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The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today a No Action letter advising the EU Commission, EU Council and EU Parliament to ensure that, in the long term, EU law needs to avoid a dual authorisation under two pieces of EU law for the activity of transacting electronic money tokens (EMTs). While the existing Payment Services Directive 2 (PSD2) still applies, the letter advises national competent authorities (NCAs) to enforce authorisation of PSD2 for a specified subset only of crypto asset service providers (CASPs) that transact EMTs, to do so only after a transition period that ends on 2 March 2026, and then to deprioritise specified PSD2 provisions.

​The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published two Opinions following the notifications by the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA) of its intention to extend the period of application of two existing macroprudential measures targeting certain exposures secured by immovable property. The measures aim at maintaining the resilience of institutions against a potential severe downturn in the real estate market. Based on the information provided, the EBA does not object to the extension of the measures.