# MSE Wraps Week with €2.9m Turnover as Maltese Families Check Their ‘Sant’Anna’ Nest-Eggs **Valletta, Friday 19 September 2025 – 17:45** – The bronze bells of the Jesuit church had barely finished tolling when the last trade of the week flickered across the Malta Stock Exchange screen: 1,000 Bank of Valletta shares at €2.63, nudging…
FCM Bank opens premium banking branch in Malta By Hot Malta staff Sliema’s buzzing Tower Road woke up to a fresh coat of financial polish this morning as FCM Bank cut the ribbon on its first flagship “premium banking lounge” on the island, a move the lender says is less about marble counters and more…
Malta opposes plan to centralise crypto regulation supervision at EU level ——————————————————— Valletta’s skyline may be changing with every new fintech plaque that appears on 18th-century limestone, but the island’s government is determined that Brussels won’t be the one holding the rubber stamp. Last week Malta formally rejected a European Commission proposal to shift day-to-day…
**In need of equity: Why Maltese start-ups are struggling to keep pace with Europe** When 28-year-old game developer Martina Camilleri walked into the Bank of Valletta branch in Birkirkara last February, she carried two years of audited accounts, a 40-page business plan and the confidence that her mobile-puzzle studio had just hit one million downloads….
# CrediaBank’s €228m Knock-Down Deal: HSBC Malta Braces for a New Era **Valletta** – When CrediaBank announced yesterday that it will swallow HSBC Malta for €228 million less than book value, the first reaction on the islands was not financial but emotional. “It’s like watching the last British bus leave the depot,” said 72-year-old Edward…
**How Crypto and Stablecoins are Quietly Revolutionising Maltese Business – From Valletta Start-ups to Gozo Farmhouses** By *Hot Malta* Staff Writer Walk down Republic Street on a Saturday afternoon and you’ll still hear the clink of euros on café counters, but behind the scenes Malta’s economy is quietly morphing into something the Knights could never…
The Evolution of Stablecoins and Their Adoption Across Industries: A Maltese Perspective By [Your Name], Hot Malta Correspondent VALLETTA – While tourists still queue for pastizzi at Is-Serkin, a quieter revolution is unfolding inside the limestone offices that line Strait Street. Malta, the self-styled “Blockchain Island,” is witnessing a second wave of digital-asset adoption—this time…
MFSA Slaps €130,000 Fine on Investors Europe: What It Means for Malta’s Financial Reputation Sliema’s seafront was buzzing with its usual Tuesday morning chatter—pastizzi wrappers skittering across the breeze, elderly gents arguing over ċalċetti scores—when news broke that the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) had fined local investment firm Investors Europe €130,000. By the time…
Minimal tremors on the Malta Stock Exchange feel like a summer breeze in Valletta’s Upper Barrakka Gardens: pleasant, barely noticeable, yet whispering of bigger weather somewhere else. While global headlines scream about tech sell-offs and crypto crashes, the local equity board blinked in near-stillness this week—MSE index up 0.07 %, turnover a modest €240,000, no…
**From Knights’ Ledger to Neural Networks: How Artificial Intelligence is Quietly Re-wiring Malta’s Financial DNA** Walk past the limestone façade of the Malta Stock Exchange on any given Tuesday and you’ll still see brokers in pastel shirts sipping espresso, but behind the baroque balconies a silent algorithm may have just executed a €5 million bond…
Money market report for the week ended September 5, 2025 By Hot Malta Business Desk Valletta’s Grand Harbour shimmered like spilled coins on Friday morning as traders stepped off the ferry, phones already pressed to their ears, digesting the final money-market numbers for the week. The European Central Bank’s surprise 25-basis-point cut on Wednesday rippled…
It’s 7 a.m. on a humid July morning and the line outside the BNF branch in Paola is already curling round the corner. Pensioners clutching numbered tickets, Deliveroo riders check phones between shifts, and a young couple push a stroller while debating whether the “€5,000 quick loan” flyer they were handed at the ferry terminal…
