Press releases

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today the draft methodology, templates, and template guidance for the 2027 EU-wide stress test. The 2027 exercise introduces significant simplifications to improve efficiency and risk sensitivity, while preserving the robustness and comparability of results. Key changes include a substantial reduction in data requirements, the alignment of information with harmonised supervisory reporting, and the integration of climate risks into the EU-wide stress test. A total of 63 banks from the EU and Norway, including 47 from the euro area, will participate, covering 75% of the EU banking sector. The industry consultation is being launched at an earlier stage than for previous EBA stress tests, to facilitate banks’ preparedness.

​The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published a Discussion Paper which proposes a simplified process for small and non-complex institutions (SNCIs) when implementing the Pillar 3 Data Hub (P3DH). The objective is to gather stakeholder feedback on a streamlined approach under which the EBA would collect and perform the calculation and publication of Pillar 3 disclosures for SNCIs, thereby reducing the burden for the latter.

The European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA) today published their first annual overview of major ICT-related incidents in the EU financial sector based on a reporting mechanism established by the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA). It shows that ICT risks are increasingly borderless and interconnected. The authorities also note that the recent evolution of highly capable AI-driven tools should encourage financial entities to strengthen cybersecurity measures to maintain their resilience going forward.

​The European Banking Authority (EBA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) under the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA). The agreement aims to strengthen cooperation in the supervision of entities engaged in cross-border stablecoin activities.

​The European Banking Authority (EBA) today updated the list of other systemically important institutions (O-SIIs) in the EU, based on notifications received from national authorities during 2025. The publication aims to increase transparency and provides a consistent overview of institutions identified as systemically important across Member States.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) provided its opinion to the European Commission about the intention by the Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA) to increase the level of an existing sectoral systemic risk buffer to address risks in the Austrian commercial real estate market. This measure would result in the sum of the other systemically important institutions (O-SII) buffer rate and the combined systemic risk buffer rate exceeding 5% for the targeted exposures of a subset of banks. The EBA does not object to it.

The European Commission has launched a call for expression of interest for the appointment of members to the Board of Appeal of the three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA – the ESAs).

The European Banking Authority (EBA) today launched a public consultation on proposed amendments to its Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS), set out in a Delegated Regulation, on the assignment of risk weights to specialised lending exposures under the Supervisory Slotting Criteria Approach (SSCA). The purpose of the amendments is to update the RTS in light of the changes introduced by the revised Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR 3) and to enhance the risk sensitivity, clarity and usability of the framework. Overall, the RTS aim to ensure a consistent and robust prudential treatment of specialised lending exposures under the SSCA across the EU, supporting sound risk management and financial stability. The consultation runs until 7 August 2026.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its final Report amending the Guidelines on the application of the definition of default. The Report introduces targeted amendments to better reflect specific aspects of non recourse factoring. It also confirms that the 1% threshold applied to reductions in net present value loss (NPV threshold) in debt restructuring remains appropriate for prudential default recognition.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published its final Guidelines on Supervisory Independence under the Capital Requirements Directive (CRD). The Guidelines further clarify the arrangements that competent authorities should have in place to prevent and manage conflicts of interest involving both their staff and the members of their governance bodies. These arrangements include declarations of interest, limitations on trading of financial instruments and cooling-oof restrictions.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has decided to partially delete sections of its Guidelines on connected clients, following the entry into force of new, directly applicable EU legislation. The changes ensure continued clarity, consistency and alignment in the framework used by credit institutions to identify groups of connected clients.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today the 2026 update of the list of closely correlated currencies, which is used for the calculation of capital requirements for foreign exchange risk under the standardised approach. The update has been carried out in line with the methodology and procedure set out in the applicable Implementing Technical Standards (ITS). The revised list has been submitted to the European Commission for endorsement.

The Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA – the ESAs) today published its Annual Report for 2025, setting out the main priorities and achievements of its cross-sectoral work over the past year. In 2025, the Joint Committee focused on protecting consumers in increasingly digital financial markets, strengthening operational and cyber resilience through the implementation of the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), improving the effectiveness of sustainable finance disclosures, and enhancing cross-sectoral risk monitoring.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has today published an Opinion on the European Commission’s proposed amendments to the final draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS)[1],[2] specifying operational risk requirements under the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR). It considers that two amendments proposed by the Commission could affect the consistency, transparency and supervisory effectiveness of capital requirements for operational risk.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) publishes today the results of its benchmarking analysis on diversity practices in the management bodies of more than 850 institutions credit institutions and investment firms across the European Union (EU). As of 31 December 2024, significant gender imbalances and pay gaps persisted, particularly at senior management level, despite some progress compared with the situation in 2021. The EBA calls on institutions to consider promoting a more balanced representation of genders, and on competent authorities to continue assessing diversity and gender pay gap practices as part of their supervisory reviews.