Tag: EqualityFin

Monday is Consob day! On 28 March 2022, and like clockwork, the Italian regulator issued orders to blackout six websites illegally offering financial services bringing the total number of websites blacked out since July 2019 to 663. Regulators in other regimes can only issue warnings against illegal providers. Consob can order Internet providers to block their websites for the Italian market. It would be desirable if other regulators were authorized by their legislators to issue such blackouts.

It's Monday, 7 March 2022, and like clockwork, the Italian Consob issued orders to blackout five websites illegally offering financial services bringing the total number of websites blacked out since July 2019 to 645. Regulators in other regimes can only issue warnings against illegal providers. Consob can order Internet providers to block their websites for the Italian market. It would be desirable if other regulators were authorized by their legislators to issue such blackouts.