Pierluigi Cuccuru speaker at Vixio’s Webinar ‘Back to Business: A Regulatory Reboot in Payments’ – Watch the Video
Pierluigi Cuccuru (Senior Associate, De Matteis Law), Jimmie Franklin (Moderator) and Elie Beyrouthy (Vice President of Government Affairs, American Express) recently led an insightful webinar to help you get back…
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Back to Business: a Regulatory Reboot in Payments
Pierluigi Cuccuru of De Matteis Law will speak in a webinar that provides a refresher on where payments firms need to focus their efforts this year. The webinar will be…
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Regulation will play a crucial role in unlocking the potential of Central Bank Digital Currencies
The European Central Bank released its first progress report on the DigitalEuro preparation phase this week
The revised EU Payment Services Package after European Commission and European Parliament interventions
Simone Giordano of De Matteis Law participated in a webinar on the EU Payment Services Package, kindly hosted by Vixio Regulatory Intelligence on May 30, 2024. The panel of legal…
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Andrea De Matteis on the “The review of PSD2 and the new rules on SCA in Europe” at PSD2 & Customer Authentication Summit
Andrea De Matteis, founding partner of De Matteis Law, and Christoph Baert from Mastercard participated in the PSD2 & Customer Authentication Summit held in Budapest on April 10, 2024. They…
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EU and US take a further step towards crypto-assets regulation
The European Parliament ECON Committee has approved its position on #MiCA. This is an important step towards an EU-wide regulatory framework for #cryptoassets, which comes just a few days after US…
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Deadline extension for Strong Customer Authentication
Financial Conduct Authority extends deadline to implement #StrongCustomerAuthentication for #ecommerce to March 14, 2022. Will we see other departures from European rules as a consequence of UK's #sovereignty in #payment#regulation?…
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European Commission – Guidance article 22 referrals
European Commission (DG COMP) just published its much-awaited guidance to kill "killer acquisitions". Member States may refer acquisitions below national merger control thresholds and raising antitrust concerns to European Commission for review. No…
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Diversity and Inclusion
GENERAL COUNSEL FOR DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION - A STATEMENT OF SUPPORT We commit to promoting diversity in the workplace. We Value the range of perspectives, ideas and experiences that diversity…
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Avviata la consultazione per il recepimento della PSD2 e l’adeguamento all’IFR: le principali novità
Il Governo italiano sta procedendo con tempestività al recepimento della normativa europea sui pagamenti elettronici. Il 18 luglio 2017 il Ministero dell’Economia e delle Finanze ha posto in consultazione le…
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Eba consultation on draft guidelines on authorization of payment and e-money institutions
It is with great pleasure that De Matteis Studio Legale announces that its Founding Partner, Andrea De Matteis, has been appointed to the Advisory Board of CashlessWay – the first…
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Verso una cashless society – Andrea De Matteis entra nell’advisory board di Cashlessway
Andrea De Matteis, Founding Partner della boutique DE MATTEIS Studio legale è entrato a far parte dell’Advisory Board di CashlessWay - Global Hub for ePayment Culture, la prima associazione nata…
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Bankitalia propone regole per l’e-commerce più restrittive di quelle europee. L’impatto per gli operatori italiani?
