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This policy portal provides a public interest perspective on the issues at stake and ongoing legislative debates in the field of financial regulation.

As major rules for financial institutions are set at the EU rather than national level, EU legislators play the key role. Adequate rules are of crucial importance, as the size, complexity and influence of the financial system have reached unprecedented levels. Challenges like digitalisation or accelerating climate change need to be addressed too. There is a long way to go to make finance truly serve the economy and society.

 

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6 PUBLICATIONS

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Protecting EU consumers in the age of AI-driven retail finance

Consumers on the street being tracked by AI technology
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Report – Artificial intelligence in finance: how to trust a black box?

The use of AI in financial services conflicts with the core principles underlying decision-making in finance and financial regulation – accountability, responsibility and transparency. This report calls on policymakers to reassess the...
A server room data center
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Report – Europe’s coming investment crisis: Capital markets can only match a third of EU’s essential needs

In these times of hardship, Europe’s financing channels – even with the full strength of capital markets – would only match a third of the EU’s essential investment needs. Finance Watch’s new...
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Report – Finance in a hot house world

Climate risk is growing to disruptive levels throughout the financial system and the guardians of financial stability urgently need to adapt their tools to regain control. Finance Watch’s new report calls for...
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Report – The Problem Lies in the Net: Making Finance contribute to a Net Zero Economy

In a report published on June 22, Finance Watch proposes concrete policy measures to make the concept of “net-zero” meaningful, drive progress to net-zero in the real world and harness the stewardship...
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10 Principles for a Sustainable Recovery

On 2 October 2020, Finance Watch published a briefing paper to help legislators strengthen the proposed Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), which makes up the core of the EU’s EUR 750bn Next...
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Report – Breaking the climate-finance doom loop

On 8 June 2020, Finance Watch published a report to show how banking prudential regulation can tackle the link between climate change and financial instability.