🌍📉 How do geopolitical risks affect financial stability, and how should central banks respond? In our latest #FBFblog, María del Carmen Sandoval Velasco explores how wars, sanctions, and geopolitical tensions are reshaping inflation, markets, and monetary policy. fbf.eui.eu/geopolitical...

Join us tomorrow for the @eui-eu.bsky.social Open Day on #ExecutiveEducation, an opportunity to explore how our programmes tackle today’s key global challenges through innovative and practice-oriented learning. ⏰ 26 May | 14:00 - 16:30 CEST 💻 Online Register here: www.eui.eu/events?id=58...

📢 Call for Papers | 2026 @esmacomms.bsky.social Annual Research Conference. This year’s theme: “Strong EU financial markets in a volatile world” 🗓️ 22 Sept 2026 | Paris + online 📝 Submit papers by 13 July 2026 www.esma.europa.eu/sites/defaul...

What is the impact of artificial intelligence on financial stability, and what regulatory and supervisory responses are needed? 🎥 Recording available of our online seminar: Artificial Intelligence and Financial Stability 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTiC...

🎓 Last week in Florence, we hosted the first AML Advanced Academy, bringing together senior professionals for 3 days of case-driven learning and strategic discussion on the future of AML supervision and enforcement. 👏 Thanks to our faculty & participants! More courses: fbf.eui.eu/training-cou...

🌱📊 Can regulation make green finance more credible? In our latest #FBFblog, Research Associate Cristian Foroni explores the first year of the EU Green Bond Standard (EuGBS) and what early market signals reveal. Full read: fbf.eui.eu/the-eu-green...

🌿 Biodiversity loss is becoming a financial stability issue. Check out our executive course on managing nature-related financial risks, organised with CETEx at LSE. 📅 25–26 June 2026 📍 Florence ⏰ Register by 5 June: fbf.eui.eu/course/manag... 🎓 Scholarships available!

🌍 How can bank boards navigate today’s evolving risk landscape? Join the 6th edition of the Bank Board Academy in Florence! 📅 9–10 October 📍 Residential in Florence 🔔 Registration deadline: 25 Sept 👥 Group discounts available, including for returning participants fbf.eui.eu/course/new-r...

When banks hold large amounts of their home government's debt, is that a stabiliser for public finances, or a push for fiscal complacency? Peter Claeys shares findings from his research published in our Banking Supervision Policy Working Paper Series 👇 cadmus.eui.eu/server/api/c...

🌍📉 Do credit rating agencies really capture climate risk? Read our latest #FBFblog by Jean Monnet Fellow Marcin Borsuk on how floods, wildfires, and carbon exposure are reshaping credit risk assessments. and whether ratings agencies are keeping pace with climate reality. fbf.eui.eu/do-credit-ra...

📰 When AI decides who gets a loan, whose financial reality does it actually see? In a new piece on The Conversation, Eliana Canavesio examines how the absence of sex-disaggregated data in AI-driven finance allows gender bias to go undetected and uncorrected. 👉 theconversation.com/overcoming-t...

Interested in financial education, AI & policy? We’re #hiring a French-speaking Research Assistant (Paris, part-time) to contribute to the update of the French National Financial Education Strategy. Deadline: 7 June 👉 www.eui.eu/Documents/Se...

How are central banks responding to the weaponisation of interdependence? In his latest paper, Nicola Bilotta analyses the @ecb.europa.eu’s #digitaleuro & wholesale CBDC projects #Pontes & #Appia. Full paper 👉 cadmus.eui.eu/server/api/c...

Does tightening countercyclical capital buffers affect all firms equally? As part of our Banking Supervision Policy Working Paper Series, read the paper by Anni Norring & Eeva Kerola: Effect of the countercyclical capital buffer on firm loans - Evidence from Germany cadmus.eui.eu/server/api/c...

On 14 April, in his role as Vice Chair of the ESRB’s Advisory Scientific Committee, @tl-beck.bsky.social discussed w/ MEPs at the ECON hearing on the “Global role of the euro”. 📄 Statement: www.europarl.europa.eu/cmsdata/3053... 🎥 Full intervention: multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...

💡🏡 Energy efficiency is a “no-regret” investment, so why is it still underfinanced? New #FBFblog by Pierre Schlosser explores the financeability gap and the role of green securitisation in scaling up investment. 📚 Full article [6 min read]: fbf.eui.eu/energy-effic...

⏰ Only 5 days left to register 🎓 Join fellow senior professionals and take your anti-money laundering expertise further with our Advanced Academy! 🗓 11–13 May 📍 Florence, IT ⏳ Registration deadline: 29 April 💸 Group discount: save 15% when registering 3+ participants 👉 fbf.eui.eu/course/aml-a...

