The EU Recovery Package and What’s Next
In an unprecedented effort to deal with the effects of the global COVID19 pandemic crisis, on 21 July 2020 the...
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August 2020
In an unprecedented effort to deal with the effects of the global COVID19 pandemic crisis, on 21 July 2020 the...
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July 2020
Consolidation in the EU Banking Sector
The consolidation of the banking sector in the European Union is an ongoing development. On 21 July, the Florence School...
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Assessing the Preliminary Impact of COVID-19 on the EU Banking Sector
On 2 July 2020, the Florence School of Banking and Finance organised an online debate to discuss the state of...
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June 2020
Online debate: Restraining Dividends (and other Pay-Outs)
On 24 June, the Florence School of Banking and Finance teamed up with the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)...
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Online debate: The French-German COVID-19 Recovery Plan
On 18 June, the Florence School of Banking and Finance hosted Jörg Kukies, State Secretary at the German Ministry of...
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Online Debate on the Policies of the European Central Bank in COVID-19 Times
On 10 June, the European University Institute’s Florence School of Banking and Finance hosted Isabel Schnabel, Member of the European...
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Online debate discusses Credit Ratings and the COVID-19 crisis
In crisis times opinions expressed by Credit Rating Agencies (CRAs), and more specifically their downgrades, tend to provoke shockwaves across...
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Online Debate discusses SSM supervisory measures in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic
The banking sector is at the crossroads to mitigate the adverse economic effects of the current COVID-19 pandemic. While banks...
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May 2020
Online debate discussing which (feasible) new Reconstruction Instrument(s) does Europe need
To confront the COVID-19 crisis at the European level, the ECB has taken the lead with its Pandemic Emergency Purchase...
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Online debate discussing the Rationale and Limitations of SURE
SURE is the acronym for ‘Support to mitigate Unemployment Risks in an Emergency’, a new instrument instrument recently proposed by...
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April 2020
FBF online debate discusses SME bank loans and equity-based instruments to support recovery
The wide-spread lockdowns that followed the outbreak of COVID-19 are having a substantial impact on real economies and in particular...
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Europe’s Banking System- Fast Forward Six Months
The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting our lives in many unprecedented ways, which will result in long-lasting changes on our societies...
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A Fiscal Response to COVID-19: What are the Options?
EU Member States are putting place a series of extraordinary and unprecedented fiscal measures to support their economies and to...
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Online Seminar on ‘State Aid in the context of COVID-19’
On 3 April, the Florence School of Banking and Finance organised an online seminar to present the Temporary Framework for...
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Bank-Fintech collaboration and outsourcing arrangements: The case for a mentorship regime
On 31 March 2020, the FBF organised an online seminar focused on the cooperation between established banks and FinTech companies....
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