Since the 2008-2012 financial crisis, a big problem in the European banking sector was that too many banks continued to carry the burden of loans they had made and which had become dud. Borrowers...

One cannot overstate that Malta’s extreme smallness makes our sovereignty an unusual case. It exists as a fluke, as a freak of history.  If we learn good management and behave correctly, we...

Malta’s grey-listing by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) may have caught some on the wrong foot.  The writing, however, has been on the wall for some time. The language of good...

Facing so many problems, the recent grey-listing of Malta may have already faded from the consciousness of many people.  Many of us are not conversant with the world of high finance and beyond...

Robert Abela likes to play the international card.  Malta will be the best in the world.  Malta will be the best in Europe.  Malta will emerge from the FATF grey-listing stronger than...

The post-pandemic strategy for Malta published this week provides 114 initiatives which, clustered under twelve different thematic areas, seek to provide answers to three important questions as we are...

Cases of internet fraud, theft and sabotage are increasing exponentially. Big and small firms, governments and individuals have all been targeted. Such crimes need to be rolled back at all...

The gutsy decision recently taken on 10th June 2021 by the Broadcasting Authority (BA) in favour of a complaint (as per code 350.06) Peppi Azzopardi and myself submitted, is probably a landmark...

Malta’s grey-listing by the FATF sent shockwaves through society at all levels in Malta. From the estate agent to the grocery store, from the gaming company employee to the accounting...

To retain international trust, beyond a robust regulatory framework, you also need to have a credible line-up of trusted personnel to implement it. Here, Malta stood to lose out in the analysis...