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ESMA warns of financial stability risks with cloud technology use

The European Securities and Markets Authority has warned financial services companies' increasing use of cloud-service providers

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Esma said that cloud providers 'need to be significantly more resilient than firms to improve the safety of the financial system' Photo: Getty Images

The European Union's markets watchdog has warned that financial services companies' increasing use of cloud-service providers "could create financial stability risks".

In its latest report on vulnerabilities in the markets it oversees, The European Securities and Markets Authority said it was concerned that a "high concentration" in cloud provider usage within the financial services sector could "create financial stability risks if an outage in a [provider] affects many of its clients, increasing the likelihood of simultaneous outages".

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