Press releases

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its annual report on consumer trends, giving an overview of the analysis carried out in the area of consumer protection and financial innovation. The report identifies the consumer issues that may arise, or have arisen, from these trends, and describes the approaches the EBA will be taking in 2014 to address them.

The Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) is organising the second Joint ESAs Consumer Protection Day on 4 June 2014 in London. The event will bring together consumers, regulators and industry participants to discuss consumer protection-related issues in the financial services area in the European Union.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today the interactive Single Rulebook, an on-line tool designed to facilitate navigation through the single set of harmonised prudential rules in the EU banking sector. The Single Rulebook aims at ensuring consistent application of the regulatory banking framework across the EU.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched the interactive Single Rulebook, an on-line tool designed to facilitate navigation through the single set of harmonised prudential rules in the EU banking sector. The Single Rulebook aims at ensuring consistent application of the regulatory banking framework across the EU.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has introduced some important changes to the Single Rulebook Q&A tool. The major changes focus on the stricter prioritisation of incoming questions, more stringent criteria for submitting questions, grouping of questions which raise related issues, and a new publication policy for questions and answers.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today final draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) on the methodology for identifying Global Systemically Important Institutions (G-SIIs), final draft Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on special disclosure rules applicable to G-SIIs, and final guidelines on special disclosure rules for large institutions. The identification of G-SIIs in the EU is aligned with the framework established by the Financial Stability Board (FSB) and developed by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS). These standards and guidelines will be part of the EU Single Rulebook in banking and aim at enhancing regulatory harmonisation and disclosure across the EU.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today a list of capital instruments across the EU that national supervisory authorities have classified as Common Equity Tier 1. This list, which was compiled in accordance with Article 26 of the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR), is based on the information received from the 28 national competent authorities across the EU and includes all the CET1 instruments issued by institutions and evaluated as compliant by the national supervisory authorities. The list will be maintained and updated on a regular basis.

The Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) is organising the second Joint ESAs Consumer Protection Day on 4 June 2014 in London. The event will bring together consumers, regulators and industry participants to discuss consumer protection-related issues in the financial services area in the European Union.

The EBA issues the 2013 edition of its Annual Report, taking stock of its first three years of activities and focusing on tasks and achievements for 2013. The past year has been characterised by difficult market conditions for the EU banking sector and by a complex process of institutional and regulatory repair. The Annual Report illustrates the progress achieved by the EBA towards a more stable banking and financial sector in the European Union.

This edition of the EBA Annual Report takes stock of the first three years of activity of the Authority which contributed to the repair of the EU banking system by promoting the cleaning of EU banks' balance sheets and strengthening their capital position. The EBA also brought forward its work on the development of a truly uniform set of regulatory standards that will lead to a genuine level playing field in the EU banking sector and a truly integrated single market.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) issued a revised list of incorrect validation rules found in its Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on supervisory reporting. The Authority informed that data submitted in accordance with these ITS should not be validated against the previously published set of incorrect rules.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) launches today a call for research papers in view of its third policy research workshop taking place on 25-26 November 2014 in London on the topic "How to measure the riskiness of banks".

On 22 October 2013, the European Banking Authority (EBA) will host a workshop on how the proportionality principle should be applied on the EBA regulatory work within the context of the CRR/CRDIV. Proportionality is a key aspect for the application of the new EU banking regulatory framework and ensures that all institutions across the EU can apply standards and requirements in a manner that is proportionate to their nature, scale and complexity.

On 22 October 2013, the European Banking Authority (EBA) will host a workshop on how the proportionality principle should be applied on the EBA regulatory work within the context of the CRR/CRDIV. The aim of this workshop is to bring together policy experts from the financial industry, the supervisory community, EU institutions and academia to help stimulate discussion around this key topic.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today a consultation on draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) to specify the treatment of equity exposures under the internal ratings-based (IRB) approach. These RTS will be part of the Single Rulebook aimed at enhancing regulatory harmonisation in the banking sector in the European Union. The consultation runs until 7 July 2014.