How are #sovereigndebt crises managed today, and what challenges lie ahead? Sovereign Debt Risk and Restructuring 📅 8–10 June 2026 📍 Residential in Florence 🔔 Registration deadline: 20 May 2026 👥 Group discount: 15% off for 3+ participants Programme & registration 👉 fbf.eui.eu/course/sover...

In this #FBFpills, Prof. Gianni Nicolini breaks down the concept of #FinancialLiteracy, exploring what people know about finance, what they can do with that knowledge, and how their attitudes toward money shape financial decisions. 🎥 Full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsSa... #FinancialEducation

💬 Talking about money is a skill, and one that young women are too rarely encouraged to develop. On 18 April, we brought financial literacy to Casa delle Donne in Florence through an interactive workshop for young women. Read more about this initiative 👉 www.eui.eu/news-hub?id=...

AI is transforming research in economics & finance. Join our course #AI methods in economics and finance research to build practical ML & LLM workflows. 📅 25–27 May 2026 | 📍 Florence 🔔 Apply by 6 May 👥 15% off for groups Programme & registration 👉 fbf.eui.eu/course/ai-me...

🎓 🔐 How can financial institutions strengthen ICT resilience in an uncertain, AI-mediated and geopolitical world? Only 2 weeks to register Managing financial sector cyber risk 📅 4 May – 26 June 💻 Fully online 🔔 Registration deadline: 29 April 👥 Group discount: - 15% fbf.eui.eu/course/manag...

📢 Call for Papers: EUI & SSM Banking Supervision Policy WPS In partnership with the @ecb.europa.eu’s Single Supervisory Mechanism, we invite contributions on banking supervision, prudential policy, fintech, digital finance, and climate risk. 🗓️ Deadline: 4 May fbf.eui.eu/call-for-pap...

The Digital Operational Resilience Act is here. Is your organisation ready? Move from regulation to implementation with our practical online course on #DORA. 📅 6 May – 3 June ⏳ Register by 29 April 🎯 15% group discount Progr. & registration: fbf.eui.eu/course/on-th...

💡 Is public #VentureCapital in Europe here to stay? In our latest #FBFblog, Lorenzo Moretti argues that Europe’s reliance on state-backed VC reflects a deeper issue: the lack of funded pension capital. 📚 Full article [6 min read]: fbf.eui.eu/pay-as-you-g...

Are #Eurobonds becoming a core EU policy tool rather than a taboo? Catch up w/ @erik-jones.bsky.social, Waltraud Schelkle, Marco Buti, Maria Demertzis & Georgios Papakonstantinou as they discuss the future of joint European debt in a shifting geopolitical landscape. www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3kZ...

🤖💼 Is AI in finance making better decisions… or just less accountable ones? In our latest #FBFblog, Research Associate Daria Vernon De Mars explores a growing blind spot in AI-driven financial security: legitimacy. 📚 Full article [6 min read]: fbf.eui.eu/the-legitima...

💶🔐 Is the #DigitalEuro really “a solution in search of a problem”, or are we asking the wrong question? In our latest #FBFblog, Nicola Bilotta explores why control over payment infrastructure matters more than ever. 📚 Read more: fbf.eui.eu/the-digital-...

🎓 Introduction to Bank Resolution || The deadline is fast approaching, just one week left to register! Secure your spot before registrations close. 📅 When: 13 April – 15 May 💻 Fully online 🔔 Registration deadline: 8 April 👥 Group discount - 15% Learn more & register 👉 fbf.eui.eu/course/intro...

Back in Florence for the mid-point of the #CBBS Executive Education Programme. Participants explored two key transitions shaping finance today: 🌱 sustainable finance & 💻 digital transformation. Great discussions, top faculty, and inspiring exchanges across the ESCB & SSM!

Did you miss our online seminar exploring why institutional investors matter for the future of #VentureCapital in Europe, and what is holding them back? No worries, we’ve got you covered. 🎥 Watch the full recordings! Part 1️⃣: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IF6... Part 2️⃣: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QiB...

When an ICT incident hits, speed and clarity are critical. Under the Digital Operational Resilience Act (#DORA), detection, classification & reporting are key to resilience. How can your organisation make this work in practice? Join our online course (6 May – 3 June) 👇 fbf.eui.eu/course/on-th...

Yesterday, at the high-level conference 'Central banking amid persistent global shifts: fostering stability, innovation, and resilience' in Skopje, our Director @tl-beck.bsky.social delivered a keynote on one of the defining challenges for central banks today: navigating #digitalisation.

