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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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23 PUBLICATIONS

Report

16/07/2025

Digital Finance

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

Consumers on the street being tracked by AI technology

Position paper

31/07/2018

Digital Finance

“Dinosaurs in the sandbox” Briefing note on the FinTech Action Plan

Finance Watch has published a briefing note on the European Commissions Action Plan on FinTech

Joint statement

18/07/2018

Stability & Supervision

Joint Statement: ECON’s draft report on the review of the European Financial Supervisors

Joint Statement by Finance Watch, Better Finance, Beuc, Coface Families Europe, Age Plateform Europe

Consultation response

21/06/2018

Sustainable Finance

Consultation response on investment advice regarding ESG preferences

Position paper

13/06/2018

Retail & Inclusion

Financial Inclusion – Bibliography

This page collects elements of bibliography on financial inclusion. Most were hosted on the European Financial Inclusion Network website, before its activities were transferred to Finance Watch.

Policy brief

08/06/2018

Stability & Supervision

“’Would you mind holding this for me?’ The (increasingly desperate) search for an answer to Europe’s NPL problem”

Brussels, 8 June 2018 – Finance Watch published today a detailed analysis of the European Commission’s package to tackle Non-Performing Loans (NPL): “’Would you mind holding this for me?’ The (increasingly desperate) search for...

Speech

03/05/2018

Stability & Supervision

Speech at the Public Hearing on Brexit and its potential impact for Lower Saxony

Hanover, 3 May 2018 – Statement by Prof. Rainer Lenz, Board director at Finance Watch at the Public Hearing of the Ausschuss für Bundes- und Europaangelegenheiten und Regionale Entwicklung des Niedersächsischen Landtages...

Position paper

04/04/2018

Retail & Inclusion

Finance Watch recommendations for a Pan-European Personal Pension Product

Brussels, 4 April 2018 – Finance Watch published its comments and recommendations regarding the European Commission’s proposal for a pan-European Personal Pension Product (PEPP) (COM/2017/0343 final – 2017/0143 (COD)) from June 2017.

Policy brief

28/03/2018

Retail & Inclusion

Finance Watch Policy brief on Remittances

Finance Watch welcomes the Review of EU’s regulation on cross-border payments by the European Commission that would make cross-border payments cheaper within the EU and better inform users of dynamic currency conversion services.

Report

14/03/2018

Sustainable Finance

Global Green Finance Index 1

The Global Green Finance Index (GGFI) ranks the world’s financial centres according to perceptions of the quality and depth of their green finance offerings. This first edition of the index, GGFI 1, was published...

Position paper

02/03/2018

Sustainable Finance

Finance Watch analysis of the HLEG recommendations on Sustainable Finance

The High-Level Expert Group (HLEG) on sustainable finance has published its final report* on 31st January 2018. In this note Finance Watch highlights its reaction to, and analysis of the report.

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