The FEBIS Podcast: Recent Episodes
FEBIS - Federation of Business Information Services
In this monthly podcast, FEBIS will bring you insights into the area of regulatory affairs affecting the business information industry, industry trends and many other subjects.
How the legislative process works at European level?
At the door of European elections, which will determine the new composition of the European Parliament for thenext five years. What do the latest polls tell us?
Join us in this episode to find out more!
Still at quarter one of 2024,Christiane von Berg gives us a glimpse about the economic outlook for the Eurozone, the US and China; in this episode our guest also gives a review about the increasing geopolitical tensions and muchmore.
What are the technological development trends in the Business Information Industry? How are they perceived from a practical business perspective - as a threat or as an opportunity?
What is the status of some of the key regulatory dossiers? Will they go on in 2024?
Find out more about these and what other moves to expect in the coming year…
In this episode we're diving into the dynamic world of business information industry, facing an ever-growing amount of regulations challenging current business models...
Business Information Providers are often taken as some kind of outsourced risk analysis structure for most of our clients. Specially M-SMEs (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises)...
If you would like to read this piece, please visit https://www.febis.org/2023/09/29/the-role-of-business-information-providers-in-risk-management-for-m-smes/
The Open Finance is a global regulatory framework that has been under the EU auspices for quite some time, but the latest formal proposals under the Open Finance umbrella are 3 regulatory proposals that have been unveiled at the end of June 2023.
ESG are probably the three trendiest letters in the sector these days and have been in the spotlight this past year.
What are the drivers pushing for a regulation on this?
The EU Whistleblowing Directive (EU WBD) aims to encourage and safeguard whistleblowing activities by establishing minimum standards for protection and ensuring a safe and effective reporting mechanism.
Three US banks fail, Credit Suisse taken over in extremis, Deutsche Bankshares plummet – How did we get here?
Members of EU Parliament, who are currently dealing with heavy negotiations trying to unlock the remaining contentious points of the AI Act are now considering adding language-generated AI service producing outputs into the scope of the AI act. The question is where: under the general purpose AI or under the list of high-risk AI? This remains to be seen in the never-ending story of the AI Act...
The term "artificial intelligence" is omnipresent in the public debate and carries as many promises as concerns in all its application fields.
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If we were to pick up the major issues of 2022, which will also have a resonating effect in 2023, we would flag out the Data Act and the related data policy developments and then the ESG-related topic with the conclusion of the CSRD and the related Due Diligence processes...
We do not let strangers into our homes without confirming who they are, and airports don’t allow us entry without valid identity proof. In the same way, businesses and banks should not transact with an unknown counterparty, and the only way to familiarise themselves with a new business partner or customer is through the Know Your Customer or KYC process.
An ambitious AML package, because it focuses on many challenges that have been identified in recent years in several different areas. In particular, the package seeks to respond to the latest money laundering scandals that have been revealed by the media.
The Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) is a 20-character alpha-numeric global reference code that uniquely identifies every legal entity or structure that is a party to a financial transaction in any jurisdiction.
Overview of the EU 6th package of sanctions on Russia and what it means for business information providers.
It's one year since we launched the FEBIS podcast, in the first episodes we started with an overview on the regulatory topics that were affecting or likely to affect the business information industry in the near future from that point in time!
In today's episode, one year later, we are giving a "1-year anniversary" overview of what has happened in the regulatory front and what’s to come.
Join us in today's episode for an overview of the new EU Corporate Due Diligence proposal.
This episodecovers relevant factors to consider in the process of expanding business in a foreign countryand complements episode #7
We hear and read a lot about country assessments, but do we fully understand what this is all about?
Coface economist, Christiane von Berg suggests that a good way to start is perhaps to clarify what is NOT a Country Risk Assessment!
Fintech’s and the implications they may have to BI industry.
Are Fintech’s a threat for the companies in our industry? Or do they represent new opportunities?
Interview with our industry partner, ACCIS, who shared with us highlights on Consumer Credit Directive.
Overview of the new EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive - focus on latest stage of the EU policies on the non- financial reporting
A key role for the business information industry - How external data and analytics can improve vendor due diligence and risk management.
When thinking about internationalizing, what basic concepts should companies take into account?
In this episode we will talk about financial data, including late payments…And why this is even a more relevant topic in the aftermath of the coronavirus.
Overview on the current regulatory topics affecting or likely to affect the business information industry in the near future.