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MFSAC Shifts Into Market Capture Mode As Strategy Enters Next Phase

Malta's Financial Services Advisory Council is transitioning from foundational infrastructure development to an aggressive market capture strategy, aiming to convert regulatory advances and institutional coordination into measurable foreign investment and competitive positioning.

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Finance Malta

Is The Travel Rule Being Weaponised? What Recent Arbiter Decisions Reveal About CASP’s Duty Of Care

Recent Maltese Arbiter decisions against Crypto.com reveal that EU Travel Rule compliance is evolving beyond anti-money laundering enforcement into a consumer-protection standard that can trigger civil liability for crypto-asset service providers.

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MK Fintech Partners

Regulating The Retail Market: Questions For The Future

Malta's financial regulator discusses the evolving landscape of capital markets, examining how digitalization and changing investor behaviors are reshaping the relationship between retail investors, institutional markets, and regulatory oversight.

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Finance Malta

How Europe Is Redesigning Payments And Trust For A Post‑Quantum World

Europe's financial infrastructure is undergoing a fundamental redesign in response to quantum computing threats.

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Grant Thornton Malta

EMIR 3: Revision And Recalibration Of The Clearing Threshold Regime

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Ganado Advocates

Payments Insights #6 – EU Legislative Drafting Status Of PSD3 And PSR

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Mamo TCV Advocates

RWA Tokenisation In Malta: MFSA Takes The Lead

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WH Partners

Malta's Family Office Landscape: Structures, Rules, And Opportunities | Rachel Coleiro With Claire Tanti (Video)

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Camilleri Preziosi Advocates

The End Of Transitional Periods Under MiCA And Its Consequences

European Union Finance

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MK Fintech Partners

Why The Mediterranean Is Emerging As A Centre For International Capital

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Finance Malta

Financial Institutions And Supervisory ICT Risk And Cybersecurity Circulars Q1 2026

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MK Fintech Partners

Why Financial Services Must Move From Secure By Default To Secure By Design

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Grant Thornton Malta

Regulatory Compliance Quarterly Update | Q1 2026

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Mamo TCV Advocates

MFSA Publishes New Code Of Conduct For Decision Makers

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Grant Thornton Malta

Retire To Malta

Malta Immigration

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Papilio Services Limited

Malta Permanent Residence Programme And Global Residence Programme: A Combined Approach For Non-EU Nationals

Malta Immigration

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GVZH Advocates

Malta Permanent Residence For Indians

Malta Immigration

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Chetcuti Cauchi Advocates

EU AI Act Update: What Will Apply From 2 August 2026 And What Is Being Postponed?

Malta Technology

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Mamo TCV Advocates

In Session: Property Law Revision – Dr. Phyllis Aquilina X GħSL (Podcast)

Malta Law Performance

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Ganado Advocates

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Financial Institutions And Supervisory ICT Risk And Cybersecurity Circulars Q1 2026

The Malta Financial Services Authority has issued critical guidance on compliance reporting and digital operational resilience for financial institutions operating in Malta.

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Doing Business Before Turning 18? Malta’s New Youth Enterprise Regulations Now Offer A Legal Vehicle To Match.

Maltese law historically offered no dedicated corporate vehicle for these young individuals. Under the pre-existing framework, 16- and 17-year-olds remained under parental authority for business matters.

Malta Commercial

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Strengthening Risk Management: MFSA's Expectations For CSPs

On the 25th of November 2025, the Malta Financial Services Authority ("MFSA") issued a ‘Dear CEO letter' to communicate the results of a thematic review of the risk management function...

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MGA Publishes Capital Requirements Policy

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MGA Introduces Capital Requirements Policy Requiring Positive Equity Position

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MFSA Survey Highlights Varying Preparedness For CRR3 Implementation

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EMIR 3: Revision And Recalibration Of The Clearing Threshold Regime

The European Securities and Markets Authority has published draft regulatory technical standards recalibrating the clearing thresholds under EMIR 3, fundamentally shifting the framework from a distinction between OTC...

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SUMMARY REPORT - Benchmarking Malta’s Capital Markets

Background to the Report Simmons and Simmons LLP have prepared a long-form report (the “Report ”) to support the Malta Financial Services Advisory Counsel...

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Circular To Market Participants – Forthcoming Thematic Review On The Governance Of Data Reporting (MIFID Firms) – Circular To Market Participants.

The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) Capital Markets Supervision (CMS) Function intends to launch a thematic review to assess whether supervised...

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Doing Business Before Turning 18? Malta’s New Youth Enterprise Regulations Now Offer A Legal Vehicle To Match.

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Malta's Notified PIFs: Europe's Family Office Solution

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Strengthening Malta-UK Business Ties At London's Mansion House

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MFSA's Strengthened Sponsors' Regime Now In Force

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The CP Legislative Updates Series – September 2025

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By virtue of Act I of 2025, significant amendments were introduced to Merchant Shipping Act (MSA) Chapter 234 of the Laws of Malta (‘The Amendments’)...

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Enforcing Share Pledges In Malta: The Impact Of The Financial Collateral Arrangements Regulations

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Clawback Provisions Under Maltese Law In The Scenario Of Mortgage Registration On A Maltese Flag Vessel

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Shipping – Malta: The Introduction Of A Security Interest In Finance Lease Transactions

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MFSAC Shifts Into Market Capture Mode As Strategy Enters Next Phase

Malta's Financial Services Advisory Council is transitioning from foundational infrastructure development to an aggressive market capture strategy, aiming to convert regulatory advances and institutional coordination into measurable foreign investment and competitive positioning.

FM

Finance Malta

Is The Travel Rule Being Weaponised? What Recent Arbiter Decisions Reveal About CASP’s Duty Of Care

Recent Maltese Arbiter decisions against Crypto.com reveal that EU Travel Rule compliance is evolving beyond anti-money laundering enforcement into a consumer-protection standard that can trigger civil liability for crypto-asset service providers.

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MK Fintech Partners

Regulating The Retail Market: Questions For The Future

Malta's financial regulator discusses the evolving landscape of capital markets, examining how digitalization and changing investor behaviors are reshaping the relationship between retail investors, institutional markets, and regulatory oversight.

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Finance Malta

How Europe Is Redesigning Payments And Trust For A Post‑Quantum World

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Grant Thornton Malta

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