Press releases

The European Banking Authority (EBA) today notified the European Commission and Members of the European Parliament on the outcome of its enquiries in relation to the application of EU law on anti-money laundering (AML) in Malta by the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA).

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today two reports on EU banks’ funding plans and asset encumbrance respectively. The reports aim to provide important information for EU supervisors to assess the sustainability of banks’ main sources of funding. The results of the assessment show that banks plan to match the asset side increase in the forecast years by a growth in client deposits as well as market based funding.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today a revised version of the standardised NPL data templates that aim at facilitating the NPL sale transactions across the EU. The revised templates include minor changes following the feedback received from the testing of the original version published in December 2017.

The European Union’s (EU) securities, banking and insurance sectors continue to face a range of risks, the latest report on risks and vulnerabilities in the EU financial system by the Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) shows.

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 formally validated against the set of deactivated rules.

<p>The three European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) – EBA, EIOPA and ESMA – today published the results of their monitoring exercise on automation in financial advice. The Report shows that while the phenomenon of automation in financial advice seems to be slowly growing, the overall number of firms and customers involved is still quite limited.</p>

The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today three public consultations on amendments to the Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on supervisory reporting for the reporting framework 2.9. The proposed changes to the ITS on supervisory reporting, which are part of the EBA reporting framework 2.9, aim to keep reporting requirements in line with changes in the regulatory framework and with the evolving needs for Supervisory Authorities' risk assessments. The EBA will move to a new modular release for the next reporting framework 2.9 and is, therefore, also publishing its forward schedule of the modular release to help users in their planning.

<p>The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today amendments to the Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on supervisory reporting, a new ITS on reporting for resolution plans and the corresponding Data Point Model (DPM) and XBRL taxonomy. These changes form part of the EBA reporting framework version 2.8, which will be applicable for submissions of data as of December 2018.</p>

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today 12 indicators and updated the underlying data from the 35 largest institutions in the EU, whose leverage ratio exposure measure exceeds EUR 200 bn.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today a corrective update to the XBRL taxonomy that Competent Authorities shall use for the remittance of data under the Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) for reference dates of 31 December 2018 onwards.

The European Banking Authority published today its reply to claims by Caius Capital LLP that the European Central Bank (ECB) has breached Union law by not disqualifying the Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) classification of Unicredit capital instruments due to arrangements involving a transaction known as Convertible and Subordinated Hybrid Equity-Linked Securities (CASHES). The EBA finds that there is no clear evidence of a breach of Union law by the ECB and therefore decided not to open a formal investigation.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its final draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) specifying the framework for cooperation and the exchange of information between competent authorities under the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2). The RTS also clarify the type of information as well as the templates to be used by payment institutions when reporting to the competent authorities of the host Member States on the payment business activities carried out in their territories.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today an update to the Joint Committee (JC) Guidelines on complaints-handling, which includes an extension of their scope of application to the authorities supervising the new institutions established under the revised Payment Service Directive (PSD2) and the Mortgage Credit Directive (MCD). This extension will ensure that an identical set of requirements for complaints-handling continues to apply to all financial institutions across the banking, investment and insurance sectors. This will provide consumers with the same level of protection, irrespective of which regulated product or service they are purchasing and which regulated institution they are purchasing it from.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its final draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) setting out conditions for securitisation to be deemed homogeneous. Homogeneity is one of the crucial requirements for a securitisation transaction to be assessed as simple, transparent and standardised (‘STS’) and to be eligible for more risk-sensitive risk weights under the new EU securitisation framework. Homogeneity is also a key element for investors when assessing the underlying risks and performing their due diligence. The RTS are part of 28 mandates assigned to the EBA within its important role in implementation of the new securitisation framework.

The European Banking Authority published today its first Report on the functioning of resolution colleges. The Report summarises the EBA's assessment of the quality of the colleges’ organisation, discussions held and general output. Overall, the Report finds that good progress has been achieved since the introduction of the Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD) in 2015, also considering that most colleges are only in their second year of operation.