glossario

The Bank of Italy is the national competent authority within the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM) for banks. There are also other authorities that supervise banks and financial intermediaries within their spheres of competence.

• Consob (Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa per i servizi di investimento) is the companies and stock exchange commission
• Ivass (Istituto per la Vigilanza sulle Assicurazioni per i servizi assicurativi) is the insurance supervisory authority
• COVIP (Commissione di vigilanza sui fondi pensione) is the pension fund supervisory authority
• OAM (Organismo Agenti e Mediatori), is the supervisory authority for financial agents and credit mediation companies
• Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato is the competition and unfair commercial practices authority
• Autorità Garante per la protezione dei dati personali, is the data protection authority