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ICT Embracing the digital revolution
Embracing the digital revolution in Malta
05 Nov 2021
SHAPING MALTA'S FUTURE - REPORT The evolution of corporate finance and digital economy
The evolution of corporate finance and digital economy
02 Nov 2021
DIGITAL TAXATION Double digital taxation: what it is and how to avoid it
Governments and tax authorities are scrambling to keep pace with the increasing digitisation of the global economy and public outcry over the levels of corporate tax being paid by large multinational enterprises.
01 Apr 2020
Fintech Exploring the funds travel rule in terms of virtual assets issued by the FATF
In June 2019, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) established various rules to combat the misuse of virtual assets for the purpose of money laundering and financing of terrorism. The funds travel rule featured in the FATF’s recommendations as well as it requires Virtual Asset Service Providers (‘VASPs’) to collate and share information about the sender (originator) and receiver (beneficiary) whilst undertaking a transaction.
07 Jan 2020
Fintech Preventing and detecting the misuse of virtual financial assets: introducing the tools
Technology is rapidly evolving, and this is proven with the development of blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies and other virtual assets. Concurrently, criminals are also advancing in terms of technology use since traditional crimes such as money laundering, theft, drug trafficking and financing of terrorism are being shifted to the cyber world.
27 Aug 2019
Blockchain Can GDPR and blockchain coexist?
A study published by the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) seeks to examine whether the European Data Protection Regulation and the ancillary framework (GDPR) can coexist with the peculiar nature of blockchain technologies. The study argues that the multiple points of friction which have emerged between the GDPR and blockchain technologies are mainly due to three factors:
21 Aug 2019
Fintech Drivers of the digital era: stay ahead of the competition
The quest for digitisation may be deemed elusive by some, however in switching from postal mail to fax and eventually to email, from paper-ledger to spreadsheet or even to fully fledged process automation, the road to digitisation has already been embarked upon by organisations. Staying ahead of the competition, however, is not about the technology itself, but a matter of strategy.
23 May 2019
Fintech Malta: A digital asset hub providing clarity and certainty through regulation
Malta has led the way in the regulation of the application of distributed ledger technology (DLT), including blockchain, to the financial world, paving the way for the issuers of DLT and digital assets as well as firms dealing with such digital assets.
03 May 2019
Technology Leveraging knowledge in a data rich world - Big Data and Business Analytics
We all heard about “big data”; which is incomprehensibly large data generated by real people. To give you an idea of scale; 90% of all data was created in the last 2 years, and we currently generate c. 2.5 quintillion bytes of data a day.
12 Mar 2019
Technology How companies are using Big Data
Big data analytics refers to the possibility of gathering and analysing a substantial amount of data through advanced Business Intelligence (BI) software systems.
08 Mar 2019
Finance The evolutionary progress of money
Progress in finance has facilitated the exchange of value to an automated process, but behind the scenes it has been a centuries’ long process to get where we are today.
10 Dec 2018
Blockchain Malta leading the blockchain revolution
Many predict that DLT is reinventing and transforming key industries and creating new business models, making every transaction transparent, democratic, decentralized, efficient and secure. The belief in blockchain’s potential is so widespread that financial and tech entities have invested an estimate of $1.4 billion in 2016, which is expected to go up to $2.1 billion in 2018.
08 Nov 2018
Blockchain How blockchain is revolutionising finance
No doubt that blockchain technology presents many opportunities that will keep transforming the financial space. The disruptive technology is exponentially opening up international markets the same way the internet transformed access to information. For those that recognize what blockchain technology has to offer, its potential has no barriers, both for entrepreneurs and consumers who will be able to gain access to any service or assets they need where they are and when they need them.
01 Nov 2018
Budget Malta Budget 2019
Monday 22 October 2018 marks the presentation of the 2019 budget of this government aimed at stimulating economic growth, reducing government debt and delivering a budget surplus year on year.
19 Oct 2018
IFRS Accounting for cryptocurrencies
Cryptocurrency is digital or ‘virtual’ money, which uses cryptography to secure its transactions, to control the creation of additional currency units, and to verify the transfer of assets. Cryptography itself describes the process by which codes are written or generated to allow information to be kept secret.
27 Aug 2018
IFRS Accounting for cryptocurrencies
The popularity of cryptocurrencies has soared in recent years, yet they do not fit easily within IFRS’ financial reporting structure. In this Viewpoint we explore the acceptable methods of accounting for holdings in cryptocurrencies while touching upon other issues that may be encountered.
31 May 2018