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The three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA – ESAs) today published two factsheets designed to help consumers protect themselves from crypto and other online frauds and scams and explain how fraudsters increasingly use artificial intelligence (AI) to deceive consumers. To make the information easily accessible, the factsheets will be translated into all official EU languages and reproduced by national authorities.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) and the European Central Bank (ECB) today published the 2025 edition of their joint report on payment fraud. The report covers the semi-annual data for 2022 to 2024 and confirms that the legal requirement for strong customer authentication (SCA) introduced in 2020 has contributed to reducing fraud levels. However, it also highlights the need for continued vigilance and for security measures to be adapted to combat new emerging types of fraud.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published its final Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) on structural foreign exchange (FX) under the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR). These standards deliver greater clarity, consistency, and supervisory convergence in the application of structural FX provisions across the EU. The final RTS retain the overall approach of the existing EBA Guidelines, while introducing targeted enhancements to ensure a more harmonised and transparent framework.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) issued today a revised list of validation rules under its Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on supervisory reporting. This update highlights rules that have been deactivated due to inaccuracies or IT-related issues. Competent Authorities across the EU are reminded that data submitted according to these ITS should not be formally validated against the deactivated rules.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published its final draft amending Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) on the types of factors to be considered by national authorities in assessing the appropriateness of real estate risk weights. This review is driven by the revised Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR 3), which confers a new mandate onto the EBA regarding the Standardised Approach of credit risk.