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3009.22

The European Central Bank wants proposals from market participants on the guidelines for assessing the acquisition of qualifying holdings

The European Central Bank started a public consultation on the guideline that in Estonia will above all concern how acquisitions of qualifying holdings in banks are assessed. The bank is looking for comments from banks, investors and other stakeholders concerned with qualifying holdings at banks.

3009.22

The management board of Finantsinspektsioon met the heads of the Baltic financial supervisors in Vilnius

Chair of the Finantsinspektsioon management board Kilvar Kessler and board members Andre Nõmm and Andres Kurgpõld attended a forum of financial supervisory authorities in Vilnius to mark the centenary of the Lithuanian central bank and to discuss developments and challenges in the banking sector of the region.

3009.22

Finantsinspektsioon issued precepts to two companies in the Coop Pank Group

Finantsinspektsioon carried out simultaneous inspections at two companies in the Coop Pank Group, Coop Finants AS and Coop Pank AS. It issued precepts to both companies as deficiencies were identified by both inspections. The financial supervisor found that Coop Pank AS, registry code 10237832, needs to improve its credit risk management and control.

3009.22

Finantsinspektsioon launched a criminal case to investigate a breach of responsible lending

Finantsinspektsioon started misdemeanour proceedings to monitor a creditor that it supervises following reports published in the media.

2609.22

The Finantsinspektsioon Innovation Hub received more than 200 enquiries in a year

The Finantsinspektsioon Innovation Hub was contacted on 207 occasions during its first year of operations about topics relating to financial innovation, mostly about crypto assets in general or different specific tokens.

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Finantsinspektsioon is introducing a new solution for releasing financial sector statistics

Finantsinspektsioon will start to use the new STAR platform for releasing financial sector statistics as it covers market participants in the financial sector more broadly than before, adds new data positions, and allows data to be viewed and processed in a more user-friendly way.