021. This detailed document provides updates on the areas of focus which had been identified for 2020 and sets out the priorities for the upcoming year. Five cross-sectoral priorities have been identified, nam ...

The MFSA today launched a Consultation Document focusing on specific new areas of the proposed updated Rules for Company Service Providers. The updates follow  the amendments made to the Company Service Providers Act (Cap 529 of the Laws of Malta), which was passed by Parliament as Act No. L of 202 ...

On 25 November 2020, the Malta Financial Services Authority received the report of the Board of Review, which had been appointed by the Board of Governors on 3 November 2020 to carry out the necessary verifications regarding a possible breach of ethics by Mr Joseph Cuschieri and Dr Edwina Licari. On ...

The MFSA has been officially recognised as a member of the Global Financial Innovation Network (‘GFIN’). The Authority looks forward to contributing to the GFIN’s overall discussion and its various workstreams in achieving its objectives of fostering innovation by sharing knowledge and expe ...

The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) has today issued the first Volume of the publication “The Nature and Art of Financial Supervision”. This publication, which is the first in a series of sector-specific publications from the Authority’s Supervision Directorate, describes how the MFS ...

The Malta Financial Services Authority (‘the MFSA’) is today publishing an updated version of the Standard Licence Conditions applicable to Collective Investment Schemes authorised to invest through loans. The objective for the revision of the MFSA Loan Funds regime is for the Authority to ac ...

In a Public Statement issued last Friday, the Board of Governors of the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) had given notice of its intention to initiate an assessment of the facts reported in the local media to safeguard the interests of the Authority. In this regard, the Board of Governor ...

Further to previous communications by the Authority on the appointment of a competent person for Satabank plc (‘the Entity’), and the withdrawal of the licence of the Entity, the Authority has appointed Dr Richard Galea Debono (‘Controller’) pursuant to article 29(1)(h) of the Banking Act, C ...

The MFSA Board of Governors discussed the facts reported in the Maltese media relating to the CEO Joseph Cuschieri and the General Counsel Dr Edwina Licari. The Board, fully aware of its responsibility, has decided to initiate an assessment of the facts reported to safeguard the interests of the Aut ...