Last week in Florence, we hosted Financing Innovation through Venture Capital, in collaboration with the European Investment Fund. 3 days of insights on how VC drives innovation, scales impact, and strengthens Europe’s ecosystem. 👏 Thanks to our faculty & 32 participants!

Can industrial policy in Europe strengthen the Single Market? Our Research Fellow Lorenzo Moretti presented 'Government Venture Capital in Europe’s Innovation Strategy' (w/ Marius Berger & Chiara Criscuolo) at the 4th Research Conference on the EU Single Market, organised by DG GROW.

🚨 Around 400 ppl have already registered! #AI is transforming finance, but what does it mean for #FinancialStability? Join our upcoming online seminar: 📅 25 Mar 2026 | 14:00–15:00 CET 🎟️ Free event With Stephen Cecchetti, Robin Lumsdaine & discussant Iñaki Aldasoro. fbf.eui.eu/events/?id=5...

Take your anti-money laundering expertise further with our Advanced Academy! 🗓 11–13 May 2026 | 📍 Florence ⏳ Deadline: 22 April | 💸 –15% group discount Learn more & register 👉 fbf.eui.eu/course/aml-a...

💶📈 The EU’s Savings and Investments Union (SIU) is an ambitious project, but the debate is starting to converge around clearer priorities. In our latest #FBFblog, Pierre Schlosser and Cathal Coffey explore the key building blocks shaping the SIU agenda. Full read: fbf.eui.eu/the-savings-...

🔐 How can financial institutions strengthen ICT resilience in an AI-driven and geopolitically uncertain world? Join our online course: Managing Financial Sector Cyber Risk (4 May–26 June 2026). 🦜 Early bird until 17 March fbf.eui.eu/course/manag...

AI is transforming finance, but what does it mean for financial stability? Join our upcoming online seminar: 📅 25 Mar 2026 | 14:00–15:00 CET 🎟️ Free event With Stephen Cecchetti, Robin Lumsdaine & discussant Iñaki Aldasoro. fbf.eui.eu/events/?id=5...

Last week, we hosted the first Savings and Investments Union Academy, part of the newly launched SIU Lab. Three days of discussions on the future of European financial integration, from #CapitalMarketsUnion to a fully-fledged #SavingsAndInvestmentsUnion. Thanks to our speakers & participants!

🎓 Building on the success of previous editions, our Introduction to Bank Resolution online course is still open for registration. Join a growing group of professionals already on board! 📅 When: 13 April – 15 May 2026 Register by 8 April 👉 fbf.eui.eu/course/intro...

Celebrating 10 years of the Florence School of Banking and Finance 🎉 A week of events in Florence, from the SIU Lab launch to the 2026 Annual Conference on the EU Savings & Investments Union. 📖 Read the story: www.eui.eu/news-hub?id=...

From taboo to strategic tool? Are #Eurobonds evolving from a much-debated idea into a key pillar of EMU? Join our online discussion w/ @erik-jones.bsky.social, Waltraud Schelkle, Marco Buti & Maria Demertzis. 🗓️ 10 Mar | 13:15–14:15 CET Register 👉 fbf.eui.eu/events/?id=5...

🎬 Lights on, sound on… we’re about to start! Our Annual Conference kicks off in a few minutes, the big moment of our 10th anniversary celebrations 🎉 Proud to see Florence as a meeting point for European financial dialogue. 👉 fbf.eui.eu/events/?id=5...

🚨🎓 Advanced AML training for senior professionals The #AML #CFT landscape is shifting fast, from the EU Single Rulebook to the EU Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA). 🗓 11–13 May 2026 | 📍 Florence ⏳ Deadline: 22 April | 💸 –15% group discount Learn more & register 👉 fbf.eui.eu/course/aml-a...

🎉 We’re celebrating 10 years of the Florence School of Banking and Finance! Since 2016, connecting academia, policymakers & financial institutions across Europe. Discover our new brochure 👉 fbf.eui.eu/wp-content/u...

What are 'safe assets'? In times of uncertainty, investors flock to them, but what actually makes an asset safe? In our latest #FBFblog, @alyosha-kiselev.bsky.social explores the politics and the risks behind safe assets, and asks whether a new one could emerge. 📚 Read: fbf.eui.eu/what-are-saf...

What really went wrong at Credit Suisse? 🎥 The Directors’ Table revisits the bank’s dramatic 2023 collapse, unpacking governance failures, risk culture, and what it means for too-big-to-fail and financial stability in Europe. Watch now 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=hL3w...

📘 𝗘𝗨 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻–𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘂𝘀 Discover the third e-book by the EU Supervisory Digital Finance Academy! Full e-book 👉 cadmus.eui.eu/server/api/c...