Legal-Malta Team

RevolutBank passports specialised banking licence into Malta Revolut, the global financial platform with more than 15 million customers worldwide, has today operationalised its European specialised banking licence in Malta. Customers in Malta who upgrade to Revolut Bank for additional services will now have their deposits protected under the deposit guarantee scheme.   Customers in Malta are […]

Malta Law on National and Other Public Holidays Chapter 252 of the laws on Malta entitled “The National Holidays and Other Public Holidays Act” has been amended in February 2021 by virtue of Act IV, 2021. Before this, whenever a public or national holiday fell falls on a Saturday or Sunday, an employee would not

Malta Rated A (High) with Stable Trends by Rating Agency DBRS DBRS Ratings GmbH confirmed Malta’s Long-Term Foreign and Local Currency – Issuer Ratings at A (high). At the same time, the rating agency confirmed Malta’s Short-Term Foreign and Local Currency – Issuer Ratings at R-1 (middle). The trend on all ratings is Stable. The

Malta’s A+ rating confirmed by German Credit Rating Agency The German creditrating agency Creditreform Rating stated Malta’s low levels of public debt meant it was well-placed to recover economically from the COVID-19 pandemic and said that while there was “room for improvement” in Malta’s institutional framework, the government “seems committed to deliver” on rule of

New Investor Route to Maltese Citizenship under Maltese Law Having reached its quota of a total of just 1,800 families in 6 years, Malta’s Citizenship by Investment Programme, or the Malta Individual Investor Programme, is being replaced by a new investment migration route introduced by amendments to the Maltese Citizenship Act last July 2020.  “The Maltese Citizenship Programme is succeeded