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The Malta Financial Services Authority (‘MFSA’), in collaboration with the US Embassy, has partnered with the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (‘CFTC’) to deliver a three-day training workshop entitled “Virtual Assets: the emergence of a new asset class”. The workshop, which will ...

The MFSA has today published its three-year Strategic Plan highlighting its supervisory priorities and the key priority areas which will be addressed in order to achieve its ambitious Vision by 2021. This Plan has been developed in the context of challenges faced by the local and international finan ...

The MFSA has published for consultation new conduct of business rules that are intended to regulate the Equity Release Financial Products. This product provides a solution for elderly home owners enabling them to enjoy retirement in their own home while receiving income earned from the future sale o ...

As part of its ongoing efforts to enhance consumer protection, the MFSA has updated the Conduct of Business Rulebook to implement important changes essentially restricting the marketing, distribution or sale of Contracts for Differences (CFDs) to retail investors. This update follows an extensive co ...

As part of the MFSA’s efforts to engage with its stakeholders more effectively and encourage FinTech innovation, a consultation workshop was held by FinanceMalta in collaboration with the MFSA earlier today.  The workshop was held following the publication of Pillar 1 – Regulations Consultation ...

The MFSA has today launched a Consultation Paper on Security Token Offering (STO) as a first and important step in the revision of the regulatory framework behind capital markets in Malta.  In line with the MFSA’s Vision 2021, the proposed STO Policy takes into consideration the evolving needs of ...

The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) has today published its Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ending 31 December 2018. Apart from providing an overview of the activities and work carried out by the MFSA, together with details about the industry’s performance last year, ...

Following consultation with relevant stakeholders on the general aspects of the MFSA’s FinTech Strategy, the MFSA will be now providing further detail, and seeking feedback with respect to each of the six pillars identified within the Strategy, starting with the first pillar - Regulations. With ...

The Malta Financial Services Authority is today issuing a Guidance on the Fitness and Properness Assessments applied by the Authority. In assessing fitness and properness, the MFSA assesses: [i] competence; [ii] reputation; [iii] solvency [iv] conflicts of interest and independence of mind; and [ ...

As part of a continuous effort to strengthen supervision and compliance in the fight against financial crime, the MFSA has established a strengthened Financial Crime team. To this effect, the MFSA’s current resources have been augmented by a team of experts provided by the US-based consultancy fir ...