EBF FINANCIAL REGULATION AGENDA 
for the week starting Monday 3 February 2020

Key events in European banking and financial regulation for the upcoming week. Brought to you by the Mediacentre at the European Banking Federation.

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ECB's President Christine Lagarde speaks at the ECON committee
 

On Thursday the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs in the European Parliament will hold a Monetary Dialogue with Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank. This will be her second participation in the Monetary dialogue, which focuses on the perspectives of the economy in the euro area and next steps of the ECB’s monetary policy. The European Central Bank has begun its first strategic review of monetary policy in 16 years and has decided to hold interest rates steady, indicating that the year-long review will focus on issues from inflation-targeting to climate change. The perspectives of the European monetary union and financial stability in the euro area will be also looked into. ECON agenda

The financial agenda for the next week

Tuesday 4 February:

• European Council: Informal meeting of competitiveness ministers

• ECB: Publication of Euro area bank interest rate statistics, Frankfurt

• Cambre event: #BrusselsCalling Media Debate on Climate & Sustainability

• EBF Hedge Accounting Working Group meeting

Wednesday 5 February:

Thursday 6 February:

• CEPOL: Anti-Money Laundering Operational Network (AMON) webinar

• European Parliament: ECON committee meeting. President of the European Central Bank Christine Lagarde speaking

• Politico and l'Agefi Finance Summit, Paris

• DigitalEurope conference: Masters of Digital  2020

• European Commission publishes Winter 2020 Economic Forecast 

*All events take place in Brussels unless stated otherwise

Breakfast  event
Wednesday 19 February, 8:00am to 9:30am
European Parliament 

Money laundering and financial crime 
Better addressing the threats to European security

The new European Commission, European Parliament and Council have put combating money laundering high on their agendas. While the Commission reports released in July give some indicative hints, it remains to be seen which reforms the Commission will finally propose. Therefore we would like to present and discuss the respective proposals of:

• Sebastian Fiedler, Chair of the Federation of German Police Officers (BDK),

• Wim Mijs, Chief Executive Officer, European Banking Federation (EBF)

• Sven Giegold, Economic and Financial Spokesperson of Greens/EFA

Registration: If you want to participate in the breakfast event at the European Parliament in Brussels, please register by 17 February indicating your name, organisation and contact details at sven.giegold@ep.europa.eu

Link: https://sven-giegold.de/aml-breakfast-event-ep/

ABOUT THE EUROPEAN BANKING FEDERATION
 

The European Banking Federation is the voice of the European banking sector, bringing together national banking associations from across Europe, with active members in 32 countries. The EBF is committed to a thriving European economy that is underpinned by a stable, secure and inclusive financial ecosystem, and to a flourishing society where financing is available to fund the dreams of citizens, businesses and innovators everywhere.

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