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Nicosia

25, 26 & 27 March 2026

Nicosia

25, 26 & 27 March 2026
Virtual Event - The 2026 Eurofi High Level Seminar is organised under the auspices of the Cypriot EU Council Presidency and is being held in a virtual format. The detailed programme of the event is available below.

Programme

10h00
11h00
Retail payment innovation: emerging trends and challenges
ROOM 2
10h00
10h55
Breaking the Banking Union deadlock​
ROOM 1
11h00
11h55
Diversity of the EU banking sector: what ways forward?
ROOM 1
11h05
12h00
Policy priorities for the payment single market ​
ROOM 2
11h55
12h50
Divergent global implementation of Basel 3: consequences for the EU banking sector and adequacy of the EU policy response​
ROOM 1
12h05
13h00
Cross-border payments: accelerating the implementation of the G20 roadmap
ROOM 2
12h50
13h00
Remarks by Lord J. Hill
ROOM 1
14h30
15h25
Scaling AI in the EU financial sector ​
ROOM 1
Reviving the European securitisation market
ROOM 2
15h30
16h25
Macroprudential framework review: main issues to be addressed
ROOM 2
Digital Omnibus Package: will it boost innovation? ​
ROOM 1
17h00
17h55
Cryptoassets: market trends and first MiCA lessons ​
ROOM 1
Improving the competitiveness of the EU banking sector
ROOM 2
18h00
18h55
Simplifying EU banking prudential regulation and supervision: priorities and next steps​
ROOM 2
Scaling tokenisation in the EU
ROOM 1
18h55
19h50
Leveraging the role of banks in the SIU ​
ROOM 2
What role for technology and crypto in the SIU? 
ROOM 1

Speakers

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Attendees

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Publications

Magazine

Nicosia - March 2026
More than 200 contributions from a wide range of public and private sector representatives, covering the main ongoing regulatory initiatives across banking, insurance and capital markets, as well as key trends and policy developments in digital and sustainable finance, and Europe’s macroeconomic challenges and their implications for the financial sector.
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Regulatory Update

Nicosia - March 2026
Policy notes drafted by the Eurofi secretariat on key macroeconomic and monetary issues in Europe, including savings and investment dynamics, public debt, the outlook for the euro and the role of NGEU.
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Scoreboard

Nicosia - March 2026
Macroeconomic scoreboard: Review of the EU’s economic performance and fiscal policies, and its competitiveness compared to other economies.
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Scoreboard

Nicosia - March 2026
Monetary scoreboard: Update on monetary policies in the EU and OECD countries and their potential impacts on the economy and financial sector.
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Policy Note

Nicosia - March 2026
Update of the Public Financing of the Green Deal : EU Budget, NextGenerationEU, the European Investment Bank and State aid
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Policy Note

Nicosia - March 2026
Ten years of Green Finance in the European Union since the Paris accord: progress and limits
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Policy Note

Nicosia - March 2026
Rethinking Sustainable Disclosure Functions: A Text-Based Analysis of ESRS Amendments under the CSRD Omnibus Package
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