Press releases

The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published a consultation paper amending the Implementing Regulation on the benchmarking of credit risk, market risk and IFRS9 models for the 2025 exercise. The most significant change is in the market risk framework, where the EBA is proposing brand new templates for the collection of the internal model approach (IMA) risk measures under the fundamental review of the trading book (FRTB). For credit risk only minor changes are being proposed. This consultation runs until 27 March 2024.

The three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA – the ESAs) published today the first set of final draft technical standards under the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) aimed at enhancing the digital operational resilience of the EU financial sector by strengthening financial entities’ Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and third-party risk management and incident reporting frameworks.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published a consultation paper on targeted amendments to the Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) on prudent valuation, aiming to promote a more harmonised application of the RTS and to reduce the observed variability of additional value adjustments (AVAs) under the core approach, as well as to set the rules for the application of the prudent valuation framework in extraordinary circumstances. The consultation runs until 16 April 2024.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) today extended its Guidelines on money laundering (ML) and terrorist financing (TF) risk factors to crypto-asset service providers (CASPs). The new Guidelines highlight ML/TF risk factors and mitigating measures that CASPs need to consider, representing an important step forward in the EU’s fight against financial crime.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published its Report about some specific aspects of the net stable funding ratio (NSFR) framework. The Report provides an evaluation of the materiality of the specific items analysed as well as an assessment of the impact of possible changes to the current prudential treatment.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published an Opinion following notification by Latvijas Banka, the central bank of Latvia, of its intention to adjust the risk weight for exposures secured by mortgages on commercial immovable property. The measure aims to limit risks associated with commercial immovable property. Based on the information provided, the EBA does not object to the risk weight adjustment.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published its Q3 2023 quarterly Risk Dashboard (RDB) together with the Risk Assessment Questionnaire (RAQ). The publication also includes information on minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL). EU/EEA’s banks remained highly profitable, well capitalised and maintained robust liquidity. Banks expect the asset quality to deteriorate as higher interest rates affect borrowers.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today amendments to the reporting requirements for market risk. As the implementation of the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) in the EU approaches, the EBA revised the information to be reported on the own funds requirements under the alternative approaches, and adds reporting on reclassifications of instrument between the regulatory books.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today a response to the letter received from a law firm on 11 September 2023, regarding the case of the prudential classification as Tier 2 instrument of a legacy perpetual bond (so-called ‘Discos’) of an institution established in France (BNP Paribas).

The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published final draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) and final draft Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on the functioning of supervisory colleges under the Capital Requirements Directive (CRD). The technical standards, adopted in 2015, have been updated to reflect the new requirements laid down in the CRD V and Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR 2), as well as to take into account the EBA’s ongoing college monitoring activity and the lessons learned from the implementation of the standards. The updated standards aim at ensuring a common EU framework for colleges of supervisors and promoting a more efficient and effective supervision of cross-border banking groups.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published an Opinion addressed to the Bank of Italy following the Competent Authority's notification of its decision to introduce a partial waiver of Article 129 (1)(c) of the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR), which specifies the conditions for the eligibility of covered bonds in relation to risk weight preferential treatments. Given the significant potential concentration problem in Italy, the EBA is of the opinion that the application of a partial waiver is adequately justified.

The three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA – the ESAs) today published a Consultation Paper on the draft implementing technical standards (ITSs) regarding the tasks of the collection bodies and the functionalities of the European Single Access Point (ESAP). These ITSs and the requirements they set out are designed to enable future users to be able to effectively harness the comprehensive financial and sustainability information centralised on the ESAP. Stakeholders are encouraged to provide their feedback to this consultation by 8 March 2024.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) today launched a public consultation on two sets of Guidelines on internal policies, procedures and controls to ensure the implementation of Union and national restrictive measures. Restrictive measures are binding on any person or entity under the jurisdiction of Member States. They comprise individual measures, i.e. targeted financial sanctions, and sectoral measures, i.e. financial and economic measures or embargoes. Through these Guidelines, the EBA creates, for the first time, a common understanding, among payment service providers (PSPs), crypto-asset service providers (CASPs) and their supervisors, of the steps they need to take to be able to comply with restrictive measures. The consultation runs until 25 March 2024.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published its updated Guidelines on the specification and disclosure of systemic importance indicators, which are applied by the largest institutions in the EU whose leverage ratio exposure measure exceeds EUR 200 bn. Acting as a central data hub in the disclosure process, the EBA updates data on G-SIIs on a yearly basis and provides user-friendly tools to aggregate it across the EU.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published today its final draft Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on amendments to disclosure and reporting of the minimum requirement for MREL and TLAC. These amendments reflect the new requirement to deduct investments in eligible liabilities instruments of entities belonging to the same resolution group, the so called ‘daisy chain’ framework, and other changes to the prudential framework. The amendments will apply for the reference date of June 2024.