Source/Date Description
Dutch Central Bank 27/06/2018 Draft license application PSD2

The Dutch Central Bank allows institutions to submit a draft license application as per 6 July 2018 for providing payment services under PSD2 in anticipation of the entering into force of the Dutch implementation of PSD2 later this year.

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Dutch Authority of the Financial Markets 26/06/2018 The Dutch implementation of the Insurance Distribution (IDD) has been completed with the publication of the amendments in the Dutch Bulletin of Acts

The Dutch implementation of the Insurance Distribution (IDD) has been completed with the publication of the amendments in the Dutch Bulletin of Acts, Orders and Decrees to the Decree on the Supervision of the Conduct of Financial Enterprises, the Decree on Market Access of Financial Undertakings and the Exemption Regulations pursuant to the Financial Supervision Act. As per 1 October 2018, market parties need to comply with IDD.

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Dutch Central Bank 25/06/2018 The Dutch Central Bank published good practices controlling risks when outsourcing

The Dutch Central Bank published good practices on how financial undertakings can properly fulfill the statutory obligation to control the risks relating to outsourcing of services, for example in the case of cloud computing. The good practices are the outcome of the thematic research on dealing with the risks relating to outsourcing, which the Dutch Central Bank carried out in 2017.

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Dutch Ministry of Finance 13/04/2018 Dutch aspects on EC's FinTech action plan

Announcement of the FinTech-action plan "For a more competitive and innovative European financial sector plan" by the European Commission (COM(2018) 109 and COM(2018) 109/2) and summary of the Dutch position by the Dutch Ministry of Finance.

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Selection of Public Events & Conference

Source/Date Description
10/10/2018 Amsterdam, Westergasfabriek - World Summit AI

The World Summit AI will gather the entire AI ecosystem, Enterprise, Startups, Investors and Deep Tech from every corner of the globe in Amsterdam for 2 days of knowledge-sharing and networking.

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30/10/2018 - 01/11/2018

Amsterdam, Beurs van Berlage - Backbase Connect 2018

Backbase Connect is an annual conference in which more than 1000 customers, partners and industry thought leaders are brought together in Amsterdam, the European capital of innovation, to discuss how Backbase is enabling them to meet their digital transformation goals. The event features sessions from technology innovators from leading financial companies, and some of the most influential FinTech thought leaders.

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29/11/2018 Amsterdam, pakhuis de Zwijger – Emerce Finance

Emerce Finance is an annual conference focusing on senior management of banks, insurers, mortgage credit providers, pension funds and other financial undertakings to discuss the latest (online) developments impacting the financial sector in the Netherlands and abroad.

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Clients Alerts & Briefings

Source/Date Description
Client meeting / Round table Q1 2018, Dentons Amsterdam Discussion of PSD2 led by Tom Tempelaars and Robbert Middelburg based on the article "regulation of payment services providers under PSD 2: is tech eating everything?" by Jeroen den Hamer and Robbert Middelburg.

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