La Banca d’Italia si appresta a rendere obbligatorie le regole di sicurezza europee per i pagamenti via internet contenute nelle EBA Guidelines on the security of internet payments che prevedono come regola la cosiddetta autenticazione…
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De Matteis is Legalcommunity’s Lawyer of the year for mobile and electronic payments
The jury has spoken. Andrea De Matteis – Founding Partner of DE MATTEIS Studio Legale - is Legal Community’s LAWYER OF THE YEAR 2015 for mobile and electronic payments. The…
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De Matteis Studio Legale is recognized as a leading Italian Firm by Legal 500 Emea
De Matteis Studio Legale has been recognized as a Leading Italian Firm for their work in the field of mobile and electronic payments by Legal 500 EMEA 2015. In addition,…
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De Matteis Recognized as leading individual by Chambers & Partners
Founding and Managing Partner Andrea De Matteis has been recognised as a Leading Individual for his work in the field of Competition / European Law by Chambers & Partners in…
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PSD2: Sicurezza Vs Usabilità – Andrea De Matteis per le telecamere di Bancaforte
La nuova regolamentazione europea per i pagamenti elettronici. Ne parla ai microfoni di Bancaforte Andrea De Matteis, Founding Partner De Matteis Studio Legale. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zr3BLOsDObc
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Apple pay: possibili ostacoli normativi in arrivo da Bruxelles
Apple Pay, il nuovo e-wallet della Apple, è stato lanciato negli USA lo scorso 9 settembre. La nuova applicazione ha riscosso subito grande successo: Tim Cook, CEO di Apple, ha dichiarato…
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Andrea De Matteis on the legal developments of the European e-payment industry
Andrea De Matteis, Founding and Managing Partner of DE MATTEIS Studio Legale, will be a panel speaker at the 15th Edition of CARTE - a 2 day conference which is…
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Andrea De Matteis on the legal developments of the European and Italian payment industry
Andrea De Matteis is a panelist on legal developments at the 17th edition of SPIN, the International ABI Conference&Expo on payment systems and services, the annual event in which high-profile…
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De Matteis recognized by Chambers & Partners
Andrea De Matteis, the Founding Partner of the DE MATTEIS law firm, has been recognised for his work in the field of Italian Competition Law by Chambers Europe 2014 -…
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De Matteis riconosciuto da Chambers & Partners
Andrea De Matteis, Founding Partner di De Matteis Studio Legale, è stato riconosciuto come uno dei leader del settore della concorrenza in Italia da Chambers & Partners Europe, guida d'eccellenza…
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New merger control tresholds
The Italian Competition Authority published new merger control thresholds. As of 10 March 2014, a concentration must be notified to the Italian Competition Authority when it meets both conditions below:…
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Court annuls Competition Authority decision on Mastercard interchange fees
The Administrative Court of Lazio has annulled the Competition Authority's decision against MasterCard's domestic interchange fees. This is the first case in which the court, following the European Court of…
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Conference & Expo Abi Carte 2013 – Milan, 4th & 5th December
Andrea De Matteis is a panelist on legal developments at the 14th edition of CARTE 2013, the Conference&Expo dedicated to the world of payment cards, and innovative and electronic payment methods.…
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Competition Authority opens antitrust proceedings against railway incumbent
On May 28 2013 the Competition Authority published its decision to open antitrust proceedings against Italian railway operator Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane (FS) for possible abusive conduct under Article 102…
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Italian Competition Authority fines Telecom Italia euro 103.7 million for exclusionary conducts
On May 9 2013 the Competition Authority fined Telecom Italia, the Italian incumbent operator, for exclusionary conduct aimed at hampering its competitors' market expansion. The authority determined that Telecom Italia…
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Antitrust – Nuove soglie di fatturato per la notifica delle concentrazioni
In data odierna l'Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato ha pubblicato le nuove soglie di fatturato per la notifica delle operazioni di concentrazione. A far data da oggi, 2…
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Italy – New merger control thresholds
The Italian Competition Authority published today new merger control thresholds. As of today, a concentration must be notified to the Italian Competition Authority when it meets both conditions below: •…
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The Italian Competition Authority published today new merger control thresholds
As of today, a concentration must be notified to the Italian Competition Authority when it meets both conditions below: • The combined aggregate domestic turnover of all undertakings exceeds €…
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New mandatory antitrust fee – Update
On August 27, 2012, the Italian Competition Authority (ICA) published a regulation regarding a new annual fee that corporations with a turnover exceeding € 50 million must pay to the ICA by…
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New mandatory Antitrust fee
On August 27, 2012, the Italian Competition Authority published a regulation regarding a new annual fee that companies with a turnover exceeding € 50 million must pay to the Italian…
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New mandatory antitrust fee introduced and merger thresholds amended
The Italian Government has introduced two important changes to the Italian antitrust rules that will affect companies doing business in Italy. The first is the introduction of a new mandatory fee that…
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Monti Government’s reform boosts class action and consumer protection
On January 20 2012 the government approved Law Decree 1/2012. Among other things, this package of economic liberalisation measures makes it easier for consumers to bring class actions. It also…
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Setback for Italian Authority as Court quashes Mastercard decision
Credit card company MasterCard and eight banks have succeeded in their appeals against a competition authority ruling that they had inflated the cost of interchange fees. View the article on…
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