Press releases

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today the 2023 update of the list of closely correlated currencies, originally published in December 2013. The list is part of the implementing technical standards (ITS) that were drafted for 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 and submitted to the European Commission for endorsement.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its final draft Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on the benchmarking of credit risk, market risk and IFRS9 models for the 2024 exercise. The most significant change, compared to the data collection of 2023, is the roll out for the benchmarking of accounting metrics (IFRS9) to high default portfolios (HDP). For market risk, new templates are added for the collection of additional information, notably the Default Risk Charge (DRC) and the Residual Risk Add-On (RRAO). For credit risk, only minor changes have been made.   

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today the technical package for phase 1 of version 3.3 of its reporting framework. The technical package provides standard specifications and includes the validation rules, the Data Point Model (DPM) and the XBRL taxonomies for this phase of version 3.3.

​​​​​​​The European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA – ESAs) today published their progress Reports on greenwashing in the financial sector. In these Reports, the ESAs put forward a common high-level understanding of greenwashing applicable to market participants across their respective remits – financial markets, banking, and insurance and pensions.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today a public consultation on amendments to its Guidelines on money laundering and terrorist financing (ML/TF) risk factors. The proposed changes extend the scope of these Guidelines to crypto-asset service providers (CASPs). The consultation runs until 31 August 2023.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published its Report on the impact and calibration of the Standardised Approach to Counterparty Credit Risk (SA-CCR), simplified SA-CCR and Original Exposure Method (OEM). The impact of setting alpha equal to 1 under SA-CCR for the purposes of the output floor (OF) on a permanent basis is also analysed.

​​​​​​​The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today a public consultation on draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) and draft Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on the functioning of supervisory colleges under the Capital Requirements Directive (CRD). These new technical standards will ensure that the Level 2 framework for the functioning of supervisory colleges is better aligned with the Level 1 regulation and able to promote a more efficient and effective supervision of cross-border banking groups. The consultation runs until 30 August 2023.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its Peer Review on excluding transactions with non-financial counterparties established in a third country from credit valuation adjustment (CVA) risk. The Review found that the competent authorities targeted in this review assessed CVA risk sufficiently although some elements of such an assessment were missing. The EBA, therefore, has set out a series of follow-measures to address these deficiencies.

The European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA - ESAs) today published a joint Discussion Paper seeking stakeholders’ input on aspects of the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA). This Discussion Paper follows the European Commission’s request for technical advice on the criteria for critical ICT third-party providers (CTPPs) and the oversight fees to be levied on them. Interested stakeholders are invited to provide their input by 23 June 2023.

The three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA – ESAs) today jointly submitted to the European Commission Draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) on the ESG impact disclosure for Simple, Transparent and Standardised (STS) securitisations under the Securitisation Regulation (SECR).  These final draft RTS aim to help market participants make informed decisions about the sustainability impact of their investments.

​​​​​​​The Joint Committee of the three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA - ESAs) launched today a public consultation to amend the Implementing Regulations on the mapping of credit assessments of External Credit Assessment Institutions (ECAIs) for credit risk. The Implementing Regulations are part of the EU Single Rulebook for banking and insurance aimed at creating a safe and sound regulatory framework consistently applicable across the European Union (EU). The consultation runs until 26 June 2023.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published a corrigendum of the revised Guidelines on methods for calculating contributions to deposit guarantee schemes under the DGSD (EBA/GL/2023/02). The corrigendum applies to paragraph 13 in the section Repeal. This correction states that paragraph 21 of the related Guidelines on the delineation and reporting of available financial means (AFM) of DGS (EBA/GL/2021/17), issued on 17 December 2021, will be deleted.

The Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA - ESAs) today published its 2022 Annual Report, which provides an account of its joint work completed over the past year.

Following the request from the EU Commission, the European Banking Authority (EBA) has updated templates to be used for the second annual reporting of information on deposits subject to the Russia and the Belarus Economic Sanctions Regulations. The EBA is making the template available for voluntary use by the relevant national competent authorities and by the EU Commission, with the aim to promote a convergent approach and to reduce any associated reporting costs, especially for cross-border banks.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today a Report on the holdings by EU banks of minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL) instruments issued by the most systemic European banks. As of 31 December 2021, these holdings appear small and potential direct contagion risks are, therefore, limited.