Press releases

The European Banking Authority (EBA) issued today a revised list of validation rules in its Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on supervisory reporting, highlighting those which have been deactivated either for incorrectness or for triggering IT problems. Competent Authorities throughout the EU are informed that data submitted in accordance with these ITS should not be validated against the set of deactivated rules.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its final draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS), which specify the criteria that Competent Authorities need to take into account before granting institutions permission to use advanced measurement approaches (AMA) for calculating their capital requirements for operational risk. These RTS are part of the overall review of internal models undertaken by the EBA and are part of the Authority’s efforts to harmonise practices for the approval of internal models in the area of credit, market and operational risk models across the EU banking sector. These RTS will be part of the Single Rulebook aimed at enhancing regulatory harmonisation in the banking sector across the European Union.

The Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) held its third Joint ESAs Consumer Protection Day on 3 June 2015 in Frankfurt. The event attracted over 300 consumer representatives, academics, legal and financial consultants, national supervisors, experts from the EU institutions and financial services industry (banking, securities, insurance and pensions).

The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today a consultation on the draft Guidelines for passport notifications for mortgage credit intermediaries under the Mortgage Credit Directive (MCD). The Guidelines will ensure that information about credit intermediaries that carry out business in one or more Member States is exchanged consistently between the national authorities of the home and host Member States respectively. This public consultation runs until 4 July 2015.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today an interactive version of its Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on supervisory reporting, which were adopted by the European Commission and published in the Official Journal as Implementing Regulation EU 680/2014.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today a questionnaire to guide its assessment of non-EU countries’ equivalence with the EU prudential supervision and regulatory requirements specified in the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) and Directive (CRD). The questionnaire, which will be sent to a selected number of countries in different rounds, will facilitate the collection of data and allow the EBA to provide technical advice on the supervisory regimes of these non-EU countries, as mandated by the European Commission.

On 3 July 2015, the European Banking Authority (EBA) will host its second workshop on the application of the proportionality principle in the EU banking supervisory framework, covering the latest institutional and regulatory reforms.

The EBA published its final Guidelines on creditworthiness assessment as well as its final Guidelines on arrears and foreclosure. These Guidelines support the national implementation by Member States of the forthcoming Mortgage Credit Directive (‘MCD’). They will ensure that consumers are protected consistently across the European Union when interacting with creditors.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today the final version of its updated report on the monitoring of Additional Tier 1 (AT1) capital instruments issued by EU institutions, following a public hearing held on 18 May 2015.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today an update of its first report on the monitoring of Additional Tier 1 (AT1) capital instruments issued by EU institutions and released on 7th October 2014 . This update is partly based on the review of new AT1 issuances and includes some final conclusions of the EBA on issues previously flagged as being under investigation. The EBA expects to gather further insight on the basis of future issuances.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its final Guidelines on contributions to deposit guarantee schemes and on payment commitments. Both Guidelines will help ensure consistent application of the new funding mechanisms provided for in the new Deposit Guarantee Schemes Directive (DGSD).

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its final Guidelines on the circumstances under which an institution shall be considered as ‘failing or likely to fail’ (triggers for resolution). These Guidelines aim at promoting convergence of EU supervisory and resolution practices in relation to how resolution should be triggered.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published three sets of final Guidelines aimed at facilitating the implementation of resolution tools in the banking sector across the EU. These Guidelines, which stem from the EU Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD), foster convergence on resolution matters by giving detailed guidance to EU Resolution Authorities on the circumstances they should assess when taking their resolution decisions.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published three sets of final Guidelines aimed at facilitating the implementation of resolution tools in the banking sector across the EU. These Guidelines, which stem from the EU Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD), foster convergence on resolution matters by giving detailed guidance to EU Resolution Authorities on the circumstances they should assess when taking their resolution decisions.

The EBA updated today the list of closely correlated currencies that was published in December 2013 as part of the implementing technical standards (ITS) that were drafted for the purposes of calculating the capital requirements for foreign-exchange risk according to the standardised rules. The list was updated according to the procedure and methodology laid down in the ITS.