Financial Services
Recent revelations about how the financial regulator is handling its own financial... View more
Maltese bank owned by US group to wind down after a decade of operations
A small Malta-based lender controlled by US investors is preparing to shut... View more
MFSA legal breach risks revocation of all enforcement notices, fines since 2019
A recent Financial Services Tribunal ruled that the Malta Financial Services Authority... View more
Malta’s lax company oversight enabled the empire of a Romanian millionaire with Russian links
With a superyacht valued at $50 million and a Russian-financed oil and... View more
The grey list is getting greyer
Malta is a world leader in setting standards for others to follow.... View more
Our regulators: men of straw
Guest post by financial services practitioner Paul Bonello On Wednesday, the Public... View more
‘Grey-listing has made Malta impossible. We are leaving’ – founder of international fintech company
An international payments company, set up in Malta in 2016 by foreign... View more
The sound of doors slamming shut
What must it be like to be Clyde Caruana, at this moment... View more
MFSA offers secret deals on non-compliance offences to select companies, individuals
Since 2014, the Malta Financial Services Authority has been offering secret settlements... View more
The great deceiver: why Sant’s toxic ideas are always deadly
Three days ago, failed former prime minister and supreme charlatan Alfred Sant,... View more
Delusional vows won’t get us off grey list any faster
PN leader Bernard Grech pledged yesterday he would get Malta off the... View more
The worst has happened
Eight years of government-sanctioned and protected rampant corruption, criminality, money-laundering, dealings with... View more
Dark clouds on the horizon
Robert Abela has chosen his hill to die on. Unfortunately, it’s a... View more
EY charges MFSA over €10 million for Satabank job
The local branch of international auditing firm Ernst & Young (EY), which... View more
Opposition withdraws backing for MFSA Chair
The Opposition withdrew its backing for the chairman of the Malta Financial... View more
MFSA contradicts Joseph Cuschieri’s denials about payments due
The former MFSA CEO Joseph Cuschieri has denied that he has been... View more
EXCLUSIVE: MFSA asks former CEO to refund over €23,000 in ‘extra pay’ received
The financial services regulator – MFSA – has asked its former CEO... View more
Court decisions against FIAU to remain ‘secret’
Court challenges to hefty administrative fines being dished out by the Financial... View more
MFSA hikes in fees anger industry as watchdog splashes millions on direct orders
Recent revelations about how the financial regulator is handling its own financial... View more
Maltese bank owned by US group to wind down after a decade of operations
A small Malta-based lender controlled by US investors is preparing to shut... View more
The grey list is getting greyer
Malta is a world leader in setting standards for others to follow.... View more
Our regulators: men of straw
Guest post by financial services practitioner Paul Bonello On Wednesday, the Public... View more
‘Grey-listing has made Malta impossible. We are leaving’ – founder of international fintech company
An international payments company, set up in Malta in 2016 by foreign... View more
The sound of doors slamming shut
What must it be like to be Clyde Caruana, at this moment... View more
MFSA offers secret deals on non-compliance offences to select companies, individuals
Since 2014, the Malta Financial Services Authority has been offering secret settlements... View more
The great deceiver: why Sant’s toxic ideas are always deadly
Three days ago, failed former prime minister and supreme charlatan Alfred Sant,... View more