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Regional Banking Study Austria 2024

Regional Banking Study Austria 2024: interest rate turnaround – what comes after the peak?

Regional banks are a crucial pillar of the Austrian financial sector. Therefore, zeb has once again examined the current situation and future challenges of Austrian regional banks.
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Revised EBA guidelines – what is the focus now?

Overview of the updates to the EBA Guidelines on ICT and security risk management.
Expansion of taxonomy reporting

Expansion of taxonomy reporting

What changes will the new EU taxonomy reporting templates in 2025 bring? Overview: reporting template 6 for fees and commissions income + reporting template 7 for the trading book.

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Expansion of taxonomy reporting
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Expansion of taxonomy reporting

What changes will the new EU taxonomy reporting templates in 2025 bring? Overview: reporting template 6 for fees and commissions income + reporting template 7 for the trading book.

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Research & Markets

Private Banking Study Germany 2024: When the wind shifts again

Sunny times in private banking? For years, private banking and wealth management have been the only segments in the private customer market to record significant growth. According to our calculations, this trend will continue with a growth rate of 5–7% at least until 2028. In the Private Banking Study Germany 2024, we have comprehensively analyzed the German private banking market .

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The Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation (MiCAR) represents a significant step forward in the regulation of the European crypto market, establishing for the first time clear and consistent rules for dealing with crypto assets and related services.

crypto coins as metaphor for the placement of crypto assets

Placement of crypto assets

This article is part 3 of the BankingHub topic glossary “A brief guide to digital asset services”. The glossary entries on digital assets explain how digital asset services work and how they are regulated.

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Various types of electronic securities and tokens that are issued using DLT systems

Cash dollar bill and design with waves and bars as metaphor for crypto fund unit

Crypto fund unit

A crypto fund unit is a share in investment funds or in individual share classes of an investment fund that is registered in a crypto securities register. The German Electronic Securities Act (Gesetz zur Einführung von elektronischen Wertpapieren, eWpG) also extends to electronic investment funds share certificates, which can thereby also be held in a central register.

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Cryptocurrency

A cryptocurrency is a digital asset that enables cashless payments independent from any intermediaries or can be used for investment purposes.

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Components of the DLT infrastructure in our topic glossary

Speed light tunnel as metaphor for Crypto securities register

Crypto securities register

A crypto securities register is a register based on DLT technology for electronic securities as defined in the German Electronic Securities Act (Gesetz über elektronische Wertpapiere, eWpG). The Electronic Securities Act (eWpG) created a new financial service referred to as crypto securities registrar services.

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Digital generated image as metaphor for Decentralized finance (DeFi

Decentralized finance

Decentralized finance describes decentralized systems that use software protocols to enable financial transactions between users without the involvement of financial intermediaries such as banks.

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Isometric digital signature concept as metaphor for smart contracts

Smart Contracts

Smart contracts are contracts implemented using DLT systems that automatically execute transactions when certain triggers occur, enabling digital transaction processing.

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